Star Wars fans call Last Jedi 'dreadful', 'disappointing'

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Latest installment in franchise opens with $220 million
Garnered 93% approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes but rated only 56% fresh by audiences
Biggest criticisms reserved for Rey's parents reveal and the character Snoke
Fans lamented the ploy of Leia floating off into space 'like Mary Poppins' in what was Carrie Fisher's last outing as the character

Published: 21:47 EDT, 17 December 2017 | Updated: 03:14 EDT, 18 December 2017

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It may have recorded the biggest weekend opening ever behind The Force Awakens, but not everyone is impressed with Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

In fact, Star Wars fans have taken to Twitter and social media in droves to express their disappointment with Episode VIII.

Some are pointing the finger at director Rian Johnson for what they perceive to be the movie's shortcomings, while others target Disney that purchased the rights to the much beloved franchise when it bought LucasFilm in 2014.

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It may have recorded the biggest weekend opening ever behind The Force Awakens, but Star Wars fans have taken to Twitter in droves to express their disappointment with The Last Jedi

Some tweeted that Episode VIII was 'the worst film' they'd seen 'in ages'

Other fans bemoaned the lack of character development and poor plot

Some likened it to the franchise prequels that had garnered fan ire previously such as The Phantom Menace

Some tweeted that Episode VIII was 'the worst film' they'd seen 'in ages' and described it as hugely 'disappointing.'

Others bemoaned the lack of character development and poor plot while yet others likened The Last Jedi to the much derided prequel The Phantom Menace.

While it brought in $220 million on its opening weekend and garnered 93% approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, the film was rated only 56% fresh by audiences at RottenTomatoes.com.

One person who saw the movie gave it just a half-star rating and called it 'a slap in the face to the history of Star Wars and all who hold it dear.'

'Compete betrayal and disrespect of the characters every Star Wars fan grew up loving,' the wrote.

One person who saw the movie gave it just a half-star rating and called it 'a slap in the face to the history of Star Wars and all who hold it dear'

The disappointment from some quarters was verging on thepalpable

Other fans called out the 'poor writing, poor character progression' of The Last Jedi

While the film garnered 93% approval from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, The Last Jedi was rated only 56% fresh by audiences at RottenTomatoes.com

Some fans blamed Disney for 'ruining' the Star Wars franchise after the studio acquired it with the purchase of LucasFilm

There was also criticism of 'bad sub-stories' and 'plot holes'

Other fans called out the 'poor writing, poor character progression' of The Last Jedi.

There was also criticism of 'bad sub-stories' and 'plot holes.'

Some found the sequence in which General Leia is seen floating through space comatose and in the power of The Force after her ship is attacked a 'Mary Poppins moment.'

While the demise of the character Snoke without any real exploration of just who he was left others irked.

Some called the sequence in which General Leia is seen floating through space comatose and in the power of The Force after her ship is attacked a 'Mary Poppins moment'

Some fans simply weren't impressed with Leia's send off

Other accused the Mouse House of 'Disney-fying' Star Wars

The discrepancy between the critics and the fans reactions prompted The Hollywood Reporter to take a stab at theorizing about why exactly so many fans felt disappointed.

The trade publication suggested that wild fan theories that had been building on the internet ahead of the release of The Last Jedi had built up unrealistic expectations about what would be soon on screen.

'Some theories — about Rey's parents or the origins of Snoke — became so ingrained in fan consciousness that when they didn't play out, many fans seem to feel like they were cheated out of something,' wrote Ryan Parker on THR.com.

For example, Parker wrote, fan theories about the identity of Rey's parents - that she was the daughter of Han and Leaiaa or the daughter of Obi-Wan Kenobi - were dealt a blow when it's revealed in The Last Jedi her parents 'drunken junkers' who had sold her for money.

Another example cited by Parker is the death of Snoke in the movie before much if anything has been revealed about him. That dealt a blow to fans who believed he would be revealed to be Mace Windu.

The demise of the character Snoke without any real exploration of just who he was left plenty of fans irked and disappointed

In addition to its huge domestic gross, The Last Jedi made $230 million in international ticket sales, bringing its three-day worldwide total to $450 million.

That left it a little shy of J.J. Abrams franchise reboot The Force Awakens from 2015, which went on to gross $2.1 billion worldwide.

Meanwhile, Disney has confirmed that the Last Jedi's director Johnson will develop a new trilogy for the Star Wars franchise while Abrams will return to helm Episode IX.