Bring back George Lucas! Too much humor, CGI, Poor Plot & Poor Character Usage

Rating: 5/10 (19 December 2017)

Unbelievable move that was predicted through Disney. It's unfortunate Star Wars is ruined for me past Episodes 1-6, I can't get into the new Trilogy as it's too cartoonish and childish. STAR WARS did not need to be rehashed or remade into a new generation for people to get into. You should have stayed with the Skywalker storyline, it would have stuck; as everyone would appreciate the storyline as well as it would fit perfectly into the rest of the prequels; and then create movies like the TFA and TLJ (minus main characters) as side movies or combine in one movie or even episode 10 or incorporate the Ep. 7 & 8 story on the back end of the Trilogy.
I can't believe they made this film with the typical stretched-out, watered-down single plot for three movies. What's going to happen next? Rey kills Kylo? Kylo kills Rey? I guess the Knights of Ren will be great to see, but to me there's nothing left. I can't possibly see how a new boss will appear, because there will be not enough character development or anything interesting to wonder about, because all the main characters are gone; I didn't care for Snoke in the first place. Well Snoke gets cut in half in which he could not tell the lightsaber was turning towards him, this was dumb. Specially when Snoke just stated he made everything happen between Kylo and Rey. So who's left? Rey? A bunch of Life-like holograms fighting? Vader, Luke, Qui-Gon, Yoda, Maul all have a Ghostly royal rumble? The trilogy is still mirroring Ep.4-6. not original, just copying and adding twist here and there. I seriously can write a better story for Episodes 7-9 or use what you started with and made it better. How awesome would it of been for Ep. 7 to open with Luke about to kill Kylo and then started fighting and then he gets away; all while Kylo killing some of the other Jedi padawans and maybe Rey is there as a learner. Also how about Luke never goes into hiding and starts fighting the first order or How Ep.7 is about Kylo gets seduced by the dark side and then we see midway or later in the movie Luke trying to kill him. To me that would have propelled the whole story as to why Luke went into hiding and why Kylo was looking for him. Sounds dumb to just hear about it through the wide gap of the unknown between episodes 6 & 7. A slow space chase wow! When the first order's ships are 30x the size of the Resistance.
Next, the disgusting amount of sarcasm used in this film is beyond tasteless. It's almost like a parody or spoof of a movie. People who think sarcasm is truly funny is on the last rung of the humor chain. There was two parts of the movie where I thought it was used properly. Such as all the AT-AT's shoot at Luke and Hux turns to Kylo and asked him if he think he got him and then I think another part in the movie where it was properly used. Not when we were built-up for 2 years to see Rey hand the lightsaber to Luke and he just tosses it behind him. (Typical pause and then do/say something humorous) this was ultra tacky. Oh my god with General Hux in the beginning that was cringe at its finest. Nothing about it was funny nor entertaining. Can't believe that those lines were even allowed to pass the screenplay; as well as how much of a wimp they made him. Even if he was a wimp they could portrayed it passively or subtlety; not just throw him around the room like some cartoon.
Finn and Poe were used poorly, and Captain Phasma wow just wow. Here we have an awesome character Boba-Fett like, you would thought after watching episodes 4-6 and how Boba Fett didn't have much action movements in combat; that you would have made Captain Phasma better with her physical movements as well as showing off the titanium (misc. material) armor as more resistant to laser blasts, punches, Lightsabers and incorporate that into how the characters defend from that. Such a waste.
CGI please stop using CGI for characters that don't need it. Snoke, could have been intimidating if he wasn't CGI. After the hologram in Ep.7 I knew I wasn't going to like his character. Would be a different look if his hologram wasn't animated. Certain scenes there are just too much CGI being used in the background and all, would be better as built sets. Wasn't a fan of Jar Jar, General Grievous, and Snoke. Yoda to me was justified. The space scenes are amazing, thats where it should be used mainly. Costumes are just too plain for certain characters like, Snoke, Kylo, and the bulky Stormtroopers since Ep. 7 are off for me.
Lightsaber fights are my favorite about SW. Look at Episode 1, that is literally the best duel out all the Episodes. From the choreography to the physicality of how they swing the lightsabers. It feels as if any one of them messed up they'll get cut or die. I understand during that time the Jedi were more prominent and skilled, but still there are times where I wished Luke and Vader fought that hard (Ep.5 & 6). I still enjoy the fight in Ep. 5 & 6 between the two. Where is that in The Last Jedi? Seriously you could have made Luke go out like a badass, not just force a hologram security service. Cool trick but poor in timing and plot. Should have used that after he died. OMG the fight scene with Rey and Kylo after Snoke gets cut in half. Wow that was super cringeworthy and off. My Gf & I thought it looked like a Rap video lol. Compare the fights and they way they look between ep. 1 with 2,3,5,6 then 7 & 8. No comparison. Best Lightsaber fights: Ep. 1, 6, 5, 3, 4, 2, 7, 8
When I was a kid Star Wars felt serious as in the battle between the Light and the Dark. Now with this episode you're trying to say they're no different. What a load of BS, I guess in the real world bad and good are no different, Yeah ok. The previous six episodes also felt as a serious movie, they didn't give you this feeling as if you're watching the Clone Wars cartoon. Even the prequels has cartoonish like CGI parts, but the overall feel of the movie was in a serious medium. Now this new trilogy comes off as if I'm watching Scooby-Do or The Clone Wars cartoon. I get Star Wars has an unlimited universe, but you could have saved the modern ultra-violet comical look of SW for another story then it would fit in the expanded world or passing the torch to a new fan-base. Instead you didn't leave true fans of Star Wars justice you just said lets create Star Wars for everyone, when it was already for EVERYONE! You killed off all the things that made Star Wars SW. You portray a vast majority of the males in this movie as dumb or cowardly, but give the sacrifices to all the women and make them look tough. Nothing wrong with powerful women in films, but the reason everyone loved Leia and even Queen Amidala was because they were already understood as powerful people, real fans we knew how awesome it would be if Princess Leia became a Jedi after finding out she was a Skywalker, she didn't have to yell about grabbing her hand and pulling her, keep on sending subconscious messages to your younger audience who won't get this type of bs, you didn't have to use Finn in that manner at all, matter of fact when Rey is being jumped in Ep7 after she fends off the muggers, that was all the message needed to know she wasn't to be messed with. Im surprised I haven't heard the lines "I am a woman" in Star Wars yet. Nothing wrong with diversity but you shoved-it down everyones throat instead of paying attention to the story of Star Wars. Look at Rogue One and all the Episodes it doesn't feel as if its about who's race and gender, they're just characters in a story. No one for most part disagrees with having an inspirational badass Female Jedi true fans wanted that with Leia or someone. Rey is good just don't think she was used to her full potential as a character from the beginning.
This movie gets five stars, because of the people who are true fans that worked on this project that probably have zero say into production that put in time to give us something. What's sad is I didn't think it could get worse than The Force Awakens. With all due respect to the people who put in the time to make the new series. I know me and others could have developed a better story for this trilogy. Sorry George if these are your friends and are good people, but I'll be happier to watch Episode 9 if you George Lucas came back to finish. Would be nice to see how your version would have happened. I was always a fan of the first 6 Episodes even if I didn't agree with few certain things. The far far away galaxy was present. Other than that what can I do, I'm a fan of your work George you gave us something awesome to be a part of, wish I could get that feeling for the new Trilogy.