An absolute mess

Rating: 1/10 (19 December 2017)

This movie is a disaster. I saw it in a completely filled theater opening night and you could feel the sense of disappointment and betrayal hanging in the air. I was not a fan of the Force Awakens, and was cautiously hopeful of this movie. It was worse that I could ever have possibly imagined. Disney should be ashamed of what they did to the franchise; good luck at recovering from this one.
Even as a standalone movie it is bad. Weak characters, a disjointed plot, a confusing tone, abysmal writing, ridiculous attempts at "Marvel-type" humor, and the usual Hollywood social justice themes. This movie does not feel like a Star Wars movie, which makes sense since it shouldn't be.
The executives in charge need to seriously reconsider their plans for future movies. Sure the prequels had bad acting and pacing issues, but at least they didn't ruin one of the greatest fictional universes and storylines of all time.