saw it today with my family.
i absolutely hate what they've done. it did have some good moments, but it should've been a lot better.
one of the richest company in the world had so much at it's disposal in terms of lore material, money, and technology yet it still managed to find a way to fuck it all up.
i liked po a little bit, was kinda funny.
kylo's redemption would've been an epic contrast to ep 3 with anakin's fall, but it felt like it came out of basically nowhere when the buildup was heavily negated in the past two movies.
there were quite a few references to the kotor stuff, but it isn't what you think. they didn't reference kotor the way the fans would want it to, they referenced SWTOR's lore with the old emporer and his deal with revan. that's something created by the MMORPG, not the base kotor games.
many people who played kotor disliked what the MMO in did the same way old star wars fans don't like what happened with the new movies, so while it's exciting to think about the 'what if's, what we will probably get isn't encouraging.
i'll say this: there was an attempt here, a good attempt but it was buried under a pile of rubble.
fuck u disney.
this is what we really wanted...