The Force is strong with this one

Rating: 9/10 (16 December 2015)

I am and old Star Wars fan and this time I was not disappointed. After the sad experience of the prequels, I felt back in the same spirit that made the original trilogy so great. JJ Abrams managed the material with great respect and put a particular attention in creating a proper continuity with the first movies. I was particularly impressed by how the environment and the technology look the same. For example, the holograms you will see on the Tie Fighters, the X wings or the Command centre look exactly like the ones that were available with the '70s and 80's cinematography. The script is good and leaves several subplots open for the future developments. It is true, as some commenters have already reported, that the TFA "homages" to the previous stories can create a feeling of quasi-remake as done in "Jurassic World". My personal feeling is that while in a couple of cases some coincidences were too forced, the repetition of the events is in the logic of SW universe and in the Force balance as was heavily suggested in ROTJ.