You thought prequels were bad? That Star Wars cant get any worse? You. Were. WRONG!

Rating: 4/10 (17 December 2015)

****************THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS ********************** The plot copies the original episode IV to the letter. There is even the same environment of the desert planet, literally the same ship and almost-the-same droid with secret but vital information. Which is actually alright - yes, it is reboot rather than a sequel. Yes, it was as unoriginal as possible. But that would alright.... if it wasn't for the main cast.
The fact that the movie copied the story of episode IV made it impossible to not directly compare the cast. In short, instead of the serious and focused old cast, we got teenagers with mental problems. So lets check:
Rey - I actually felt bad about watching her in the movie, because it felt like watching a child being abused. The way the character was made and acted in the movie was befitting a 14-16 year old. With not only looks, but also all the indecisiveness, attitude imbalance and childishness that would fit a confused high schooler. I guess I'm just too old for this. Hopefully, the directors will let her grow up for the next episode so she may start giving the feel of a heroine she was supposed to be.
Finn - If this was supposed to be the new Jar-Jar Binks, then it was a partial success. Partial, because even Jar-Jar wasn't this pathetic. Finn is cowardly, ever-confused, lying and just... useless. The feeling this character left me with was that he was useless, from the first scene to the last. It almost looked like he will build up to doing something useful, but nope. That didn't happen. He had a last chance for redemption by dying at the end to be replaced for the next movie, but even that seems to have not happened. Was this seriously supposed to be the new Han Solo?
Kylo Ren - This one started well. Heartless, capable.. a true sith. But then through the movie he was continually forgetting about the powers he had in the first scene, to the point where was easily defeated by the above-mentioned teenage girl in a way that was actually believable (two kids clumsily waving lightsabers at each-other). During the process of forgetting about his powers, he also managed to lose his cool looking mask and showcase that we were wrong thinking he is an actual villain as he turned out to be a childish young man with serious anger issues. See the difference - when Darth Vader was unsatisfied with the progress, he killed the soldiers in a cool and threatening manner. This kid destroyed his own computer instead...
cpt. Phasma - The Boba Fett 2.0 also started well. But then got demolished in a 1 on 1 ship fight against the ancient millennium falcon piloted by a high school girl who had never done it before. Right. While one could have thought that it was the end to the humiliation of the character, it wasn't. Later she got captured by Chewbakka, betrayed her First Order without even needing to be threatened and was thrown into a dumpster. At least somebody met a fitting end.
The new sith lord - The cool thing about the old emperor Palpatino was his secret identity, masked face and general feeling of power. Now we got a villain whose name is both completely forgettable and generally known... so much for secrecy. On top of that, he uses a giant hologram to overcompensate the clear lack of actual influence and has a twisted face that looks a lot like muts from the last hunger games. Seriously? On the plus side, the soundtrack was amazing and scenes were really well set up and made. At least until the new protagonists entered them.
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