Well Worth It!

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2015)

I saw "Star Wars:The Force Awakens", starring Daisy Ridley-In her first major movie; John Boyega-Junkhearts, Attack The Block; Oscar Isaac-Ex Machina, Inside Llewyn Davis, FYI:He is playing Apocalypse in X- Men:Apocalypse and Adam Driver-This is Where I Leave You, Inside Llewyn Davis.
It has finally arrived. And it was well worth it. J J Abrams-Star Trek_2009, Mission:Impossible 3, Alias_tv-directs this installment in the Star Wars saga, which takes place about 30 years after "Return of the Jedi. Mark Hamill/Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford/Han Solo, Carrie Fisher/Leia, Chewbacca, C3PO, R2D2-all of which make appearances in this one-and all the other resistance fighters have been celebrating their triumph over the evil Empire. Mark even became a teacher and started training new Jedi Knights. But something goes wrong with one of his students-Adam-and Mark decides to quit and he just up and disappears. The old Empire is now using a new name, First Order, and they want to kill Mark and prevent any further new Jedis. Adam/Kylo Ren becomes the chief enforcer of the First Order, using the dark side of the Force and becoming what could well be described as the new Darth Vader. He also has a neat lightsaber with 2 little blades coming out of the handle. Oscar is the new hot shot resistance fighter pilot that is on a mission with his trusty robot, BB8, to get a map leading to Mark's secret location to Carrie-It seems like everyone wants a piece of Mark. John is a stormtrooper that deserts his position with the First Order because he doesn't like all the killing-I guess he did not read his employment contract too closely. John meets Daisy, a scavenging mechanical wizard that lives on a desert planet and they soon are working together. There are lots of similarities with the 1977 original SW:Episode 4 A New Hope; From the opening scroll explaining what has happened previously to the fighter pilots attacking a giant planet shaped weapon. Even the Millennium Falcon shows up. At least 2 of the new characters have very strong connections to the original cast members and there is a major death. Oh yeah, John Williams is still doing the music-he did all the previous Star Wars movies. FYI: Despite all the talk of Mark, he has a very short amount of screen time. He is talked about a lot but not seen much. Harrison gets the most screen time of the older characters. It's rated "PG-13" for sci-fi action and violence and has a running time of 2 hours & 15 minutes. I really, really liked this one and am looking forward to the next one. I would buy this on Blu-Ray.