yo the two main characters in this movie were so damn bland. jin was the blankest slate since neo, there was so little given about her backstory or her character, she felt so oddly empty in a series where generally every single character is quirky and interesting. seriously, try to sum up her character in a couple words, cus it's effortless for every other character. bodhi - nervous defector. k2 - frank badass. donnie yen - quaint force monk. jin - cool? rebel chick? there's like nothing to her at all. and then forgetin frank luna's character, cassian, i was blown away by how they didn't do anything with his character. remember at the beginning when he kills that poor dude in cold blood? i was ready for a super morally questionable rebel dude who did bad stuff, and then for the rest of the movie he did nothing at all! he was basically a goody two shoes after that stuff.
it really soured a lot of the movie for me. i still liked the action, the worlds were neat, and all the side characters were real fun, but man. say what you will about TFA but at least finn and rey are full of charisma and charm in that movie, and i cared about what happened to them. these two were sandbags with guns and dark clothes on. there was also a lot of fan-service in this movie, and i'm not talking about the cool stuff with vader, i mean like when they bump into the miscreant aliens from mos eisley in jeddha, or that super awkward cameo of C-3P0 and R2-D2 - if you're gonna go for a gritty war movie, don't try to be cute.