Absolutely Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (22 January 2016)

More than 10 years after the last Star Wars movie as released, the Force Awakens was well worth the wait. The First Order is now a threat, thirty years after the defeat of Emperor Palpatine. Luke Skywalker has disappeared, leaving behind only cryptic pieces of a map to trace where he is. The Resistance, led by General Leia Organa, struggles to fight the First Order while searching for Luke. On the far off desert planet of Jakku, resistance pilot Poe tries to obtain a piece of the map to Luke's location, however Stormtroopers invade and Poe is forced to leave the map with BB-8, his droid. A scavenger, Rey, finds BB-8 and is unassumingly drawn into an epic journey, where she will come face to face with the evil dark lord, Kylo Ren, the infamous Han Solo himself, and... the Force.
With elements of the Old Movies thrown in, and some new twists on a classic story, The Force Awakens is brilliant. The CGI is not overdone and the overall tone stays true to the original Star Wars saga. I was absolutely blown away and beyond excited for the next instalment coming in 2017.