Retread, Repeat, Discard

Rating: 2/10 (20 December 2015)

The latest Star Wars episode 8 was entertaining enough, plenty of violence, explosions. But doesn't have the impact like in 1977 with the first one when all this was rather new.
Instead, Lucas sold his rights to Disney, and Disney's choice of director J.J. Abrams chose to retelling or rehashing a story from before, not of a storyline of substance, the ethics behind the story.
The special effects have matured since 1977, but the storyline isn't really all that strong, and frankly it's like eating popcorn, expensive concession that's good for the cinema, but leaves you looking for something of substance elsewhere.
Daisy Ridley provides a fresh face, new blood, engaging the audience, gives a nice screen performance. The top three billing of Ford, Hamill, Fisher resembles something more of a high school reunion, a reminder of how much we all aged, on screen.