The Ultimate Betrayal of George Lucas by Kathleen Kennedy

Rating: 2/10 (20 December 2017)

This is the first time I have written a review but the film was so bad that it has forced me total up 'pen to paper'.
I am long time SW fan- I saw Ep 4 in 1977 as a six year old with my mum. I have loved- lived and breathed SW all my life. I enjoyed the prequels as they showed the slow corruption and undermining of the noble Jedi by the Sith and gave a great rounding out to Palpatine, Yoda, Obi-Wan and Anakin.
I thought TFA was OK but played fast and loose with the established order of the SW universe. I thought killing off Han without the opportunity of the three original heroes to share one last scene together was a travesty. I thought Rey was Ok, but never understood Finn's motivation for turning so quickly against his former friends. Phasma, a junior level officer- why does she have her own armour? Why is she singled out as being special? Her betrayal of the FO in TFA made no sense at all. The Resistance- what is that? How can the ruling power in the universe be the 'Resistance'- it made no sense. The Resistance also felt very unmilitary- compare that to the Rogue One and the Rebellion in Eps 4-6; it feels, looks and conducts itself like a military. Here in TFA, there seems to be no structure and everyone can speak up and contradict orders. The new characters are not likeable and have no gravitas. General Hux is too young and over the top in a moustache twirling manner- he scares nobody and is a joke.
Soo it was with a degree of trepidation that I attended TLJ- it could hardly be worse that TFA could it? Well it was and by a long way. Many of the other posters here have recounted all the problems- the misplaced humour, the illogical plot, the stupidity of the entire middle act on the casino planet, the sudden Force powers of Leia to survive space, the ability of a pipe cleaner (Rose) and a stormtrooper (Finn) to be able to pilot ancient aircraft and most of all the absolute betrayal of perhaps the greatest Jedi of all time, Luke Skywalker.
To think that George Lucas personally trusted and selected Kennedy to continue with his legacy. She has spat on it and with the selection of minnows such as Abrams and Johnson to play in his universe, has trashed his creation.
I am so sad and gutted I can barely write.