When Rian Johnson had Luke Skywalker non-chalantly toss his light sabre over his shoulder into the ocean in the very first scene is when I had realized that Johnson was giving a big FU to the franchise. Small wonder that Mark Hamill had griped about the film to the point Disney had to muzzle him.
What amazes me is that Disney let Rian Johnson wreck the franchise so thoroughly that there is nothing left going forward, where Kylo and General Hux are so laughable as antagonists that it leaves JJ Abrams screwed for the third film.
Darth Vader was a legitimately scary villain.
The Emperor was a legitmately scary villain.
The current trilogy has no legitimately scary villain.
It needs one.
Otherwise the task of the alleged heroes has no power.
TLJ destroyed the fantasy. I know its a movie but it was a good fantasy, escape from reality for awhile. But that fantasy was destroyed by bad acting, bad screenplay, bad SJW/Feminist/Liberal propaganda and I think that’s what happened to Solo. I and several other fans, my kids included, just lost the fantasy of Star Wars and we really didn’t even care to go see Solo. I doubt it will return. What happens in a galaxy far away, should stay in a galaxy far away and not have Earthly politics brought into it.
It was a big clue. I did not go.
That has been my shorthand for a long while:
Left Score > Right Score = PC/SJW Propaganda.
Left Score < Right Score = Possible Entertainment.