Erm, what was that?

Rating: 7/10 (15 December 2017)

Ok, I'll start by saying that as a life long Star Wars fan - that could have been worse.
I know it's not a resounding thumbs up but these reviews are (in my opinion) overly brutal but hey, this is the internet right? ;)
So after the dark and desperate Rogue One I was expecting a similar tone to this movie, I know that Force Awakens was a bit light hearted but this is a bit like the script writers had spent a year watching nothing but comedies and took their inspiration from there - that's the only thing I can think of to explain why this is so comedic?
To be clear, I did enjoy it but only just... They just appear to have ruined (Disneyfied) the whole thing with the Evil Empire being about as intimidating as Basil Fawlty with a tree branch, the main enemy (Kylo Ren) being about as nasty as Jeremy Corbyn and the big bad boss (Snoke) being completely two dimensional.
That said, the heroic Rebels only had about 10 ships and they mostly got blown up or ran out of fuel as they ran away... And Disney - it's ok to kill a princess (in a film, not real life obvs). Oh, and what did you do to Luke Skywalker? You turned him into a lazy wuss who can somehow astral project himself making himself solid one minute and holographic the next? Huh?
I'd like to be more harsh or nice about the film but it was all a bit bland and silly.
I may watch this again, just to see if it's really as bad as I thought but I'm not sure...