Stop all the complaining and appreciate what has been created

Rating: 8/10 (21 January 2016)

I have read so many reviews comparing The Force Awakens to A New Hope I'm truly tired of it. First of all, it isn't the same story it just draws on many of the same qualities, something I would think long time fans would be thankful to see. I was 14 when A New Hope came out and like many of that era I saw all three of the first 3 movies multiple times and they set a standard that has never been surpassed. But for all the negative reviews based on similarities to A New Hope remember that when that movie ended we knew little of a) the force b) who the heck Luke Leia where and were left with more questions than answers. Such is how episode VII left us. We now know a lot of the stories back drop, but then we knew none and I guess ignorance was bliss. All this negativity about another death star, well the dark side powers rule with fear so why wouldn't they build another bigger, badder death star like weapon? One that could wipe out it's enemy forces in a few attacks? They did it 3 times in a row in episodes 4, 5, and 6 and I don't remember ANYONE complaining about that. There is a lot of story to still be told after episode 7, shouldn't that be the way it is with 2 more movies coming? Yes Episode 7 reminded me of A Hew Hope, but in a positive way. There was a lot of mystery as to the importance of Luke and Leia and no clues as to their relationship after episode 4, so why do people want to know everything after episode 7? Many similarities, shouldn't there be? This is a sequel so I would hope there would be a lot of similarities and gaps to be filled in for the next two movies. I will never enjoy a series like the original 3 Star Wars, but I'll never do a lot of things I did when I was 14 - 19 also. It was a huge task to get the series to a reset point where it picked up where the old left off but with many questions. The Force Awakens did it successfully and now we are all waiting to find out what the Heck Luke is doing sitting on a mountain when the galaxy is going to hell. If the story had just taken off in a new direction everyone would be complaining about that. I thought given the task at hand the movie was very good and very similar to A New Hope but with a completely different set of questions to be answered and adventure ahead. Remember, this is the start of a new trilogy about a new generation.