Soulless 'tie up loose ends' makes no sense
This movie is not a real movie. It doesn't bring the viewer anything magical, like the previous movie did. It basically exists just to finish the story, in the most boring, bland fashion imaginable. Not to mention how almost nothing makes any sense.
Some youtuber made a review of how this movie is really stupid and boring, although they did recognize the good points as well, and after the video was over, I realized I agreed pretty much with everything they said.
They pointed out how previously exciting things were now boring, how ridiculously bland and depressed Han Solo is in this one compared to the previous movies, how cramming too much into the ending makes the most interesting things (Luke's duel with Vader and all that) much shorter and flat than they might otherwise have been.
The less the teddys vs. bumbling fools in useless armor is mentioned, the better.
The less the emperor's nonsensical plan is mentioned (why even have a functional force field generator, or why not have two of them, or or or.. there could've been so much deceit, but emperor decided to be honest and ACTUALLY RISK EVERYTHING by giving true intel to the rebels.. what thefff), the better.
Obviously, Luke's hare-brained plan in the beginning trumps all the most ridiculous, lunatic, stupid, convoluted planes I have ever seen anywhere. No one could make a plan like that and think it'll all go without a hitch.
Then there's the whole 'Luke defeats Rancor PHYSICALLY, without using force powers AT ALL, although he's now almost a full Jedi'-stuff, why would someone capable of premonition (so he can see the plan WILL go as he wanted, but he can't see foresee himself standing on a trapdoor and being dropped down, ALTHOUGH HE CAN LEVITATE, but just.. doesn't) ever let himself be surprised, trapped or thrown down a trapdoor, especially since he can 'feel' things and levitate? WHY!?
Anyway, this movie basically consists of really boring 'relationship stuff', fluff filler, teddy bears, ridiculous comedy that doesn't work, overly-long forest chases (those speeders couldn't be stupider if they tried - I mean, where's the protection from elements? Imagine riding that thing in a heavy rain and wind! That they can do that kind of speed without any kind of computerized control and avoidance, or at least force field protecting them means those ridiculous things shouldn't even exist - look how easily they go down, and how dangerous they are!), and tying up loose ends.
If it wasn't for Luke's story and the iconic ending (the teddy bears still ruin a lot of it, it's just so stupid to have these tiny teddy bears defeat trained military forces), this movie would be completely useless.
The worst thing is, very little of it makes any sense, but Ryan George and that other youtuber have already talked about it enough. I just wanted to mention that this movie can't really be compared to The Empire Strikes Back (De-Specialized Edition, please) or even the original 'Star Wars', although the stars don't ever really go to war, let alone MANY wars (there's pretty much no proper war in this movie, just a few skirmishes and that's it, let alone 'wars', and the wars never concern stars in any way whatsoever, so even the name doesn't make sense).
When you nitpick, you can realize 'Return of the Jedi' also makes no sense. Luke doesn't RETURN anywhere he's been before. Unless it means Darth Vader returns to the good side or some pseudo-philosophical nonsense like that.
In any case, most of this movie makes no sense whatsoever.
I think the worst crime of this and even the other movies is that Darth talks about the dark side as if it's something soo powerful (and yet it's shown to not be), and the Obi-Wan Kenobi talks about 'Anakin Skywalker', a good friend, being SEDUCED by the dark side of the force.
Seduced?
How does the emperor seduce Luke? Does George even know what the word 'seduce' means?
Where are the temptations, the spoils, the harems of naked women, the gold, myrrh and incense? I mean, come on, show Luke all the spoils he can have, show something he really wants a lot, like sexual satisfaction (his arousal is already shown in the first movie, when the Leia hologram appears), what the power really is in practical reality.
Make Luke hallucinate in visions of euphoria, perfect companionship, ruling over a planet and all the people worshipping him, giving him anything he desires, lusts or wants, living in a huge mansion with servants that do everything for him and so on.
(The Empire Strikes Back already shows him in a 'vision-cave' - just do the pleasurable, euphoric version of that, but make it longer - a bit like the scene in the movie 'Labyrinth', where young Sarah (if that was her name) forgets about her goals, her family, the real world, and gets to dance with royalty and all)
I mean, why can't Luke be seduced PROPERLY, instead of 'Join us? No? Then die!'
So much could make sense, but doesn't.