This is Spaceballs 2, not Star Wars: Episode VIII

Rating: 1/10 (19 December 2017)

Like someone else said (Hamill?), this is a space comedy for kids. I don't like it, but can understand why Disney heads in that direction. It's all about money in the end and they don't really care about us older Star Wars fans.
I just don't get why they had to ruin all the SW lore of the previous movies, and why be so disrespectful about it?
In many ways this movie is much worse than The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. They were at least made by the creator of the SW universe and even if it was targeted towards children, it was still felt like it took place in the same world. If you take away Jar Jar, some cheesy CGI and a few questionable ideas (Jango Fett clones), it's at least "Star Wars movies", even if I and many other Star Wars fans didn't like them.
I liked The Force Awakens. Yes, it was basically a scene-by-scene remake of Episode 4, but it brought Star Wars back in a respectful way. As a DoP myself, I also enjoyed the great visual story telling by Abrahams and Mindel.
I really loved Rogue One. Sure, nostalgia had a lot to do with, but it was also respectful to the universe.
On a personal level I thought the slapstick comedy was awful and I really disliked all the "cute" aliens and especially the casino scenes. The Empire acts like they are led by "Dark Helmet" in Spaceballs.
Finn was a great character in TFA, but here the director just throw all his character advancement away.
I feel really sorry for Boyega, Fisher and Hamill. Their characters are totally ruined in TLJ.
To me, this movie is a parody of SW. It would be more appropriate to call it Spaceballs 2.