Nice parody but horrible for the second movie in a trilogy.

Rating: 2/10 (29 December 2017)

Ray Quintana · Small Business Owner at Dogparentsonline.com
I am very disapointed in this film. Yes all that you talked about regarding the mechanical items were very nice and the colors also, but the characters wandered quite a bit from the force awakens. It is has if Rian had never seen the story that makes Star Wars, the actual force, of the movie. The story line was just sloppy as if he never even saw The Force Awakens, The reason I went to go see Star Wars is because it is Star Wars and George Lucas did an excellent job of branding and continuity. When I saw this movie (especially the 2nd part of a trilogy) I expected to see the awesomeness that is Luke Skywalker training new Rey in the ways of the force and the last scene in TFA left me with anticipation of Luke truly teaching Rey the way of the light side instead of Rian's sense of humor of having Luke throw the light saber over his back and wandering into exile. The whole premise of TFA was finding Luke as the last hope for the Jedi to reborn in the excellent choice of a female Jedi. I loved everything about TFA and it is as if Rian thought the second part of the trilogy should just be a parady of everything Star Wars. Don't get me wrong when I went back to see it , and only because I had a free ticket I came back with no expectations and it made a pretty good parady of Star Wars and the hope that the kids at the end of the movie with the hope of becoming a Jedi. However I recommend that Rian and the Executives that approved his writing and directing to be fired. He said in a podcast interview he was not given any direction from the previous writer and director JJ Abrams. He said he was thrown the title and was told just write it. This is not the kind of care I have seen from Disney both in the theme parks and movies such as the Pixar disney movies. Also out of every single movie from the main story lines of "Star Wars" except rogue one, There was a serious lack of light saber battles. Also if the dark side was destroyed in episode six. How did the antagonist of the story establish a planet weapon at least 2000 times larger than the death star? See what I mean no continuity. I grew up with Star Wars so as long as I am alive I will go see Star Wars. I just wish Disney would put a lot more care into the making of Star Wars movies. Unfortunataly it is just not happening in the way. say, a disney pixar movie same company, different and horrible out come with the Disney Lucas arts movies. I hope the 3rd episode redeems the first Star Wars trilogy. I would hate to have the Job of fixing all of the jokes Rian brought to pass in the TLJ. I mean that guy did not even listen to Mark Hamil and that is just plain rude and disrespect full. Yes I will go see episode nine but not Han solo because of this and if you have any doubt on how TLJ did compared to the TFA I would look at the numbers. When I went the second time there was only one row of people in the theater. I am use to seeing Star Wars stay busy for at least 2 to 3 months not 2 to 3 weeks. I cannot underestimate how disappointed I am. The guy below me says he loves it and will go see it a second time. I bet he does not and even if he goes to see it a 3rd time the rest of the world is not as shown by the numbers even with out being adjusted for inflation.