Missing episodes 6a, 6b and 6c.

Rating: 6/10 (31 December 2015)

When we were introduced to Star wars with "a new hope", There was much about the lore we didn't know about. The empire was the enemy, The evil Emperor ruled the galaxy and Darth Vader was his head honcho. We only learned anything by mention from Ben Kenobi and a mention of the clone wars. But we accepted that in this universe that was the way things were and it worked.
Many didn't like the prequels but i relished them and chastise me all you want, I liked Jar jar too. Episodes 1-3 told the story of how the empire came to be and basically everything that led up to a New Hope and bad acting aside did a fine job of connecting all the dots imo.
In episode 7 suddenly the events of Return of the Jedi are rendered moot as a new power has risen and is suddenly supposed to be a threat likened to that of the empire. The script fails to recognize this is episode 7, you cant go back to explain what happened and how things came to be this way like 4-6 could with the prequels. How Solo's son went bad. how this 1st order is now in possession of all the storm troopers.How snoke rose to power and a little more depth as to how fin found being a storm trooper to be against his personal ethics.
There was no reason to rush this new evil into existence, it would have been so much better if things would have started out with peaceful harmony in the Galaxy and shown a little more respect for what the heroes accomplished in episode 6. Why the Hurry? A slow build up would have served this storyline so much better and tied things together in a far superior way imo.
Episode 7 isn't a bad movie, I liked the characters and the visuals were superb but it was lacking in originality and creativity. All epic adventures have a firm beginning and a strong ending. This one just forgot about the Beginning part. I expected Better from JJ as I loved what he did with the Star Trek reboot.