Good as a movie, bad as a part of Star Wars

Rating: 3/10 (18 December 2015)

There are countless novels, comic books, and video games that all describe and collaborate on the future of the Star Wars universe after Return of the Jedi. J.J. Abrams and Disney said "screw them" and tossed them all out of the window. As a 20 year old who grew up reading these and playing the games, whose childhood revolved around re-watching the films, reading the books, and playing the games; it is extremely frustrating to watch this movie and watch your childhood become invalidated and essentially told that none of that really happened.
However, as a movie goer I thought it was a good film. It was funny, had good actions scenes, and some great visual effects. I highly encourage you all to go and see it as it is a good movie.
As a casual fan of the Star Wars franchise you will be entertained by this movie, but just know that most die-hard fans like myself will be sorely disappointed in this movie, even more so than the prequel trilogy.