The Desecration of Star Wars: Episode 2.

Rating: 4/10 (31 December 2017)

Luke: From hero to zero. After bringing hope to the Galaxy, ending the Empire, and bringing Vader back to the Light, Luke now mopes around on an island like a drunkard due to drinking too much alien boob milk. He's doing absolutely nothing. Wasted opportunity. His character devolves into one that disrespects the Jedi and he desecrates the original teachings along with a catatonic puppet Yoda ghost (even though they had years to do so before Rey showed up, and force Ghosts might as well just shoot lighting bolts at Snoke if they can influence physical reality all along). All while, Han's death does not sway Luke to rejoin the Resistance, nor the impending death of his sister and comrades still carrying the flag of hope he once crafted. His lessons half fast and the reasons were that Rey was gifted in the Force, since the Force belongs to all things like some social justice motive that the Jedi order have hogged it all to themselves over the millennia and now the Force must be allowed for embrace by all people. Hogwash.
Rey: Absolutely no development for her character in the movie. We learn she was jettisoned by her junkie parents and she's nothing special - other than having supreme knowledge of the force. Yeah that's really interesting....the hidden message here is that the Force is for all people, not just for the Jedi and Sith. You don't have to be anything special. You can wake up and move boulders with your mind one day!
Snoke: Absolutely no revelations about him, despite leading audiences for the last 2 years with theories and discourse. Fans may never know his true origins unless it is addressed in the next installment. But it doesn't matter now, as his anticlimactic departure ensured any involvement of him in future events would be inconsequential. Great!
First Order: The first order is no longer menacing. The supreme leader who held such conviction is now gone. Phasma was defeated by Fin who is not endowed with any special skills as a former Storm Trooper (he also doesn't hesitate to kill Storm Troopers now when in the last movie he was conflicted). General Hux or "Junior" gets punched around and is no longer taken seriously. The First Order's crafted ships cannot take down a simple cruiser in a slow speed chase despite in the past showing military dominance and weapon supremacy. Kylo Ren is still conflicted and not a threatening leader as he was alluded to in the flashbacks involving the the Knights of Ren (who have disappeared too because why not!). The First Order might as well be a loosely organized extremist group led by children since all major players are gone.
Rose and DJ: Their inclusion in the events had no reason other than to diversify the cast and appease global audiences. I mean, I am not against diversity, but you can't just create new characters and throw them into a subplot with no payoff. The scenes at the Casino to save donkey dogs from captivity and recruit DJ who grumbled all his lines - was all pointless. It was boring 30 minutes I thought I would walk out of the theater and get popcorn. The kiss at the end between Fin and Rose was also awkward as they had no chemistry throughout the film. In fact, Fin and Rey had more chemistry but they do not even contact each other for the whole film, and Fin literally mentally writes her off without a care of her well being. That inconsistency in character relationships is a whole other issue. Rose's comments about capitalism at the end of the Casino scene and saving animals was also social justice warrior crap shots.
CGI: CGI was bad. I am not sure, but the film had a grainy look to it and the dark scenes with heavy shadows were barely noticeable. The cruisers and ships also looked like they were filmed in front of a green screen using poorly detailed models and had no fluidity in their movement.
Leia: She does not bear any respect as a General and is instead seen as Mother Goose for the Resistance. They made her look tired and she walks around almost defeated in every scene. They made her lack any leadership other than being some overseer while she hobbles depressed in the shadows. This is not the Leia we remember.
Entertainment: The film was not fun to watch. Even the prequel trilogy had life, great action, plenty of colorful locations, interesting characters, and an expansive universe. This movie literally takes place in probably 4 locations: ship interiors, some red salty planet mirroring Hoth, space, and a Casino planet. Wow what adventure!
Star Wars Ended after episode 6 in my eyes. Literally I would pretend there are no more Star War Movies after episode 6. Even through episode 7 was decent, it has retcon by this mess and no longer relevant for viewing.