What a waste of potential

Rating: 2/10 (18 June 2018)

Not only a whole lot of wasted opportunity, but far too much stupidity mixed in. Some good visuals (I like the modified AT-ATs) and a few good moments, but they're lost in the overall morass of mediocrity.
Setups from TFA: wasted. Finn's character arc: wasted. Snoke: wasted. Rey's origin: wasted. Luke: wasted. Knights of Ren: non-existent. Light-saber battle: lumbering, pedestrian choreography. NR backstory: non-existent. Incompetent + cringe-worthy leadership and decision-making from the Resistance. Was it bad that I started rooting for the First Order?
What are we left with? Ren and Hux are joke antagonists. There is no credible threat against M'Rey Sue protagonist. Finn is now a clown, having been given an excellent start in TFA. Chewie and Poe are about the only ones left worth watching, and they're secondary characters.
So what's the draw for Ep IX? Meh.