I found it a really depressing experience since it was largely unnecessary, forced and moreover felt like uninspired bad EU when the plot actually did advance. I did not care about the characters because they were primarily merely archetypes whose outcome was fairly obvious.

The reshoots and rescripting at the last minute didn’t help the overall narrative flow.

The consistent OT nods were blatant, and stopped the film cold for me in the instance of Dr. Evzan and most especially the shameless re-usage of Red Leader and Gold Leader. (Further note: I CARE deeply every time Red Leader dies as I rewatch SW. I couldn’t care less about the entire cast of RO dying because they’re so bland you cannot even remember their names afterwards. And you BARELY even get to know Red Leader!)
And of course there are the CG resurrections which is a whole other can of worms.

Agree Vader’s voice was mixed incorrectly, so that the breathing was almost completely dialed out during his dialogue…

Worst of all I think was the complete rewriting of the Rebel Alliance’s modus operandi and forcing them into a role more like a CIA black ops division corrupted throughout by lust for power etc.

I could go on and on, but my blood hasn’t finished boiling yet. I absolutely hated this thing. It felt completely soulless to me. I’m done with all of it.

Whatever happened to beaming the plans to the Tantive IV in desperation and Leia adhering to her “I don’t know what you’re talking about” cover story? Will the new SE alter the dialogue to “Several transmissions were put on a floppy disk by Rebel spies who got it to your ship which blasted off in front of me”