How is this rated 7/10?

Rating: 1/10 (23 May 2020)

This is by far the worst Star Wars movie, which is hard to say now that episode 9 is out. Seriously, how did a movie this bad come to be associated with Star Wars? It feels like Disney was trolling us all along, with such low quality film making that will haunt the series for many decades to come.
I'm going to trim out a lot of the mistakes that this film makes, because there are so many that I could write a 40+ page paper on this topic alone (and many have). There are so many plot holes and needless plotlines that I was confused throughout. Characters making smart decisions and being punished; people making dumb decisions and being rewarded. Characters teleporting around for the sake of the plot. A massive chunk of the film dedicated to bashing animal cruelty and capitalism in a casino that doesn't matter to the main plot. It's just painful to watch without turning off your brain.
Now for the big one, the problem many Star Wars fans will forever have a hatred of this movie for: the outright destruction of Luke's character. I enjoyed his character in the original trilogy, and little more. Yet even I, a casual fan, was appalled to see such a classic hero turned into this old hermit that almost killed his nephew for such a foolish reason. He left his sister and best friend out to potentially die so he could sulk on an island for the rest of his now miserable life. It was just horrific.
Kylo Ren states that Rey needs to "Let the past die; kill it, if you have to." While many defend this as a stupid statement made by an idiot, it's a lesson that Disney seemed to agree with considering what they did to Luke. They ruined him and then killed him. How pathetic. If you showed me this part of the script 5 years ago, I'd have thought this was a terrible fanfiction made by someone who hates Star Wars, and maybe that is actually the case considering how little Rian Johnson has responded to criticism since the release.
Now for the controversial point: Rey IS a Mary Sue. I find it appalling how people still argue otherwise. The theme of the movie is about failure, yet she never fails. I shouldn't have to elaborate any further, if I'm being honest, but I will. She never loses a fight and has greater force powers without training than Luke or any cannon Jedi has ever had. She is so good at firing from the Millenium Falcon that on her first shot she ever takes on-screen, she takes out 3 Tie Fighters and starts fussing at Chewbacca because he isn't flying good enough for her liking. Also, does a single shot have the power to take out 3 Tie Fighters in a row? That seems implausible at best.
I didn't enjoy a single part of this movie, and I came out of it on my first viewing confused, and wondering if what I saw was actually a Star Wars film or just a hallucination. I'm still not entirely sure, it was that bad. I forced myself to watch it again a few months later, and it was even worse the second time. What a mess Disney has made Star Wars into, I'd rather watch every single movie in the Prequel Trilogy in one setting than watch The Last Jedi once. Not just because I think every Prequel movie is significantly better than this garbage... actually, that's the only reason.