I finally got to see it. I liked it more than TFA and my issues were more with TFA set-ups that were not followed through on in this movie. Things like:
1) Who is Snoke?
2) What's the deal with Rey? Why was she on Jakku with Lor San Tekka and why did she have a connection with the lightsaber?
3) What is the deal with the map to Luke? Half of it was in R2-D2 and half was with Lor San Tekka. If he left a map, he wanted to be found. Yet in this movie he said he didn't want to be found.
4) Why does Captain Phasma suck so much? In the TFA they try to make her out to be a bad ass focusing on discipline, then she betrays the First Order by shutting down the defense shield letting thousands of soldiers die because someone pointed a blaster at her. Then in this movie, she still has a job/position of authority? Oh, and she sucks at fighting.
I liked the space battles for the most part. I the throne room scene and them cutting down the guards after taking out Snoke. My favourite part was Yoda. Overall, it felt like a combo of a ESB/RTJ remake and a reboot movie. They can now really start fresh with Episode 9.
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