This is not Star Wars

Rating: 3/10 (15 December 2017)

After watching The Force Awakens and being utterly disappointed, I had little hope that this trilogy could recover. By watching Rogue One and being pleasantly surprised, there was "a new hope" in me that The Last Jedi might grow beyond TFA's flaws. And a attempt it did, there were moments in the movies, I thought had great potential, only to be ruined by lazy writing.
Without giving away any spoilers. The plot was lazily written; once again there were strong similarities to The Empire Strikes back, but in varying order; there were too many clichés, and Americanisms (which e.g. work well in Marvel movies, which are set to resemble the "real" world, but do not belong in Star Wars universe); the movie follows too many characters, and give almost no time to develop any; and unrealistic improbable moments, which ruin any suspense, as opposes to realistic improbably moments; feministic moments of no added value to the plot; and probably more I can't think of at the moment.
I give this 3 stars for the positive things I did like, which were: special effects, unique alien races and worlds, and Benicio Del Toro's acting which as a side character was the best.
I guess this is a coming of age moment for us all. The most crucial moments of this movie all serve as a metaphor that the Star Wars we used to know and love is gone. In its place is something incomprehensible, that may look like Star Wars, but doesn't feel like it.
In the end, Star Wars: The Last Jedi succeeded in making a plotless sci-fi action blockbuster, nothing more, nothing less.