Great Fun

Rating: 9/10 (17 December 2015)

Spoiler Free Review: I laughed many times, in a good away. I got choked up a few times. I marveled at the wreckage from prior battles. I laughed some more, especially at one of the new characters - actually 2 of them made me laugh quite a bit. I mulled over new relationships revealed and still not yet revealed to us. I wanted to stand up and cheer at times (others did). I left feeling set up perfectly for the next film. Overall it was a fantastic time at the movie theater - which is what i hope for with a movie like this. It has a closer feel to the original trilogy, yet in a league all it's own - not better or worse - just different.
One more thing in my short review: a PG rating may have been sufficient for this movie - i'd feel comfortable taking an 8 year old to this film. Certainly no more violent than empire.