Speechless

Rating: 5/10 (15 December 2017)

This is probably the first review I have ever done for a movie but as a die hard Starwars fan I feel the need to express what I have just watched
Firstly a bit of history, I love Starwars, I brought up with it and my son is now following in my footsteps. When the new films were announced bringing old and new cast members with it, we could not have been happier.
The Force Awakens did not disappoint, everything a Starwars movie should be with loads of unanswered questions for the sequels to deal with. Most importantly I thought wow, they have set Luke up brilliantly for the next one
Mark Hamill (who understands Luke better than anyone) then comes out and says he disagrees with everything they have done for The Last Jedi - not a good start
Is it enjoyable? Yes, it certainly is an entertaining film and my son will love it. I am torn, part of me wants to have loved it but the other is disappointed for the following reasons

The plot is weak, following a cruiser until it runs out of fuel!?! Whoever wrote this and approved it needs firing
The subplots, the Finn one is pretty pointless plus I feel they gave Poe far too much screen time. Also why have they tried to bring real world politics into Starwars? Its make believe for crying out loud
Snoke was setup brilliantly in TFA so why kill off such a badass character with no history of where he came from etc.
Luke, the hero has been resigned to a grumpy old hermit who cannot be bothered to leave his island
No full blown lightsaber duels (a Starwars first if I am correct apart from Rogue One). Ren and Luke don't even trade blows!
Rey is a nobody! After all the teasing in TFA about her parents this is pathetic
Ending with a small boy looking out at the stars!?! What the hell!?!

I easily could expand and go on but here is the main problem - Starwars fans have over the years heard certain things from Lucas that has given them (me included) a rough sense of what is going on and what should happen. So what did we want?

Luke to be a badass Jedi! Lucas has always said Luke is the most powerful Jedi. When he stares down the AT-ATs at the end I was expecting him to block the laser blasts and then have a huge duel with Ren. Or he should have come face to face with Snoke. There were rumours of him taking on the Knights of Ren (don't get me started on them not being in it) in some super duel. Nothing, all we get is a 'force projection' and he kicks the bucket. That one hurts the most
Snoke to be a genuinly 'Emperor' type villan and reveal his backstory (or at least some of it). Nope they just decide to kill him off in a pathetic way
Rey to have a history from someone like Kenobi or Palpatine
An actual lightsaber duel (the one with the guards doesn't count)

Ultimately I feel for the actors as they have done a great job with a crap story. Rian Johnson clearly does not understand Starwars and I worry about handing him a new trilogy.
Hopefully further answers will come in the next one and we can all pray that JJ can sort out what is quite frankly a mess
I have given it 5 stars as the fan in me cannot go lower - this hurts though, a lot!!!!