Nice but empty, fan-fiction at best

Rating: 3/10 (3 January 2016)

This movie has in it everything we superficially recognize as Star Wars: chases, banter, light sabers, great characters (well mostly.... Phasma and Tonfa-guy are totally silly and pointless IMHO) plus good acting and direction. The sad thing is that it totally lacked an idea or any courage and had way too-much lip service to fans. It's a nice but empty retread of things already known, I rate this as fan-fiction at best. I'm flabbergasted that someone got paid to write this story that is just a mix and match of plot-lines, characters, and events from the previous episodes. This movie is kinda like BB-8: you may like it but you know he's just a R2-D2 clone and not the real thing. I'm surprised people seem to like this any better than the prequels.﻿