A New Legend is Born

Rating: 10/10 (29 December 2015)

The new heroes are easy to fall in love with and the villains easy to hate, fear, and even pity.
Without writing spoilers I can loosely write that the story stays true to the Star Wars theme of the unfortunate fall to the dark of one to the and the rise and battles of the courageous to return them to the light and restore peace.
I did not want this movie to end. At just over 2 hours, it makes you feel completely entrenched in the story. This movie ends with a bit of a cliff-hanger rather than the traditional definitive conclusion we are accustomed to with the franchise however it still manages to feel complete.
If you don't feel the emotion of the actors as they see each other on film again, right where they began their careers and perhaps where they will finish, you may not be human.
It warmed my heart to know that my son got to watch an entirely new era of Star Wars begin as I got to do with my father and as my father did before me. This is much more than a movie. It is culture. It is family. It is tradition.