Do or do not. There is no try.

Rating: Null/10 (12 January 2018)

Got very mixed feelings about this. I'll just adress the parts That gave a disturbance in the force:
Snokes death: pros: he was never that intriguing to me anyways. His arrogance killed him much like it was the case with Palpatine. Cons: regardless of him being a stereotypical uber villain, he did seem to fill the part of main opponent, since Kylo Ren seems more like a study in angst. With Snoke, starkiller base and Snokes flag ship out of the game I have difficulty seeing the typical sense of things to take care of for our heroes in episode 9.
Lukes death: pros: Actually liked the grumpy old man approach... cons: But spending Lukes life the way it was done seemed utter wastefull, regarding 35 years speculating what he'd be able to do as an old jedi master. It was, to me, a lack of ideas that made them spend him in an attempt to mirror Yodas serene death i RotJ.
Hyperspace kamikaze: pros: looked cool. Cons: it changed the "rules" of all future space battles in Star Wars... The next time the rebel fleet is hopelessly outnumbered, hyperspace kamikaze as an option seems required.
Reys family background: pros: Anakin came from humble beginnings also. Cons: dont serve up mysteries and then kill then so backhandedly as it was done.
The gambling planet detour: pros: none. Cons: overall this side plot served no purpose at all other than screen time for main characters, introduction of benicios character which I didnt come to care for anyways and his final betrayel as a result was so anticlimactic.
Captain Phasma: Again a totally wasted character... She be "killed a third time" in episode 9, as I cant imagine that falling into flames present her bigger difficulties escaping than being locked in a trash conpacter on an exploding superweapon.
All in all this movie reeked of a director not liking the setup given to him from episode 7, and thus disposing of same for cheap surprizes rather than working with it.