The Force Awakens was okay, I would give it a 7/10 as a Star Wars movie (10/10 = Empire Strikes Back).
The prequels weren't great movies but I appreciate them more in retrospect than I did when they were in theaters. At least they had a story they were trying to tell. With these new movies it seems they're just re-telling the broad strokes of the original movies with new characters and making up the story movie-by-movie as they go.
The Last Jedi was dogshit. Don't have high hopes for this one but it can't be much worse.
Spot on assessment.
I saw the trailer and got a bit pumped, but then saw Rose and lost interest.
If, in episode 8, Rey and Kylo teamed up and it was up to Luke to restore balance by defeating them, that would have been a very cool story.
But nope, they went full idiocy.