I don't understand how this got released in its current state

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2017)

This was unexpected. Admittedly I went into the movie theatre with high expectations, but this left me feeling completely disenfranchised. What happened to Luke? This felt like a complete character assassination. I understand that characters can develop and evolve, in fact it's one of the best things about saga's and trilogies. Unfortunately this movie felt like an attempt to wipe away the legacy of the original trilogy, and has frankly left a life long fan with no excitement for future Star Wars movies.