"Nothing to see here, move along"

Rating: 7/10 (15 February 2016)

Those who enjoyed episode vii are the nostalgic ones, given the film is a giant collection of easter eggs and throw backs from previous films. It's a fan pleaser. With no new content. The criticisms for this movie mostly rely on the lack of effort to stir new emotions into spectators and just completely recycle previous concepts and bring the thematics up to todays standards for broader viewing by fans of original star wars and new comers alike. But many will leave with not much to appreciate when it comes to novelty. very much like the current fashion of rebooting older properties, here we've gotten a familiar story with a fresh coat of paint, with the pretty neat bonus of introducing us to new characters that can hopefully be developed further in new episodes, hopefully with more original content and a more expanded universe. it's not all bad, but it's not great either