Finally a real Star Wars movie!

Rating: 9/10 (25 December 2015)

The first real Star Wars movie since Return of the Jedi, and better than the aforementioned. Not better than IV or V, but a solid/excellent member of the franchise.
Characters that you can actually care about, and a lot of action and in the style of A New Hope. Did i mention a lot of action? It has just enough story to make you care about the action scenes. There was a particular love interest that was predictably awkward but what are you going to do? We all saw that coming.
It was an homage to the past and at the same time a promise to the future and a good movie in its own right.
The CGI was minimal and the fight scenes were awesome and what Star Wars fans have been wanting for a long time. The script wasn't amazing but it wasn't bad either. The dialogue was adequate.
It teetered on the edge of too much fan service but never fell over.