Very very dissapointing

Rating: 3/10 (28 September 2018)

I went into this movie after reading glowing reviews from critics, calling this the 'best Star Wars movie since Empire'. The Force Awakens was a decent outing, but just teased us with the Luke Skywalker appearing in the very last scene of the movie. The credits rolled before he even spoke a word. This film picks up from this point exactly.
We wait nearly 35 years for this moment only to be let down monumentally. We see his character throw his fathers lightsabre off a cliff, as if to say he does not care of its significance. A metaphor for how this movie does not care for the characters and lore of the previous films in this saga.
The characters in the movie actually clumsily state repeatedly how the past must be 'killed'
The treatment of Luke's character is bemusing. Mark Hamill himself stated on more than one occasion how he fundamentally disagreed with how the character was written.
The writer/director Rian Johnson chose subverting expectations over consistency and good storytelling.
The tone of the film is totally messed up - every serious moment is undermined with a bad joke. No-one laughed at this poor jokes at my screening.
This movie looks gorgeous, the effects are fantastic, some of the action is great to watch. BUT it disregards how the universe works, the characters do not seem consistent with the previous films, it has very clunky overtly political tones.
The plot of this movie is riddled with plot-holes and leaps of logic. Yes, I know this is a Star Wars movie; however we have an understanding from the previous films (and countless video games, comics, and books) how Space battles work, and how the force works. This movie does not seem to care. It's almost as if Rian Johnson did not bother watching any of the films. After all this is a direct sequel to Star Wars episodes IV, V, and VI - it should not contradict how things work.
I left the cinema very disappointed, and did not return. This is the only Star Wars movie I did not see multiple times in the cinema, the only one I did not buy on Blu Ray. After seeing this I could bring myself to watch Solo; I just did not want to be let down again.
I give it 3 stars due to how the film looks, and the acting performances of some. Otherwise I would have given it 2