Need the Force to Watch This

Rating: 6/10 (21 January 2018)

I went and saw this today. I read reviews and they were not stellar so I went to see for myself which is the ultimate individual test. Hmmm. The magic is definitely lacking both Disney and Star Wars magic that is. However the viewer is in need of magic-wanting badly. What happened here? The characters are not interesting, the tired plot is the same and with all this technology people still fight with hand guns? Even jumping to light speed is old and boring. There were so many we are running out of time scenarios that one wonders why there is no time management? What really woke me up is two scenes where they show the cockpit of a fighter with toggle switches that go click? When Luke Skywalker the hero of all the old-time Lucas movies finally comes on screen I was expecting some really nice mastering of the Force that even puts Yoda to shame. But alas, the Force appears to be tired, lacks motivation and even when they wish each other the famous phrase "may the force be with you" after watching Luke I wonder what good is this to wish for? We need someone with vision to step up and really use the force that we all know and love and grew up with. To the credit of the film, it will bring in 1 billion or more and set-up Star Wars themes at the Disney Parks but for how long? Bring back the old reliable formula that works namely you