First Star Wars movie that felt genuinely original

Rating: 9/10 (29 December 2017)

I kinda came in knowing people hated it and wanted to see why. I get it. It didn't feel like a star wars movie. It dragged in most parts. However, I personally liked it. A lot.
I think Disney wants to take Lucas' lore and expand on it in a way that could generate more interesting characters and plot lines than the ones that exist now. There are over 8 star wars that did things that I felt were lazy and got people to like "the lore" rather than the movie as individual movies.
I think this movie is aware of that and makes certain moves to almost poke fun at the last episodes for making the lore valuable. I personally feel like the whole jedi lore is garbage. Dark side and light side. Rebels vs Empire. There's no depth.
Where the star wars lore lacked in depth, this movie made up for it in execution. A lot of the symbolism in the movie told interesting narratives that while fans of star wars might not care about, are actually detailed in interesting ways. Like *Spoilers start here for me* in the casino planet, the strong use of the symbolism created a more immersive world that I didn't care a whole lot about, but created an accented world that kinda gave narratives that I didn't think a Star Wars movie was capable of.
It made me care a lot less about the more outstanding characters like Luke or Leia or Snoke.
In other words, I can appreciate Disney not treating this movie like a cash grab and actually sitting down to write an interesting story.