Bad. Just so, so bad.

Rating: 2/10 (27 August 2019)

Disney brings back Star Wars and we get TFA. Nothing special but not a terrible movie. Next comes Rogue Ond and it was great! Then we are handed this sad excuse of a film. The plot was full of holes, and even without them, the basic premise is just bland and boring. The directions they took with nearly every character were terrible. I didn't mind what they did with Kylo Ren, but all the other choices were awful.
The old characters from the original trilogy are not utilized well at all, with some being phased out with very dissatisfying endings. Rey's origin story is thrown into the trash for no reason, a major character who we wanted to learn more about is killed early on with no further development, and Finn's moment of nobility is ruined.
About halfway in, Johnson just starts throwing plot twists in for kicks and giggles. He didn't even seem to care if it was a good choice or not. If it was surprising, he just went ahead and did it. This drove the film so far into the ground and I fundamentally despise every decision he made along the way.
See it if you're a fan of the franchise who wants to keep up with what's going on (or just read a synopsis and spare yourself 2 hrs of your life), but be warned that it may damage your opinion of Star Wars as a whole and that you will regret watching this abomination of a movie.