Coming Home

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2015)

Rey, a scavenger barely eking out a living, needs to go home. She will do what she can to support the resistance, but she needs to come back to her planet. Nothing remains there for her but a hope that something or someone will find her.
Fate decides otherwise. A force, maybe even "the force," compels her otherwise to abandon home. Her awakening, though not completed by film's end, is what makes this film a triumph. And the cliff-hanger ending leaves you puzzled, yet satisfied that there are more revelations ahead. While you might think you have the answers, do not be surprised if you're surprised by next installment.
Some have said that this episode is a reboot of "A New Hope." On the surface that might be a fair comment, but it seems to miss the point.
Rey wanted to stay home-bound, hoping "something" or "someone" would find her. Away from home, she is now in a galaxy so very far, far away . . . .
Now, so far away, has she found what she lost so long ago?
Cue John Williams, buy your ticket and wait in your seats for Episode VIII.