What Were They Thinking!

Rating: 2/10 (19 December 2017)

Good god bruce almighty, its bad! It is beyond terrible. It is a meandering mess and the script, the plot, the dialogue, is on par with the prequels. I swear to you, you could almost believe that George Lucas wrote the script for this, and that's not a good thing, but if he had, I'm sure Lucas would have done a better job at it.
I would rate this 1 star, if it wasn't for the fact that Luke Skywalker actually does 'stuff' in the film. I would rate it 3 stars if Luke Skywalker did anything that his actual character would do. Unfortunately we are left with the shallow empty shell of a man who resembles nothing like the Skywalker I grew to love in the original trilogy.
This film has become so disneyfied it no longer resembles the Star Wars that I love. In fact, you could almost mistake it for another film... Spaceballs ring a bell? Nothing wrong with Spaceballs. It was a comedy. You knew what you were expecting. But people don't walk into a cinema and expect slapstick unfunny comedy one after the other. No wonder JJ Abrahms wanted to direct this film after he saw the script, cause he butchered Force Awakens and this new film has received a similar finish.
I never thought I would ever, in my lifetime as a star wars fan, rate any of the new Disney films below the prequels. That changes now.
If you want a star wars film, go see Rogue One. Avoid this!