TLJ, the Crystal Skull of Star Wars?

Rating: 1/10 (15 December 2017)

This is my first IMDB review ever, but since I grew up with Star Wars, this is personal, and I need to go off a little after digesting it a bit...
First off, I think after TLJ, JJ Abrams should be vindicated by the naysayers who complained about TFA, and I noticed people are even saying the same thing now about Lucas re: prequels, as those films all at least had good character development and they all felt totally like legit Star Wars films (well, you would think so considering Lucas directed them). This felt more like a blockbuster movie in the Star Wars universe, which is what I felt about Rogue One, although that seemed more excusable since it was not part of the trilogies. There were so many intriguing storylines just dropped here. I wanted to know Snoke's back story, I was hoping for something a little more intriguing concerning the reasons Rey has a connection to the force other than just...nothing. And the training was super short and unsatisfying compared with TESB, when Luke tries and fails to lift the X-Wing Fighter and you are emotionally invested. When Benicio Del Toro's character turns out to betray Finn and Rose, I'm not aghast like I was when Lando narked on Han and the rebels.
Why was Captain Phasma a character worth hyping? She did nothing but screw up. Maz Kanata seems super cool, but she's only in it for a second, and we still don't know anything about her back story either. Yoda was ridiculously CGI'ed - I was happy to see him, but it was pretty embarrassing. C3PO was just annoying, not endearing, and R2 is just tired - I shouldn't be saying that!
I just saw "Logan" recently and I'm not even into X-Men, really, but I was pumping my first when he kicked ass and I cared whether he fulfilled his mission or not (I won't say anymore more about that). There were a couple of times with that in TLJ...when Kylo killed Snoke and when hologram Luke endured the insane artillery onslaught, but not compared to TFA, where I felt the Star Wars magic and mystique the whole way through.
Where was anything resembling, "I am your father"? Or even, "You were the chosen one!" Sure there is plenty of eye candy and great stuff going on, too, because Star Wars's foundation is built on awesomeness, this is feeling Crystal Skullish to me.
This wasn't the Star Wars I was looking for :(