disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (16 December 2017)

Like so many other reviews I've read I'm wondering how they got it so wrong. It had a glimmer of Star Wars greatness at points but it ultimately wasn't enough for me. Why dispose of Snoke without ever revealing his story, no idea who he was or why he had powers and who trained him etc. This seemed like a wasted opportunity and a bit of a kick in the teeth. One of the other questions we had from TFA was who were Rey's parents, nobody apparently(this could be deliberate misdirection) again another missed opportunity to tell a story! Finn's mission to find the master code breaker was ultimately pointless as was the slow speed chase. I was willing to forgive it all but what they did to Luke's character was too much, I've never left the cinema so disappointed I was pretty speechless. His death felt very weak to me and just left me confused and angry. I was obviously sad when Han died in TFA but that felt like it fitted and served a purpose. Luke's death felt like a slap in the face to the fans. On the plus side the visuals were pretty great and I enjoyed Rey and Kylo's interactions. Hamill is a great actor but the voices made for his character were all wrong, where was the Luke from my Childhood?