A poor rehash of the original trilogy

Rating: 5/10 (17 December 2015)

To anyone who loves the original trilogy, think very hard before you watch this film, do you want to watch a rehash of 4 with bits of 5 & 6's story line thrown in for good measure? There are only 3 good films in the saga, this isn't one.
Abrams and Disney have done to Star Wars what Abrams & Paramount did to Star Trek. This new film has all of the hallmarks of a film made solely to trade on people's love for a franchise, and none of those that made the originals so brilliant.
Everything was dumbed down, the jokes seemed forced and overall it lacked the depth of previous films. Despite its long run time (135 minutes), character development was poor, even when we already knew half the cast.
Sadly, this film has gone for a mass market appeal that has pulled apart other great sci-fi franchises.
Bad show Jar Jar Abrams, bad show.