Worst Star Wars story ever

Rating: Null/10 (6 August 2018)

I say worst story ever because this is the worst story as a movie and makes some of the worst Star Wars books look better by comparison. This movie was poorly shot, poorly paced, and poorly written.
Rey is the most powerful character ever seen on screen. She is more powerful than any Star Wars character ever written in any book. In four days time she goes from not knowing the force exists to being the most powerful force user ever. I thought the midiclorian idea from The Phantom Menace was an absurd way to establish how powerful Anakin was and what his potential could be. With Rey she was able to become more powerful than anyone in a matter of days. She is a Mary Sue.
Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is the most useless and bipolar villain in the series. His mood swapping during the movie is tiring and unneeded. It makes him shallow and childish appearing.
Luke Skywalker was not in this movie. It was great seeing Mark Hamill give his all to a performance and I honestly think despite the writing he did an excellent job. But this was not Luke. Luke was the most positive and optimistic person in the galaxy. Rian Johnson turned him into a horrible version of a miserable human with nothing but negativity to guide him.
Leia should have died. Mary Poppins/Superman should have been her death. They could have then made Hodo take her place as the leader of the resistance. Instead we are left with Leia in a coma and are told that we need to listen to Hodo without question. I think Laura Dern is a brilliant actor who was written a poor story and given a meaningless death. She should have confided in Poe her plan instead of the strong trust me angle. Poe was one of the most trusted members of the resistance. There was no reason other than a political statement to be made in their interactions.
Finn became useless. I have no problem with the racial diversity that this movie provided. I though the original series was a bit lacking as Lando was the only black man in the galaxy. I appreciate strong characters. Rose is not that. What Rose does is kill the interaction between Poe and Finn. She diminishes Finn and he attempt to sacrifice himself but saving him for love. This after the whole movie she has preached that the resistance should come first. So she commits an act of saving Finn when she should have let him die to save the others. Her character is pointless and should have been left out of the story. Now does that mean the actor who portrayed her should have been cut? No. Write her a strong female character and let her have a role worthy of the talents of the actor.
A meaningless death suffered by the greatest tactical mind the rebellion ever had the privileged of following. Ackbar died by getting sucked into space. Seriously? What a death by the man who lead the attack on the second Death Star.
Why did Hodo not go ahead and jump a ship into the first order fleet when they first were being chased? It makes no sense to wait until the end of the movie to do this maneuver. Do it as soon as the first order gives chase and be done with it. And if you are going to do this idiotic scene make Ackbar the man to do it. He would be the one to have the tactical knowledge to have pulled it off. Instead we have Princess Leia light kill herself.
I cannot even begin to list all the problems of this movie. I cannot even begin to tell how much Rian Johnson has destroyed the series with one really bad film. I can honestly say Rian Johnson actually made the prequels look better for me. He is a horrible storyteller. The plot holes are ridiculous. The written is atrocious. His ability as a film maker is shown with this movie. I shall not watch another of his movies. I shall not see Episode IX.