The story continues

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2015)

Some one once asked me if I liked one of the prequel films, I cant remember which it was but thats irrelevant to my feelings, to me it was just another bit in a very long story, a story I have lived with for nearly forty years, so any episode is just another bit of that story and accepting the first trilogy as worthwhile means any before and afters are simply backing up that original concept . There is no book , there is no founding tradition beyond those first three films so whatever happens we are stuck with what the guys with finance give us its that simple . Its a franchise still evolving unlike bond or the bible we don't have a back reference point beyond the Lucas imagining of Ep4. All that said I enjoyed this awakening but with the success of the star trek revamp I was fairly sure JJA would do a professional and thoughtful job of continuing the saga satisfactorily. In minutia, I thought all the cast performances were excellent. new and old well blended. The sfx were superb, but what else would we expect.The production values beyond the sky and the emotional content almost too much to bear at times. I confess I didn't 'get' all the script and I doubt many 12 year olds will but for me a few more viewings should sort that out. I thought period continuity was really cleaver and gave me great comfort at times. I hesitate to say, just go and see it but I think you wont be disappointed if you do and then you can talk about it with all the rest of the world, although 20 years ago I did meet a man who didn't know what Star Wars was, quite refreshing but unlikely to happen ever again in my life!!!