Star Wars is over

Rating: 1/10 (17 December 2017)

My view is that Star Wars, as it is known in popular culture, is over. The story that is known and loved by many has been concluded and what is now being produced may more appropriately described as "the ongoing happenings in a galaxy far, far away".
Many key elements of the script seemed recycled: Snoke is Palpatine. But nowhere near as menacing and far more cartoonish. His provenance goes unexplained. His motives are unclear.
The major initiatives of characters (we have to go on X mission to achieve some sort of MacGuffin so that Y mission can be undertaken) has been seen before in Star Wars and the Return of the Jedi.
Particularly given the hype and glowing reviews, I was expecting a lot more. I was disappointed. I was also bored, which is probably worse.