Still beating the same dead horse

Rating: 1/10 (31 December 2018)

Did we really need a ninth Star Wars film? Is there really anything new they could have brought to the table? Not really, and for the most part they don't, but I actually thought this was a minor improvement over The Force Awakens and definitely leagues more entertaining than the bland and abysmal Rogue One, but that doesn't really say much.
I mainly give it a pass because Mark Hamill was really great in his role despite his character material being questionable. Adam Driver also kills it as Kylo Ren here and he is shaping up to be a good villain in Episode IX - but beyond those things however, it's just more of the same old same old. Not necessarily "bad" same old same old, but still nothing we haven't seen before. It's beating the same dead horse as the Transformers series.
I did think it was very well-made from a technical standpoint with a a lot of beautiful and well-choreographed shots, but the problem with this movie is that the newcomer characters still remain uninteresting and poorly-developed whilst most of the original cast are killed off.
So it's more entertaining than Rogue One and a slight improvement over The Force Awakens, but aside from Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, and being well-made, it doesn't have many positive things to say about itself on its resume. I only rate it 1/10 to bring the IMDb general consensus down to a more reasonable score, normally I would rate it about 6/10.