I see why they kept this movie a secret now.

Rating: 7/10 (1 January 2016)

I'll keep it short and sweet without repeating what some reviewers have said because if I did that well my review would be like the movie. Should I leave it at that? If they were going to reboot a movie Disney should have practiced its dark art of the force on remaking the prequels. This movie was not as good as I had hoped. It's episode IV in a 21st century shell. I saw it 12/18 in an IMAX theater so bare with me as I try to remember it all.
Deserted planet with data evil guys are looking for... Stored in a droid who travels far until data is in right hands... Masked villain comes looking for it with an army... New owner of droid gets swept into the story and refuses... Ultimately this character is nudged into going outside comfort zone because there's no hope on home planet...
I'd keep going but you get it, hopefully, if not then you must like all these reboots and sequels Hollywood is throwing out as quick cash grabs.
I felt like most of these characters had traits of the OT characters. For example ((SPOILER)) Luke is just Yoda now, on a remote planet distant from the Empire -er- "New Order". BB-8 is clearly R2, since R2 is suffering from depression. Rey is following Luke's path, with the courage of Leia and wit of Han she's nearly 'perfect'.
OTHER DISLIKES - Comical quotes were forced, seemed childish and unnecessary in most cases - How in the whole SW universe do you destroy a Super Death Star (~5x the size of the OT version)????? One parcel of land, maybe half a hectare, has ALL the fuel cells apparently?!?!? This thing took out 5 planets! For no real reason! And you mean to tell me it's gone because they put all their apples in that basket...