One with the Force?

Rating: 7/10 (18 December 2016)

I don't believe this movie to be "One with the Force", aka it could have been better, but in all honesty, the movie was not bad either.
It starts out a bit slow with some character development, but picks up the pace in the second half of the movie. All the usual Star Wars elements are in there and that does give you the somewhat "I have seen this before" feeling, which is a pity, since the Star Wars universe has potential and room for some different story development. But the cameos and the setup of the planets make up for that.
One part of the CGI (the stars in the background) I really disliked as they could have done much, much, much better than that. I just hope it was done on purpose (nostalgia from the older movies?), but other than that it was all nicely done. I very much liked the "new" places they went to like the grassy mountains in the beginning to the tropical beach in the end.
And since we're talking about the end, the end scene is one of the best and powerful scenes in all the saga. It (finally?) shows Vader's real power, it shows the feeling of dread and it makes the movies somehow come full circle.
*** Major spoiler ahead *** And one more thing: this is the first movie, where almost every single one of the major characters dies in the end. Interesting take.