Disgraceful

Rating: 1/10 (2 December 2019)

I've been a fan of the series since the original opening in 1977, and while the prequels had some issues, they were OK. TFA was a nice throwback and set up some interesting new story arcs for what was supposed to be this. However, the direction this abomination took damn near killed this 40 year franchise. Between Leia flying through space to Rey moving giant piles of rocks ( neither of whom had a Yoda or Obi-Wan to train them), it just dumped on the whole history of the story. What they did to Luke was abysmal. They would have been better off having him offed by an Ewok. They killed the villain set up in TFA with no explanation who he was or why he mattered, killed Phasma like she was a run of the mill trooper, and had a way too long casino/horse creature arc. This movie did nothing to advance the franchise and here's hoping JJ Abrams has enough talent to resurrect the franchise from the raging dumpster fire this pathetic garbage left behind. This makes Phantom Menace w/ JarJar look like Macbeth.
I liked Rogue One, Solo and really digging The Mandalorian, and early looks at ROS look promising. We just need an MiB mind wipe to remove this plague from our memories.