Star Wars VII is the worst film out of the current main 7 movies.

"Your feeble skills are no match for the power of the dark side of the force!" *electrical finger energy burst* 1.Story- Like I said, the story is not weak, it is pretty strong. However, it is also pretty lazy, they were playing it too safe and were scared that Star Wars fans would hate it if it was something new. That choice has had backlash. Like I said, I personally don't mind it, but I understand those who do. Also, no, Luke was also obstinate about leaving his home, just like Rey. I don't know how Rey's has more impact, in fact I don't really care about her parents to be honest. That's just me though. When you label E2 as "Man searches for assassin, finds army" and E3 as "Pointless villain is defeated, archvillain takes over" and E6 as "pointless villain is defeated: final battle", of course that makes it sound lame, and I think that's kind of fair. E2 is "a young Jedi is tested by the Dark Side profusely as a galactic war emerges", E3 is "The young Jedi is seduced by great evil and the galaxy falls under the Sith", E6 "A new Jedi defeats the galactic armies and turns his father 'to the good side'". These are more fair summaries, what if I just said Episode 7 is "A girl leaves the desert to look for an old man". Not to appealing. Like I said, E7 story is good, but a direct copy. A good copy, but still a copy. 2.Characters: You say "My opponent seems to concede that most of the main characters here are well-written, with the exception of Rey and Poe (whom I will address soon). I would suggest that given this concession, Ep. VII is already cleared from being the worst film of the Star Wars saga." True I like the characters. However, the other movies also have great characters, and even better ones at that. Poe is a lame replacement for Han Solo, and Rey is a slap in the face to Luke. Darth Maul was under-developed, but his mystery gave his character a shrouded, "Menace" appearance, which was well received by many fans as the best character of the movie. Count Dooku and General Grievous are also well received, and these enemies did a lot more than Captain Phasma. And which are more beloved to Star Wars fans, may I ask? Finn being more likable is subjective, and of course this is a primarily subjective debate, but I liked Anakin in the Prequels (specially E3). Padme may not have been the best but was hot at least. My main complaint is Rey. Anakin has an excuse because he is the Chosen One. Not Rey. Like Rey, he also works with parts a lot, but UNLIKE her, he actually pilots things before, it is canon that Rey only used flight simulators of newer starships, not the Millennium Falcon, an old ship. Like I said, Luke is the chosen one, Rey is not. And yes, it was by accident that Anakin destroyed the ship. Also, in combat, a battle droid could've killed Anakin. Kylo barely shows any signs of weakness in the lightsaber fight. Watch the fight again. Rey slashes his face with her lightsaber. She won. 3. Effects: Nothing really new here. 4. Locations: Episode VI does reuse the desert planet, but at least they bring something new to the table with Endor. Episode 1 basically has no choice because that's where the Skywalkers and Lars are based as a family. The snow forest seemed just a mixture of Endor and Hoth, and unlike other lightsaber fights, the scene looked all the same without any parts that really stood out. It was just trees, trees, and more trees. The other lightsaber battles actually have differentiating places. 5. Music: I'm not a music professor, so I can't bring up technical issues on how Duel of fates is better than Rey's Theme. I'm simply going off of what I and the great majority of Star Wars fans opinion. Battle of the Heroes is the same. The amount of new music does necessarily mean it is better just cause it has more. I prefer quality over quantity. 6. Battles: Nothing new to add, I understand what my opponent says. However when I view the Star Wars movies the thing I like the most is the action. I know I sound like a 3-year old, but yeah I kind of am in this aspect. But nothin' new. 7. Themes: Con points out of the themes in Episode VII, and yeah they are all agreeable and are pretty appealing. However, most of them are acquired from Episode IV. 8. Lightsaber Battles: Kylo could've beaten Finn a lot quicker if you ask me. I know it's a movie and it would not be that interesting if he died right away, but come on, that's pushing it to far. I think a better fight would be Luke vs. Kylo, that would be more like Episode 4 (which they are trying to do it seems). Kylo does NOT show his superiority. Darth Vader vs. Luke in Episode V is what you are comparing this too. Darth Vader was going easy on Luke, fighting with one hand behind his back. Kylo was weak compared to Rey, it was not really a tug of war, but he thought he got the lightsaber but it flew right past him, I didn't mean left and right. Like I said, she slashes Kylo in the face with her saber at the end. While it may have more emotional impact than I and II, it is clearly unmatched and should simply not happen with the outcome. Also, Episode IV has a much larger emotional buildup if you take into the account the Prequel films. Conclusion: I really wish you would've picked one movie that you think is the worst out of the 7. My argument seems to be all over the place because I gotta defend all of the movies instead of just one. For example, I bring up that the locations are bad. You say that Episode VI's, and yet you might not think Episode VI is THE worst film. Your just isolating a category from each movie in which Star Wars VII beats. In this way you can make it look the very best out of all 7 because you point out all the weakest moments of the others and ignore the best. This highly bolsters your argument and makes mine much harder to do. Smart, but that's why I specifically stated to choose a movie in Round 1. If you only use the movie YOU think is worse than Episode 7, you'll see that you can't draw upon categories from other movies that are more appealing to your argument. And on a 1v1, Episode 7 will fall to any one of the movies. "You will pay the price for your lack of vision" *laughs like a crack smoker*