separate scenes stitched together

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2017)

I think the makers of this movie where on something when they created it. The entire movie is a series of completely different sets that are dragged out way to long and that can be removed from the movie without changing the main story. The main story being, euhm, I guess I'm figuring that out still. I'm desperately hoping this film is a setup for episode IX, because there are so many open questions I wonder if they can even close them all.
In addition to that, there are a few obvious and annoying plot holes and I didn't found Carrie Fisher's performance convincing at all. In fact any other character, including the droids and the animals where better than hers.
Most characters in the movie seem a bit "out of place" or "forced" (pun intended) in the scenes. You start wondering why they are there and what they are doing.
The movie has some good stuff going on too. They showed more "other life forms" on the planets and the way they took down that dreadnaught space ship was a nice touch for otherwise a dragged out non-story.
The visuals are just great and that lifts up the movie a bit.
I seriously think the creaters missed the ball here and I'm praying they will get it together for the next installment.