Yeah, I agree for the most part about the rathtars. The first time I saw TFA, I was really enjoying myself, and this scene completely pulled me out of the movie, and I immediately thought, ‘dammit, they failed. This is no longer a SW movie.’

They didn’t make me think of the prequels, but I hated that they were cgi. They just made me think of generic sci fi schlock.

I guess they were kind of a fast-moving combo of a dianogah/mynock/sarlacc.

The fact that it dragged Finn around forever but ate everyone else immediately was stupid but not surprising at all.

The scene bothers me less after 3 viewings though. The idea that Han and Chewie smuggle monsters around is kinda cool, and so is seeing the monsters escape, but it wasn’t executed well.