Let The Last Jedi Die

Rating: 3/10 (5 March 2018)

Like many of the other reviewers, the main problems I had with this movie are:
1. The humorous parts are cheesy and feel very out of place. If the Star Wars universe revolves around the eternal struggle between light/good and darkness/evil, then the jokes in the film undermine the central theme.
2. The little character development there is in the film is not convincing at all. I am referring specifically to Luke and Rey.
3. In certain scenes, the director tricks the audience into believing that a character is about to die solely for dramatic effect and then does a Deus ex Machina. It is the cinematographic equivalent of saying "Psyche! I fooled you, didn't I?"
4. The gaping plot holes.
Not only does Rian Johnson dismissively tear out all the plot threads left dangling by J.J. Abrams in the Force Awakens, but he also disregards most of the lore established by the previous Star Wars films. What we are left with is plot and character dynamics that are wishy-washy and take us in no compelling direction. After seeing the Last Jedi, I am no longer all that interested in seeing what happens next in this storyline.
Just because Disney now owns the franchise does not mean that whatever they produce is authoritative. I do not recognize this film as canon.