Finally beaten Family Guy to make a comedy star Wars

Rating: 2/10 (18 December 2017)

My overall thought - it was rubbish.
Everyone at some point seems to be playing it for laughs. The bad guys must have gone to shouty acting school; the good guys must have watched an old video of Top Gun and thought, that's how you talk to others. Then something happens, then something else, then something else, and someone makes a funny remark.
Zak Skywalker, still looking as though he hasn't quite finished with the Hangover movies, appears to spend most of his time in an outside toilet. Kylo and Ray manage to talk to each other in space, whilst Finn is just a waste of space.
I guess the main thing wrong is the script. Two and a half hours and I was still looking for the story, something that had a beginning a middle and an end. If your character does not advance the story, get rid of them. This could have been done with a lot of the characters. Those that you would keep, really needed to up their game. Snoke, Zak Skywalker, Rey, all were poor. If everybody makes jokes, important speeches lose their power. People were trying to be funny, to the point that it became like Spaceballs. Although I did like the cameo from Barry Manilow as one of the Rebellion commanders.
The film perked up at the end, if only because it went back to men being in charge and blowing stuff up. But it still couldn't help get away from this Disneyfied world of toy creatures and shiny spaceships.
But, it was way too long. The lighting was not as good as Rogue One, and those little easter egg moments were done to death in the Force Awakens.
And perhaps the most important thing to take away from this film is that there is a rebellion coming. Those professional critics, paid by the dark mouse, have clearly not been telling us the truth. And we, the Jedi keyboard warriors, will keep fighting until we see a decent film come out of the galaxy.
My only hope, is that Disney look at their market, and make the next star Wars two films. The first, 90 minutes of 3d shots, jokes and toys for the younger viewers. And then the same film, but based on a decent story, with a good script, and something adults would enjoy.