The death of the Star Wars you knew

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2017)

The character development has fallen to crap. TFA introduced characters and teased big revelations. In TLJ, Rian mustn't have felt up to carrying JJ Abrams torch on story building because he is so simplistic on character development. Who is Snoke... Nobody. Who is Rey's parents... Nobody. Why was Captain Phasma ever introduced because neither movie wanted to deal with her. Rian seems to revel in plot twists but not ones that build lore or explain anything, just things that you didn't see coming. Is Rian to Star Wars what Michael Bay is to Transformers?
The treatment of Luke is disgraceful (only exception is the battle with Kylo). No wonder Mark Hamill was complaining. I agree with Mark. I fundamentally disagree with everything they did with Luke. A grumpy old man who quits is not what the Jedi are or who Luke was.
In TFA you can understand the death of Han and how it sets the stage for Kylo, but TLJ seems to kill characters for no reason. Who is this new Admiral we have sacrificing themselves to save the resistance retreat? A nobody, when we could have had Ackbar (whose death you might not have even noticed).
The scene in the dark side pit was underwhelming to say the list. They build towards it and then... nothing really happens.
The whole section on the gambling planet seemed unnecessary, but at least they could have had Lando running it.
What to love: Space battle to start the movie. The ship sacrifice jump to light speed. The battle between Luke/Kylo. I actually didn't mind the humor bits.
What to hate: Everything else.
I'm so sad that to make way for the new they felt that had to destroy all of what made the original great. I still really can't believe this is the script that made it through to production! It has holes the size of a space ship in the plot, leaves so many things unexplained, and ultimately feels like a big FU to fans. TFA wasn't great and felt like a remake, but it didn't destroy the Star Wars legacy. TLJ pretty killed much of what you loved about Star Wars. Prepare yourself for the ache of loss after you watch this. It was visually stunning but ultimately leaves you empty.