Crushingly disappointing

Rating: 3/10 (12 February 2016)

Not only was this movie a pointless (and tedious) remake of "A New Hope", it was poorly done; the script of a ten year old who had seen Star Wars the day before.
Nothing was necessary. Not-one-thing. I've seen some meaningless cash-grabs and re-boots in my time, but this fraud takes the cake. AND THE PUBLIC IS BUYING IT! That may be more surprising than the fact this 135 minute bore-fest even exists.
I loved re-visiting the Falcon, and any scene that didn't include it was forgettable.
Harrison Ford's Han Solo was also great, and his sanctioning this mess is only excused by his having the good grace of taking a dive with (hopefully) more permanence then Luke Skywalker's in "Hope".
The wheeling out of Carrie Fisher's animated corpse, well that was just embarrassing.
Mark Hamill's no less medicated cameo in the closing seconds only compounded impressions on how slapdash and made-up-as-we-go this movie seemed. (Imagine the criminal amount of money he must has received for this dazed appearance!)
Shame on George Lucas for selling out. Shame on J.J. Abrams for the thing itself, and shame on me for putting more money in the pockets of the machine-minds responsible for this disgrace.