Huge disappointment

Rating: 6/10 (18 December 2015)

Positives: Han Solo and Leia are in it. Decent acting. Cool use of new saber. Negatives: A lot. Same rehashed story, Cameo appearances from R2D2 and Luke (who doesn't even speak) plot problems, Using teenage main characters, antagonist is a big baby wanna-be and not very menacing, no explanation of how things got to be where they are at.
A droid is carrying classified information that needs to be given to the rebellion and needs teenagers help to do it. Also there's a death star that needs to be destroyed. Sound familiar? That's because it is and that's the premise for the force awakens. The movie starts off in the same way as the old films with no explanation of how they got back to being that way. The movie is also pretty quippy with the quips being at awkward moments. The antagonist I thought was going to be this dark menacing character but people talk down to him like hes on the same level as them and the undoing the mask should have been done when Han solo confronts him and not during the interrogation room. It made the Han confrontation less impactful. But then again he gets beat by Rey who has never wielded a saber in her life. The explanation for this is chewy shot him in the side but I still think this movie makes him look pretty weak and like anyone can beat him. I wish they had chosen characters that were a bit older instead of adolescent teens to play the big roles. i think my biggest problem was they could've done ANYTHING, 30 years later it could've been a whole new, different, interesting world. Instead it's the same story same set up same everything all over again. It didn't feel like a star wars sequel to me, it felt more like a spin off than anything. Oh and Luke skywalker? A 30 second cameo at the very end. Thanks Disney and JJ for the disappointment.