What a complete letdown of a movie ...

Rating: 1/10 (24 December 2017)

Never written a review before, never wanted to until now.
This was a travesty of a Star Wars film! How could Disney do this to Star Wars and keep a straight face? No doubt the massive financial return will only lead to more of the same unless they take heed of the fan reviews and erase this from history.
All the hype for 'The Last Jedi' came from the trailers and the good will that the 'The Force Awakens' bought, a film that I actually really enjoyed despite the rehashing of 'A New Hope' themes (except for the Rathtar sequence). The best thing about 'The Last Jedi' was its trailers. After 'The Force Awakens' I thought that the prequels would be safely erased from my mind and the wound healed, until I saw 'The Last Jedi'.
What actually happened in this film apart from the Rebels, sorry, resistance changing base? What was the point of the whole Fin / casino / code breaker plotline? Why do we have to suffer the pointless introduction of attempted humour? Is it because they feel the need to cash in on the Marvel approach? Star Wars is NOT a super hero movie.
Star Wars is also not comedy. I don't want moments of conflict that should be dramatic spoiled by one liners or prank calls (e.g. the painful Poe and Hux conversation at the start of the film). I know its fantasy but Star Wars (OT) had some gravitas, mainly from the scenes with Vader or the Empire, and moments of well-handled emotion (Han and Leia in Empire) moments that were not spoiled with one liners or throwing a light sabre over ones shoulder or dusting said shoulder off, or rocks falling onto wheelbarrows. Humour is what '3PO is there for. I understand they need to move the series on, but not like this. And there's no need to write a defence into the script (or rub salt in the wound) by having Kylo state "let the past die, kill it, if you have to".
And of all the let downs and disappointments contained in this travesty of a Star Wars film, I think what they did to Luke was the worst. It was so completely unbelievable that this Luke was the same character from the OT and that he would act in this manner. Not a criticism I lay at Mark Hamills feet but at Darth Johnsons and the Disney Empire (maybe the real First Order determined to remove any last ray of hope ...)
My only hope is that JJ Abrams can restore some respect and grandeur to the franchise and not continue down the road that has been set by Rian Jonson.