Worst Star Wars EVER

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2017)

Honestly, I wonder if director Rian Johnson ever watched a Star Wars movie before getting this gig. And J.J. Abrams hasn't done us any favors either as Executive Producer. Like the first seasons of 'Lost', 'The Force Awakens' was brilliant, when Abrams had heavy involvement in the project. Then, just like the last seasons of 'Lost', where they needed to add subtitles just so the audience could figure out what was going on, 'The Last Jedi' seems to have suffered the same fate when Abrams became distracted by other projects and largely delegated creative control of the project. I have never forgiven him for the disappointing conclusion of 'Lost'. Let's hope Abrams doesn't screw this one up the same way with Episode IX.
The story line in 'The Last Jedi' is clunky, like how does Rey get from the Battle Cruiser to the Millennium Falcon? The character development is inconsistent and awkward (mainly Poe), and why does Benecio del Toro's character have a stutter. And why are we only now seeing certain Jedi abilities that we have never seen IN THE PREVIOUS SEVEN MOVIES. Overall, the whole thing seems like a rushed and hacked together gap filler between Episode VII and Episode IX. Maybe this is just the story that needed to be told as the penultimate episode working up to Episode IX, which will now need to be super awesome to make up for this disappointment. I would say you could almost skip this one and just wait for Episode IX and not feel like you missed anything, IT WAS THAT BAD.