Nooooooooooooo! ****SPOILERS****

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2017)

After watching the trailer for this movie about a month ago, I had an inclination this might be bad. However following the amazing reviews on 'Imdb' I thought I'd give this movie a chance. I went to the cinema skipping like a 6 year old with excitement.... walking out however, I found myself trying to make excuses as to why it could be good, and 10 mins later when I got home I couldn't sleep for how terrible this movie really is.
Its worth saying that I'm a big fan of the original original trilogy. Original original because it was unspoiled later on, by pointless CGI. That aside I was eager to have some questions answered following The Force Awakens, being that a majority of critic reviews had mentioned that most questions are answered in this movie.... No, no they're not! It was if the director couldn't be bothered to develop characters any further. Luke for instance, it really is his fault that Kylo Ren turned to the darkside because he acted completely against his character and the Jedi order. Snoke? "oh lets just quickly kill him off" he clearly cannot read Rens thoughts like he said which was why he met him demise (was his saying otherwise a joke?). Who are the Imperial Guards protecting now that Snoke is dead during a fight scene??? Rey, you are literally from no one important. Yep thats it. I actually thought that that was a joke too and had to ask the wife who Reys lineage really was in case I zone out. And I zoned out an awful lot during this movie. Not just from being confused by terrible editing points and the really really reeeealy bad humour, but because of the pace. This movie was pretty slow. Probably because of the plot, a very slow rebel transport ship moving slowly trough the galaxy, and a side mission for Finn and Rose (a new character who i wanted dead after about 2 mins of screen time) which was completely pointless. I'm wondering how they will bring the final instalment to life because of Leias character surviving this movie. I'm guessing more CGI versions of Leias are due with quick kill offs. What has happened to imaginitive story telling.
There was one saving grace however... I was hoping that they would throw in an easter egg to the originals and bring back the concept of the Jedi apparitions and they did! And kudos to them, they did it well!
To summarise. I was disappointed with this film, particularly from the point of view of an avid fan of the Originals. This might be a great film for some... for fans of Episodes 1,2 and 3 perhaps. It was slow, humorless, characterless and frankly pointless. This weekend i will be mostly drinking, crying and watching IV V VI.
PS. I thought Leia was from Alderaan? Shes clearly from Krypton!