Worst Star Wars movie in the sense that it is the most underdeveloped..

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2015)

This review is from my 2 viewings of TFA and is going to focus on the negatives. Don't get me wrong, there's lots of positives in this movie, it's just that the negatives are so over-powering, they completely over-power the positives.
1) There's too much important back story in TFA that's not shown. I remember reading JJ talking about how ANH just throws you right into the middle of it without showing you the back story. But ANH is Episode IV! TFA, on the other hand is clearly Episode VII, you can't make a backstory anymore because of that, the actors.. All the things we require a backstory for, we're going to have to find out in a damn Spin off, and not a Saga movie.
2) Han Solo dies in the WORST.. Star Wars... scene... ever. Remember how Samuel L Jackson kept going on about how Mace Windu needs a worthy death? Well, Han needs an ever better death than Mace. There's no emotion felt, the whole setup leading to the death and the death itself is just terrible.
3) Luke only appears right at the end. DISAPPOINTMENT! You have Han, Luke and Leia in the same movie, and they don't interact? Really?! Han dies, and we are deprived of seeing old Han interact with old Luke. JJ, you denied us of that and also a SW movie with Luke playing a major role, it doesn't have to be this way at all, change the story a bit..
4) Sidelining of Poe Dameron. Poe, Finn and Rey could have been the new Han, Leia and Luke, but no, they decided to sideline him. If Poe was together with Finn to meet Rey, and remained a major player throughout, the movie would be countless times better.
5) Finn using a lightsaber. Er, what's the point? Showing that non- Force wielders can do that? Lucas already showed that with Grevious. In the next episodes, is Finn going to wield a lightsaber again against a Force wielder? Is Finn going to win then? Wow, greatest plot twist ever! Or are other non-Force wielders going to duel each other with lightsabers?!
6) Starkiller base not given enough focus. There's no scene really with the characters talking about its destructive capabilities, what it spells for the galaxy, etc. And yet it is responsible for the most no. of deaths in the whole SW saga. It's only on the second viewing that I really realized it with Hux saying the "last day of the republic". It then destroys many planets, the majority of the republic is destroyed. But you don't get this feel in the movie, no tremor in the Force, no nothing. There isn't even any reporting between characters that names the planet destroyed. From what I saw, I think Coruscant was destroyed?? And there's no sense of pain and loss and urgency to destroy the Starkiller base asap. Also, the way the shield is brought down is a complete joke. And when it is destroyed, you feel absolute zero sense of triumph. It should be the same as you feel when the two death stars were destroyed. Heck, I felt way, way more when Anakin destroyed the droid command ship in TPM then when Starkiller base is destroyed in TFA.
7) Old Han hanging out with Chewbacca. I was excited to see shots of this in the trailers, TV spots and pictures. But after seeing the movie, it feels wrong and weird, like they've been doing this non- stop since the end of Ep VI. There are very few real life buddies who just keep hanging out together, they just drift apart, spend less time with each other. I'm not saying they became enemies or totally stop hanging out, they just stop hanging out so much. Their meeting in this movie should be more similar to that of Han meeting with Leia. The movie should instead be more of Han together with Leia, NOT Han and Chewie.
8) Stupid, silly gags/attempts at humor. Here are a few examples. Han pointing his chin and Finn not getting it and even asking about it. Finn calling Han Solo just "Solo", Han not liking it, Finn continuing to call him "Solo". Not cool at all! Finn, you call him Mr. Solo! Han trying out Chewie's bowcaster for the first time ever. In all those years, this is really his first time trying it out? Really? I don't mind Han borrowing that, but there's no need for lame attempts at humor indicating this is the first time he is using it and he likes it.
9) Rey being too powerful, and too smart. Is that necessary? No, not at all. In the previous trilogies, there is a progression of power and maturity of the main characters, Luke and Anakin. Rey seems to be at the level both of them were at at the end of their respective trilogies. So is Rey going to become a Force God by the end of this new trilogy? Seems that way, and I don't like it.
10) Captain Phasma. Another sidelined character, and she gives up way too easily. So is she still going to be with the First Order in the next episodes? Which means they are too stupid to figure she was the one who allowed the starkiller base to be destroyed? Is she going to defect? If so, shouldn't there be scenes in TFA that hint at this?
11) Kylo Ren. I think he's worst major SW villain ever, too emo. All that about him afraid of being "lured to the light side" and finishing what Vader started, I can't even begin to relate to any of that.