This should have been the Star Wars comeback of 2015

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2017)

Warning: Possible spoilers ahead.
I've been an IMDb user from day one but this is not my primary account. Since the forums were shut down I only visited the site with this one. Anyway...My comment would not be a review if the forums were still alive but here it goes.
This movie is truly a respectable tribute to Star Wars. It should have premiered before that awful episode 7 from J.J. Abrams. And definitely should be the box-office hit that episode 7 was.
The story is believable, the narrative is well paced and has a clear direction. The characters are well introduced. The casting is great. The actor's performance was amazing (Forrest Whitaker, although I love the guy, might have overacted a bit). Donnie Yen was amazing. I would definitely watch a movie with his adventures.
Lots of throwback moments: great sceneries, loads of vehicles (Tie-fighters, X-wings, AT-AT, Shuttles, Imperial Destroyer, Death Star,...), Darth Vader (he even fights rebel troops!), R2D2, C3PO, dogfights, storm-troopers vs rebels, etc.
My only pet peeve was the human CGI characters (Tarkin and Leia). Although the animation was great you can clearly notice they are CGI. They could find another way of tying this story to the other story lines (eps. 1 to 7).
That's pretty much it. Money people should give this director some credit and some more monies and let him do his thing.
(bring the forums back m0r0n5)