First IMBD review ever - SO BAD it was needed

Rating: 1/10 (27 December 2017)

Dear Disney: The Last Jedi was such a hulking mess on every level, other than visuals, that you need to scrap everything and try to do good by the multitude of SW fans who had faith in you. You have lost my faith until you can demonstrate that you understand what Star Wars is about and not engage in shoddy storytelling. This was a major embarrassment and I hope you are feeling the heat. Rian Johnson is getting his own trilogy after work like this? Seriously? I loved last year's Rogue One, and I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt after Episode VII, wanting to believe you had to get the "everything old is new again" out of your system. The Force Awakens was an average movie, but left me hopeful that the next installment would deliver on things Ep7 was clearly pointing to or hinting at - and Ep8 dropped the ball on every single one of those reasonable expectations. Especially where Luke Skywalker, Snoke, Rey and Kylo Ren were concerned. There was storytelling potential, but now I'm not planning to waste my money and time seeing your substandard output in the movie theater. Star Wars may not be dead, but this current trilogy is. Enough already.