If it wasn't a Star Wars film, this could have been a great Sci-Fi Film

Rating: 1/10 (27 October 2019)

Everything that the critics, fan and alike, have said about this film is absolutely true. There's some great iconic shots, but the film is all style, no substance.
Much like The Force Awakens, the heroes of the story are broken into shards and the pieces are impossible to pick up. Kylo and Snoke are just poor impostors of Vader and Palpatine. But the cruelest cut is Luke Skywalker. Even with the scene at the end, one of my childhood heroes has become nothing but a coward. Carrie Fisher is okay as Leia, though.
The new good-guy characters are okay. Rey has a good story-arc, and I like the whole Finn and Rose story, while Poe is an interesting character. It doesn't make up for Luke's character in the story, though.
John Williams' score is nothing spectacular. Mostly just cookie-cutter stuff from the other Star Wars films and typical stuff from average superhero films. For a film with such a big budget, this film could have splurged for a Zimmer protégé, at least.
If it wasn't a Star Wars film, it could have been a great film, but it is a Star Wars film...and it is not a great film. Rian Johnson said this film honors the original trilogy by subverting it....which makes no sense. It actually is the opposite. He dishonors every single thing Star Wars stands for with this film.
Even with the upcoming Episode IX this year looking alright, this film is not the greatest Star Wars film ever. I'm glad that Disney is considering taking a break from making Star Wars films, because they have screwed it all up by discarding established Expanded Universe canon like the Thrawn Trilogy, Young Jedi Knights, The New Jedi Order, Legacy of the Force, and Fate of the Jedi. There's no point in watching The Mandalorian, since it's just a tie-in to the Sequel Trilogy, really, or the supposed Obi-Wan show. I'd rather Disney finish this Sequel trilogy then start adapting the Expanded Universe books as movies next. If they adapted the Thrawn Trilogy alone as a separate universe series, it'd be a lot better than this kind of film.
May the Force be with You.