Star Wars: The Rian Menace

Rating: 2/10 (12 January 2018)

After waiting so long for this to come out, I was left underwhelmed after watching it. Then as I thought more about it I became angry. I felt like my childhood had been violated. Although The Force Awakens was not a perfect film, it set up some intriguing questions about the characters involved, both old and new, and set the scene for what should of been an epic sequel. What we got was anything but this. Rian completely ignored everything JJ. set up in the previous installment, it was akin to him taking a big steaming dump on J.J.'s work whilst giving the middle finger to all the Star Wars fans. He completely ruined the legacy of Luke Skywalker, so much so, that even Mark Hamill now refers to him as Jake Skywalker. Then there was the horrible, incoherent script, unecessary humour, Mary Poppins Leia, unnecessary characters (Rose, & the magenta-haired witch) cut & paste final battle scene, & no actual lightsabre dual involving Luke.
All in all, this is a film any true Star Wars fan should avoid if they want their fond memories of the franchise to remain intact. Rian, you had so much to work with. Why?