J.J PLEASE COME BACK

Rating: 6/10 (16 December 2017)

This movie was....fine. That's pretty much all I can say. It had all of the cool characters everybody loves acting their hearts out to a meaningless plot. Don't get me wrong. I was entertained, but the fact that Rian destroyed all the interesting plot points that J.J set up, made me feel heart broken.
To begin, opening a movie that is highly anticipated as an epic story through all the hype and build up with corny jokes, and how they attempted to integrate it as a battle strategy made me cringe to say the least.
The cliffhanger of interest that we were left with in TFA was ruined in 3 seconds by making it slapstick. I mean come on, he throws it of a cliff, from what I can tell to introduce some cute owl things they have named as 'Porgs' (which are fricken awesome btw). It was disappointing to say the least. Paired with that let down, all of the epic scenes that should have remained epic were soiled by more crappy comedy.
The main plot story was a boring space chase that was frankly disgusting. Not only did they fail to kill Leia (who given the circumstances had to die), but they killed 2 iconic characters, and one new character that would have been extremely interesting. Snoke is sliced in half by Kylo and then Rey teams up to beat snokes guards which was the best scene in the movie. This is then ruined with a boring plot device that lead nowhere. Admiral Akbar gets blown up and Leia uses the force to survive space. This is downright dumb, so much for let old things die. Han's death meant nothing to this movie. Luke is bested in a lightsaber fight (sort of) by Rey who has no experience prior to this event. Luke was trained by Obi-Wan, this is frankly not possible and it makes George Lucas look good.
Yoda....no. Disney just stop. The movie kept alive characters that should have died and killed interesting characters for no reason.
Luke uses a hologram to trick Kylo. He would have sensed this. Then Luke dies because of the draining of all his power for like 20 people. The casino subplot was for no reason, and there was a flippin stampede. Why......
To summarise, this movie was a let down and comes close to being just as awful as ROTS. I was still entertained, but let down. Even the actors disagreed with the decisions made in the plot. Don't pay to see this in cinemas. It's not worth it. The next movie better be the last and better explain, why this movie went the way it did or I won't be to pleased with Disney for ruining a legacy. Rogue One remains the best Star Wars movie. Rian Johnson is a disgrace to Star Wars.