Judge Dredd to Disney: "You have killed a beloved franchise. The sentence, is death".

Rating: 1/10 (19 December 2017)

We could have had Luke bringing down AT-ATs with his powers. Instead Luke is gimped so he does not outshine Rey. Awesome pilot is gimped so we can have some random character win the day in what would have to be one of the most contrived sub-plots ever. Princess Leia 'just has powers' after putting in *what!?!* effort and time to obtain them? Same for Rey. Crap sub-plot involving Finn and Rose to give them something to do, with no payoff *whatsoever* other than to possibly make that pilot dude look like a jerk. Epic fail is epic.
Better ending: after all of the AT-ATs blast at Luke, we cut away to Rey having lifted all of the rocks from the back of the cave, ushering the resistance out. They fly over the battleground. All of the war machines have been destroyed. Luke is standing there waiving. He is Luke Skywalker, Jedi Grand Master. He is a force to be reckoned with.