Yes change is need but in the wrong direction

Rating: 1/10 (18 December 2017)

I will apologise up front that review writing is not my forte but I tried of people telling me why I had to like The Last Jedi and I was the one holding on to the past if I didn't agree.
Did the Empire win at the end of Episode 6? It does feel that way when it comes to TFA and TLJ.
Understandably for Star Wars it had to evolve. However instead of developing story lines with generations working together, it is out with the old and in with the new. So my question is why do beloved character have to be pushed aside and made to look bad, instead there are still- stormtroops, deathstar weapons, star destroyers and tie fighters?
This movie for me was boring as the 1st Order leaders are more of a parody of the old Empire. While the actors do their best they don't have the presences of the previous cast on screen and appear to have a delusions of grandeur (which happens when Solo is out of the picture) .
Rey still looking like a deer in the headlights, gets out of every predicament so much so that in TLJ, they didn't show how she did one escape,
Phasma is more like a classic Battlestar Cylon and just as useless.
On the subject of Battlestar, the rag tag fleet with little fuel pursued by the enemy, I remember when George Lucas sued Glen Larson over BSG being a copy of Star Wars, now SW is using BSG for story ideas. Couldn't they find a story line from their own expended universe?
The Force now offers super powers but is useless for soul searching and clarity.
There are a lot of throw back lines that feel forced. The humour was very poor with most jokes falling flat and should not be compared to the Marvel or POTC movies as isn't that funny
On the subject of Pirates did Disney throw it under a bus to get the critics to say that The Last Jedi was fresh? Pirates was far more original as The Last Jedi is a mashup of Battlestar Galactica, Empire and Jedi.
Star Wars was the Skywalker adventures seen through the eyes of two droids, who have also been replaced by a cute SUPER droid and in TFA and Episode 9 neither Anikan or Luke are or will be the lead character.
Everyone blames Disney for this mess but it is Lucas Film that is at fault as there seems to be little project management as they allow egotistical writer/director full control and they appear more interested in pushing their "their characters" and not considering the flow of the entire saga.
One last thing, Yoda who has put on weight since he died, is just as powerful in the living world. So does that open the door to the Return of the Jedi (plural) to finish the saga? If so that will be the only way to clear up this mess.
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH EPISODE 9!