Interesting but disappointing

Rating: 5/10 (25 January 2016)

Interesting but not exciting. New characters, sure. Older actors seen in their roles again, OK. Everything happens within a plot that seems derivative of every other Star Wars movie - so nothing really new there. One might ask -- so what can you expect, given the preceding movies? One thing would be a finale that is not just a rehash of the "destruction of the death star by rebels in x-wing fighters flying down a tunnel" scene from the first movie, right down to the "final countdown"that results in destruction of the enemy world seconds before the evil weapon of mass destruction is operational. Send those screenwriters back to writers boot camp and come up with a better ending! The movie was mildly entertaining, but I expected more. The popcorn was fine,though.