They had the chance to make this the best Star Wars movie, but made another Marvel-like comedy.

Rating: 4/10 (17 December 2017)

This review contains spoilers. This was a bad movie with some interesting ideas in the middle. Small changes in the plot could have made this the best movie. Good Ideas: Luke's ability to project himself (the light side has too few abilities compared to the dark side, and a new ability, specially one that is not offensive, is great), the experience wins the boldness (Leia and Holdo had a plan that worked better than Poe's boldness, but why did they refrain from telling him the plan is a mystery), bring Yoda back to talk to Luke (but the CGI trying to mirror the original puppet was horrible. They could have used the original puppet itself, it would be a great fan service, but apparently too bold of a choice). Bad Ideas: Dropping bombs in space (there is no free fall without strong gravity and the whole scene was bad. The false sense of haste created by the need to push a button on a remote control. She could have used a voice command, droid or even a button located on the panel), Kylo Ren not killing Leia (if he turned to the light side, then I would understand this choice, but why refrain from killing and then continue in the dark side?), Kylo Ren being a good pilot (why does every Jedi also need to be a great pilot? It's the easiest way to get killed in that universe), the whole casino scene (unnecessary, time-consuming, awful soundtrack trying to mirror the cantina band in a totally different environment), every emotional scene was cut by a bad joke (Luke holding the lightsaber, Luke teaching Rey to reach out, Luke watching original Leia's hologram. Just stick with the emotional moment and let people cry!), Light speed cutting through spaceships (while this looks like a good idea, then why do you need the Death Star in the first place? They could have just used a remote controlled spaceship that goes into light speed and hit planets from the beginning), Maz Kanata (she could have been a really interesting character. Her appearance is random. It is not possible to contact any member of the Rebel Alliance, but it is possible to hologram-skype Maz in the middle of a conflict), Snoke (maybe the strongest character ever is thrown away for nothing. Someone so powerfull as to use his force remotely and convince Kylo Ren to the dark side while training with the best Jedi. We don't know where he came from, or how he got there. Plot twists are tools to tell a story. They are worth nothing by themselves) They had the chance to make this the best Star Wars movie, but made another Marvel-like comedy and left many troubles for the next director, that will have to answer for the plot mistakes made on this movie. Some small tweaks would be sufficient to make it great: Kylo Ren and Rey unite, and become Gray Jedi. Luke's projection appears to save them from Snoke and dies while Kylo and Rey escape. Kylo and Rey will train together and defeat Snoke together. Leia and Holdo tell the plan to Poe, and despite this, he goes with Finn directly to the Imperial Spaceship to try to defuse the light speed tracker, thus removing the casino scene. Remove all jokes in emotional scenes. Use the original Yoda puppet.