This definitely did NOT go the way I thought !!!

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2017)

I usually do not write reviews on here, but after viewing this film almost a week ago, I feel I have to say at least this.
The trailer was so much better, I had my hopes up for one of the greatest movie going experiences of my life and well, that did not happen at all.
Rian Johnson probably didn't want anyone to see the trailer because they (Disney) made the movie look great and definitely unmissable.
Yes, I am an older fan, I saw EVERY Star Wars movie in the theater. I too, was not too thrilled with the prequels, but they were enjoyable in their own individual way, especially, to me, Sith. I did love The Force Awakens, It did just what it set out to do, Awakened the Force in ALL Star Wars fans.
It was wonderful and sad to see Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia (General Organa) one last time and I loved her performance, it worked for what she was given to work with herself. Mark Hamil tried to warn us to not set us up for disappointment, but I think the fans were so worked up that there was going to be no way out of that.
It's nice knowing he was not at all happy with where the new team took Luke and so it makes it feel , like he said prior to its release "that it's only a movie" a little easier to take. Though, it was hard to watch the fate of the characters we grew up with and loved. C3PO had about 1 minute of screen time, I don't really recall R2D2 that much but for one scene, Chewie was hardly in it as well. It was a let down. I wish the trailer sucked and the movie was great, instead of the other way around. I am not at all excited about the next installment, it will be hard without Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford in it and oh yeah, Mark Hamil.....goodbye galaxy far far away. It was nice knowing you. I'll always have Empire and at least I was born to see THAT film in the theater.