A museum piece should stay in the museum. You don't alter and create new bits in it.

Rating: 1/10 (18 April 2016)

If something ends, it means it doesn't go further. Sometimes it's better not to restart something that actually ended. Simply, because it can't go any further.
I watched the first Star Wars as a teen and was sold at first sight. I loved every follow up but have to say that the last one didn't meet my expectations. Still I was happy to have all six DVD's and at least once a year I watch them throwing me back decades and in my own fantasy world. Sure, you like Star Wars, or you don't.
Then there was an awakening. Star Wars VII came out, and straight away I was skeptic. Star Wars ended. My story, my fantasy, my best of the world science fiction film had a closure and I was in peace with it. Like any good book, you fear the last page. When it you read it, it stops... It's over. sniff.
And then it restarted. Pity. All of a sudden my favorite characters were old and had kids who are naughty. The empire came back disguised as an evil nation of Panem in which a sort of giant President Snow who looks like Lord Voldemort represents the Dark Side. Yoda's grand daughter found Luke's saber and gave it to a Katniss look-a-like who was continuously followed by an orange football. Once in a while this poor girl was transferred into Harry Potter scenes, but that might be just a mistake because part of the film was made in Britain and they probably mixed up the studio's.
The characters spoke too much English but that's because its a British film. It's always a pity if a film is transformed in a British story because in England films always have to have an English touch. That is probably why British films don't do as well as other big film countries like the US, China, France, Japan, South American countries, and Scandinavian and southern European movies. Star Wars is not English. period.
Technically the film was OK, but I have seen better ones. I missed 30 years of story. The scenes were partly a catch up from old times and partly new invented story's created for a future (younger) public. The power and strength from the characters Yoda, Darth Vader, Anakin, Luke, Obi Wan and the other Jedi's, Leia, Han, Chewy, and even C3PO and R2D2, could not be transferred in VII.
It's a weak story that tries to connect with a very powerful history but unfortunately breaks down straight after the opening crawl. Bad acting and a no sense story line. Even the bad copy of Darth Vader is pathetic.
Sorry, I know that the big critics actually found it a box office product. Unfortunately they didn't pay me for a review that would benefit the budget. Iam just a viewer who can honestly say that its a flop.
If you want to watch and expect the Star Wars feeling you will be disappointed. Its a sad side step with too much British (£31,6 million) funded glory moments.
It just doesn't have the effect of the original first six.
I watched it and felt a boys dream sinking in the abyss. The story did end. Well before this number VII. SNIFF