A worthy sequel and my #3 in the series

Rating: 9/10 (23 February 2016)

I'll make this very short: TFA really is the Star Wars movie I was hoping for and waiting for since I was kid. I cannot agree with anyone who disliked it for the elements that were recycled or for Kylo Ren or even the amount of humor. Everything is there for a reason. It feels organic, real and so Star Wars. The universe itself is as believable as in the originals.
The first order is a crazy bunch of fanatics, led by the even crazier fanatic and lunatic Kylo Ren, who might be my favorite movie villain of all time. He is vulnerable, unpredictable and evil. And of course will that bunch of fanatics try to do the same as their role models and build a new death star. Just take a look around. History repeats itself right now and so does it in the galaxy far, far away.
The humor is on point and well written. I laughed more than I ever did in a Star Wars movie. Why would that be a bad thing?
Almost all new characters are AMAZING. Poe and Finn share a fun bromance from the beginning, BB-8 does more than just fill the lack of R2 - D2, and Rey just crushes it as the new hero of the series. I can't wait to see more of her progression and her transformation into a jedi. Only Snoke was kind of a bummer. I hope he'll get a little more color in the next chapters.
Old characters: Nailed it. Harrison Ford gave me the best, most emotional and deep Han Solo performance ever. That made it even harder to watch him fall. C - 3PO is back in shape (I think he was terrible in the prequels). Chewie does what he does best - Kick ass and moan. But the character, who won the entire film for me was Skywalker. He's on screen for 30 seconds and doesn't say one word, but that doesn't matter. That scene was one of the most intense and emotional things I witnessed in a movie. I have goosebumps right now, thinking of it. That facial expression of him... yeah... is expressing so much pain and sadness... Amazing.
All in all: I love it and I will re - watch it a 1000 times. It's my # 3 of all SW movies, after Empire and Jedi.