What the holy hell happens to Star Wars?!

Rating: 4/10 (10 September 2018)

I understand what people mean when they say, "The people that hate Star Wars the most are the fans."
Because with this movie, I'm one of the ones who is a fan of this franchise, but also I can't help but hate what it's become.
I actually enjoyed The Force Awaken, even though the plot was similar to the original. It was visually beautiful and had characters I found interest in. The action was actually intense and it didn't have any acrobats + ballad sword fighting.
The Force Awaken was ironically like a new hope to revitalize the franchise after the disappointing Prequels.
But watching this drawn out sloppy multi-story comedy that happens to have lasers in it, is comparable to what Anakin Skywalker must have felt when he was being burnt alive by lava with dismembered limbs.
The writers and directors feel like they have taken Star Wars in a whole new direction. When really it's basically The Empire Strikes Back with prettier graphics. While the actual original ideas of the writers is shown with Luke drinking discolored milk from an alien tit.
The plot was somewhat promising. The thought of the Rebel Alliance low on soldiers and low on fuel while also being tracked by an entire fleet of the Empire seems like it could be thrilling. It almost makes us feel like their are high stakes in this movie, like we and the characters are in for a loss this time.
But they completely rid all the tension away with ridiculously story arcs within the movie. When it really should have been between two stories. Rey being trained by Luke and the Rebel Alliance struggling to get from point A to point B without dying.
But we are subjected to moronic planning and unnecessary plot twists that do nothing for the story.
To make matters worst. The Luke Skywalker character is completely destroyed, like the creators have not even gave any thought to what his character stood for. What he endured from the planet of Tatooine as a simple farm boy to the lightsaber wielding Jedi Knight celebrating on Endor for the defeat of the Empire and the Sith.
All of that is forgotten to simply accommodate the forced direction of the writers and director.
The ending is confusing too. I don't know if we're supposed to be feeling happy or devastated. Something tells me we're supposed to feel like we've lost with the characters in the story. But even the writers forget that the Rebel Alliance has lost 90% of It's army. Generals, Fleets, Countless soldiers have died as well as Luke Skywalker. But at the end everyone is cheery and giving each other high fives like they just won the super bowl.
Even our main hero Rey doesn't seem to care that she has let down many people. She was supposed to go be trained by the last Jedi Master. Come back and kick the empires ass. Instead she comes back and only savds enough Rebels to fill the millennium falcon. While also failing to convert Kylo Ren to good. That was a pretty big part of the plot. She should be devastated with the loss she's had.
At least she enjoyed herself when she got to destroy a few Ti-Fighters at the end of the movie.