Excellent Film on its own and as a sequel

Rating: 10/10 (16 October 2017)

NO SPOILERS:
As a stand alone film this film is exceptional, due to the fact that it does not rehash what we have seen or learned before, it is its own STORY yes in all caps. However that story includes characters from the original and themes, but what makes this work verses Star Wars 7 or The Last Jedi saga is that they retread the SAME story and THAT seems to be absent these days from good film; especially if you look at sequels in general, some are just so lazy they rehash the same storyline, characterization, plot points etc. in hopes to serve an agenda that would be better served by new characters and new heroes that are not retreads that destroy an original series characters arc, or story.
SEE NEW Star Wars as an example of lazy storytelling. As a fan and person that loves science fiction, I appreciate what this film does, and it does it immaculately; It is an example of the power that science fiction can change, effect humans, and create a message that everyone can glean:
What is that makes us all the same? Is it is our humanity? What does that mean anyway?
See this film, reflect, and realize that a thousand lightsaber battles and prophecies, can never effect you like this. Unfortunately, we live in a time where we'll just get more films that are used to sell toys and stuffed animals in favor of original storytelling.