The part that hurts the most...

Rating: 4/10 (9 January 2018)

...is the fact that there were signs of an incredible Star Wars movie buried in this film. It's just completely lost in stupid decisions, dumb character portrayals, and ridiculous plot points. The only time I've ever been this disappointed by a Star Wars movie was after seeing Episode 1 in theaters, but while in my view that movie was just bad through and through, this one could have shined.
First of all, the humor. Humor is not a bad thing in a movie and, in fact, Star Wars generally has good flowing humor between the characters. The problem with the humor in this one is it's not character interaction so much as it is just cheap jokes. There's one at the beginning of the movie in which Poe is acting like there's a communication problem between him and General Hux which makes no sense whatsoever in this universe. In order for that joke to work you have to accept that their technology is no always reliable, but in Rogue One we saw that ships could communicate while in hyperspace, you mean to tell me that their technology may not work ship to ship while next to each other?
Second: Canto Bite. This sequence was so out of place, and it actually showed to be pointless to the story. I think my biggest problem is Canto Bite feels too much like Las Vegas but with people masquerading as aliens. Slot machines and I'm pretty sure they were playing craps. Come on. Where is the imagination here? It's not like you have to go very far, there are tons of references of gambling games in books and other media, but instead it's basically a standard casino from earth. Lame. Did I mention that this whole subplot had no purpose? Yeah, because it didn't.
I honestly could ramble on about this, but I'm just going to stop. This COULD have been an awesome Star Wars movie, but it was lost in some of the dumbest decisions ever made. I'm not even sure if I care about seeing the next Star Wars movies which makes me incredibly sad.