Cash in on Star Wars nostalgia with as little creative effort as possible.

Rating: 1/10 (22 December 2015)

JJ Abrams evil genius here is delivering a narrative with the barest of details and then hoping the hardcore fan base does all the work filling in plot holes and gaps with over-elaborate explanations later.
Frankly I found that lazy, exploitative, and insulting.
It also cheapens the films before it by allowing its characters to accomplish the same things and greater with none of the journey. Using the force, dueling with a lightsaber, destroying huge military installations...we were apparently misled originally into believing these things were difficult.
It is a weak check box film. X-wings? check. Light saber duel? check. Planet destroying death ray? check. Bad guy in back breathing through mask? check.
Shockingly little effort was made to add narrative to that skeleton. It's just marketing and branding.