A long time ago in a galaxy......

Rating: 10/10 (21 December 2015)

Spoilers ahead!!!!!!!!
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Star Wars is one of few franchises that the audience connect with the movie, in several ways. In this episode everything was perfection and emotional. To say that is bold "perfection" but it really is, at least for most I would assume. To think its been over 30 years since we had a proper Star Wars film is jaw dropping, but its true and this is coming from a fan of the prequel trilogy. This film begins with Poe (Oscar Issac) finding a piece of a map but suddenly gets thrown into danger. A droid BB-8 is tasked with making sure the map is safe.
A scavenger named Rey (played by Daisy Ridley) finds this droid to make the two friends, something that is unique about Star Wars and reminded me of Luke and R2-D2's friendship in A New Hope (1977). Rey is a strong, independent, and mysterious (in a way) woman. (I will be skipping ahead as I don't want to give away the entire plot).
Soon Rey meets up with Finn (who up until this point was a stormtropper) they in odd circumstances become friends which at first seemed odd but J.J. Abrams did such a good job on making it work that it makes sense and wouldn't be the same had they not formed a bond.
Finally we see Han Solo again with his lifelong friend, Chewie. This is where the movie goes from being really great to super great. Harrison Ford did NOT phone in this performance, he actually did better as Han this time around then in the Original Trilogy. Now on to the villains.
Kylo Ren is the best Star Wars villain since Vader and in ways he is more interesting, but not quite as good. Snoke (his master) is odd looking, maybe even weird but still menacing. Now if you continue to read on expect a big spoiler.
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Kylo Ren is finally introduced as Han Solo's son, Ben Solo and in one part of the film Leia (who is Ben's mother) tells Han to bring back her son. That does not happen. There is another major spoiler I could give you but I think it is unfair despite me making spoiler warnings.
The plot of the movie outside of what you have read in my reviews is basically The First Order have a weapon that can destroy planets. There is so much to this movie that I seriously doubt any review does it justice. I know many of you will think this is a poor review simply because I'm not giving you everything you want (spoilers and what not) but I must confess it is only because I want you to enjoy the film by watching it in the best theater you can.
All the nostalgia, droids, new characters, old characters, etc make this film my favorite of all time. Do yourself a favor, watch it. =)