Star Wars Died When George Lucas Sold It

Rating: 3/10 (21 December 2017)

Star Wars appears to have become a vehicle for a forced agenda and not about great story telling. The Last Jedi was horribly filmed, the transitions between scenes and the attempts at forced humor and light heartedness are akin more to a sitcom. The endless parade of characters that don't matter appears to be agenda driven. This film is 2 1/2 hours long yet every scene appears rushed because they force too much in. How they treated the character of Luke Skywalker was horrible and I have to agree with Mark Hamill's comments entirely - its like they re-wrote his character.. Just poor choices. People are too happy in this movie in the face of loss and struggle and it just feels like everyone is doing the motions to create the film so Disney can sell a lot of cheap plastic toys. Just very very sad, I was so very disappointed. The villains inspired zero fear and were so subdued - no way Kylo-Ren or Snoke could survive in the constant battle for power the Empire is known for, not based on what we saw. This movie just seemed cheap and the forced addition of characters seems more about Disney wanting the franchise to appeal to a larger market. The character of Rose -- I felt like she was acting in another movie, it felt like she was completely disconnected from what was going on and the film she was in... She just sucked big time, her lines were child like and simple, her character had no real depth and they have to stop filling the Star Wars universe with animated characters like Maz Kanata they are tacky to say the least. The emotion in this film was not there and the focus was lacking. Star Wars is supposed to be space opera where was the amazing musical score -- it was so passive and they didn't feature it properly?? This guy Rian Johnson who is directing is not a hot commodity he is a low budget guy with a weak film making history. Just very sad disappointing film.