Characters Plot Tension Action

Rating: Null/10 (19 December 2016)

The best Star Wars movie since the first one. A dozen or more clearly drawn characters; not a weak one among them. A plot and subplots involving family, comrades, rebels vs the bad guys, etc. Tension within family, among comrades, within the rebellion, within the empire, within and between some key characters. Action all over the freakin' place. The characters were all knew (at least to me) and seemed very real, multidimensional, gritty and driven. I invested in characters, their struggles, well-being, etc. In the case of the rebels, their objectives. The film makes you work to learn the plot and places - many new, some related to original Star Wars. The audience knows "the next chapter" and we want to know how we got there: This is the story of how we got there, how we got to the first Star Wars movie.