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Rating: 4/10 (15 December 2017)

All in all, this was not a good film. Rian Johnson tried too hard to appeal to fans, to his inner white boy teenager (by trying to make us feel empathy for Kylo Ren), and to echo the amazing grit and character introductions we saw in TFA. With so much of his focus on these aspects, it appears he forgot how to write a good plot while not twisting characters in ways that don't make sense to fit what he wanted.
Again, this movie is what Rian Johnson wanted and thought that we as fans wanted. He failed to give what I view as true character development and honestly, the plot is right back where we started but now Luke is gone and a character we had no time to form a bond with (Holdo) is gone and were missing half of the resistance. Johnson tried to make up with his lacking skills as a director in the humor department. People were laughing every 5-10 minutes (literally). I don't remember laughing that much in ANY meaningful Star Wars movie (including Rogue One, which is one of my personal favorites).
Conclusion:

Reylo fanservice (needless shirtless Kylo Ren - sorry Adam Driver nothing personal just I'm not in the mood for uncooked chicken these days)
character assassination of Luke (who was well aware of the pitfalls of the Jedi yet gave into the fearmongering that ruined the order in the first place in trying to kill his nephew)
sidelining of important POC characters such as Finn, whose role served nothing in the movies also he didn't get to see Rey until like the last five minutes
lack of character development... they haven't changed or learned from their experiences... Star Wars is about the relationships. That's why we get so attached is we see ourselves in them and quite frankly I felt nothing. I didn't even cry.
amazing cast, poorly executed dialogue (under the instruction of mastermind RJ)

Sigh. That's all. Sigh.