Nope - on an Epic Scale

Rating: 1/10 (25 January 2018)

NUTSHELL:
This movie destroys what a Jedi is and completely ruined the entire franchise.
ELABORATION:
They can pull out 'Jedi Encyclopedia' and show special skills not used previously but it should enhance our understanding not degrade it.
Luke Skywalker. A silly name when you think about it. That name is movie legend (until now). Flawed heroes are good. Superman is fun but the all powerful can't be beat gets old. Jedi can die. They can make bad decisions. For example Anakin and love. But they don't abandon the universe.
When Yoda and Obi-Wan go into hiding at the end of Episode III there is a reason: they are waiting for Luke to come of age: A New Hope. What is adult Luke doing in the past two episodes (VII and VIII)? Nothing. Nada. He has given up. No plans for a future return. He's just gonna die. He protests the "Jedi Scrolls" being burned but what did he think would happen to them after he died? The green milk cow would have taken great care of a library?
The list of "WTF's", like Mary "Leia" Poppins, green milk, and a space ship chase in slow motion go on and on and on. Any one of those could get a pass. Like how easy it is to destroy the Death Star in E4, only later to be dealt with in Rogue One. But there are so many in this one episode. And what could possibly be the "Rogue One" revelation that allows us to forgive Luke's desertion? Usually desertion is grounds for firing squad. That's my recommendation for this film. Execute it. Never let this guy near a directors chair or a pencil for that matter.
Remember that black and white photo of the read-thru back in 2014? We were all so excited. Abrams and Johnson knew then what was coming - and we were more concerned about Han Solo getting killed off. You want to expand the Star Wars Universe? Create new heroes. Go ahead. I'm in. I'll watch those. Seeing the progression from 1977 and back to the prequels and then forward to 2015 with Rey and Finn. Branch out even - make a solo Solo film :) Do a series. Make a trilogy about young Leia. Or Mace Windu. You don't have to kill off other characters to introduce new ones. But if you do, maybe avoid killing them off in a way that is inconsistent with the last 40 years of their existence.