What a way to introduce Star Wars to a new generation of fans!

Rating: 10/10 (25 December 2015)

Being an 80s person, I'm obviously a fan of the original trilogy, AKA Episodes 4 to 6 (hence my IMDb nickname, lol). The prequel trilogy was not exactly my cup of tea with the exception of Episode 3, which shows how Luke and Leia came to the world as well as the transformation of Anakin into our favorite Lord Darth Vader!
Which is why while I was excited to be watching Episode 7: The Force Awakens, I also did so with some trepidation - for every 10 positive reviews, there will be three negative ones, criticizing the show as being a clone (pardon the pun) of the original trilogy, the actors were wooden, bland storyline, etc. And eventually entered the cinema hall with my mind closed to all these earlier reviews, only wanting to enjoy the movie in it's big screen glory. After coming out of the cinema, I felt that Episode 7 lived up to its original predecessors and was a welcome breath of fresh air to the franchise, more than 30 years since the screening of "Return of The Jedi" and exactly a decade since "Revenge of the Sith" (how time flies).
For an old-school Star Wars fan, it was indeed nice to see the original characters appear in Episode 7, including Han Solo, Princess Leia (now General Organa), Chewbacca, R2-D2- and C- 3PO, bringing back the memories of watching Episodes 4-6 so many years ago. But the new ones are the main show-stealers this time round, especially Rey, Finn, Poe Dameron, and the villains led by the intimidating Supreme Leader Snoke (I think we'll know more about him in Episode 8) and his main henchmen Kylo Ren (what he did to Han Solo was beyond unthinkable!) as well as General Hux. Let's not forget the presence of yet another planet-destroying battle station in the form of the Starkiller Base - a far more massive weapon of mass destruction than the earlier Death Stars - and the familiar bunch of iconic spacecraft like the Millennium Falcon, X-Wing Fighter (Poe flies on a cool new black one, by the way), and TIE Fighters!
Anyway, I shall not reveal too much here, for fear of being labeled the "Millennium Spoiler Falcon" and for those of you yet to watch Episode 7, just catch the movie at the soonest time possible and enjoy it!