Subtitle of this epsiode: Full Power to Butt-Shields :-(

Rating: 4/10 (18 December 2017)

I watched them all, as a fan who went to the cinema at the age of 7 to see the "first" one, which wasn't really the first. At this epsiode, I always had the feeling that it was nothing else but one of the better parts of a SciFi-TV-series, the ones you always have during a season... but it was never a Star Wars episode to me.
The Kylo Ren and Rey scene infront of Snoke ... we had a very similar thing before on the Death Star with Luke, Darth and Palpatine.
Another aspect why I prefer Scifi to Fantasy is, that Fantasy movies can always come up with new abilities and powers that solve a solution, which you could not think about, because you were not told about them... a major problem for me in Harry Potter plots.
Luke gets killed while realising his presence by using the Force, but Leia suddenly wakes up after the worst explosion with an intact body (no signs of dismemberment)... don't be surprised if in one episode all Jedis from the previous episodes reincarnate, because a plot writer comes up with the brilliant idea: Jedis can do that, we just did not tell you before.
I am also fed up with broken characters... yes there are liked by critics as they are those roles that make it easier to distinguish between a good or bad actor, but don't create such a character at any price...
I've seen a depressive Wolverine, Batman, Hulk etc. but why is so much time wasted on showing the Lukes current state of mind, which we can all guess and feel implicitly... it is Star Wars, still a fairytale showing the fight between good and evil.
I could go on, but works calling... another wasted opportunity...
Sad, after last year ... Episode 3,5 was, in my opinion, the best of the latest ones... Let's see...