Disappointed beyond belief...

Rating: 1/10 (20 December 2017)

First of all, I had high hopes about this movie after Rogue One, it felt like Disney was on the right track, so I was cautiously optimistic.
The Force Awakens, I thought it was good, it was OK... but I didn't really understand why they had to make a "remake" or history repeats itself (it was basically 'A New Hope', in a new take)
But, The Force Awakens also made me cautiously optimistic... like Disney might not ruin the Star Wars universe after all...
Until The Last Jedi.
Even if you are a casual fan of the Star Wars universe, you should feel violated, dumbfounded, and basically feel like they are insulting your intelligence.
This movie effectively destroys the Star Wars universe and all the characters that we used to love.
This wonderful saga, this sci-fi opera, the fantasy western, gets completely eradicated.
The Last Jedi,
It's visually stunning.
The scenery, environment and surroundings, creative editing and amazing effects.
But when they mercilessly butcher the main original characters without disregard to the storyline and history of the saga - it quickly becomes horrendous.
If you only have watched, The Force Awakens, then follow up with this movie - you might like it, these two movies combined as a stand-alone with no connection to the previous Star Wars films adds up to an average Sci-Fi movies.
But if you have seen all movies (several times) and hope to follow the storyline and development of the characters over the past 40 years - then you'll be deeply disappointed, and even that's an mild understatement.
I am at loss for words, I can't even begin to describe how sad I am (over a movie).
Disney and Rian Johnson has effectively destroyed everything good about Star Wars.
This movie is 95% Disney with a dash of Star Wars, for selling new merchandise, toys, new characters, aiming at new younger audience.
It's like Disney and Rian Johnson haven't seen a Star Wars movie, never read any books or novels and are completely unaware of the lore surrounding the universe.
With completely disregard to the original characters, they are trying to reboot this franchise.
They have dishonored all the Star Wars fan base.