Predictable - and Hard to Review Without Giving a Spoiler

Rating: 6/10 (22 December 2015)

The movie has the Star Wars Music that evokes some good emotions and a story and characters that evokes some familiarity, and the basic concept of Star Wars comes across, that there is constant fighting across this galaxy as the battle between good and evil goes on forever.
However - Spoilers
If you saw the first movie - "A New Hope" you pretty much have seen this movie. In fact, if these were books, most of the chapter names would not change.
The new parts or twists of the movie, were almost all very predictable.
Throughout the story - we have a similar battle on going in the galaxy between similar sides, with similar weaponry and very similar villains and it left me wondering, how did we manage to get right back where we were at the start of "A New Hope". After Return of The Jedi (Spoilers on that movie) when Darth Vader destroys the Emperor he dies, and the rebels destroy the Empires' Death Star, we somehow wind up right back where we started. And by the end of this movie, out of necessity, another "New Hope" is found, but you might not find that much of a surprise.
One other thing, I assumed that most viewers would have seen "A New Hope" Episode IV. A lot of the negative reviews indicate and appear to be caused by the fact that that this movie is very similar to that movie. But If you never saw "A New Hope", you will find this very enjoyable, and the person who is the "New Hope" may be a bit of a surprise for you. However, I still would recommend "A New Hope" over this one, for many reasons, one of which is the Bad Guy in "A New Hope" does seem invincible, where as Kylo Ren the bad guy with the mask in this movie does not.