I've waited a lifetime for this

Rating: 9/10 (26 December 2016)

FINALLY! For a while there, I really thought I might not live to see another Star Wars movie worth a damn. After the last installment in the franchise, I really thought it was dead. Well, give me 400 joules and clear, cause this series just came back from the dead! Unlike the last 4 abortions defined by excessive CGI, bad acting, horrible casting, mediocre scripts with cheesy dialogue, effeminate girly man villains, rabid feminist agendas and all "new SW" plagues, this is the total original feel SW everyone knows who saw the originals when they came out in the theater. You will recognize some old favorites and appreciate the prudent use of special effects. Took me straight back to 1977! I have no idea what took so long to make this installment worthy of being called a Star Wars film. Gareth Edwards certainly has the secret sauce. The franchise that began as Classic Coke, switched to New Coke for far too long, but is finally back to Classic Coke. I'm so grateful this finally got made after wasted decades I'm not even going to nitpick it. Hallelujah.