I'm sorry. This one was a stinko.

Rating: 1/10 (18 February 2018)

I well remember standing in line for the first film back in 1977. All in the series have suffered by comparison ever since, but most of them were watchable. This one dragged horribly.
First, it was at least an hour too long. Mark Hamil spent the first 45 minutes grumbling about how life isn't worth living, and our heroine, who in the last movie showed some intelligence, proved she lost most of it by almost joining forces with pimply-faced Kylo.
A few battle scenes later, what remains of the rebellion, some 40-50 people are awaiting their fate in a cave, when Luke shows up to save the day, in a manner reminiscent of the way Alec Guinness did it in the original.
This was credited to a new writer/director, probably on the Disney staff. I suggest they go out and find someone competent for Star Wars IX, lest the franchise go the way of the NFL.