This Star Wars fan loved it!

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2017)

I was a teen in 1977 and loved Star Wars and the Hero Luke. And as Luke says in TLJ " This is not going to go the way you think" so sit back and enjoy the ride. The movie is beautiful, the soundtrack is perfect and it's a well acted fun adventure. I was worried I'd cry when Carrie Fisher first appeared onscreen and I didn't. But I did cry at certain points of the film. Certain wholesome and worthy themes were fleshed out: "Save what you love, telling someone you love you're sorry and nobody is too far gone" are all brought up and portrayed beautifully. I'm happy with Leia's role and proud as a fan of hers to see this as Carrie's last film. Mark Hamill puts in his best performance as Luke. I love all the new characters. Rey is my fav! So glad to see more of Poe and I like the Finn storyline, it helps with those themes I mentioned. Overall I say let go of your ideas of how things should go and have fun! I like TLJ better than Force Awakens but not as much as the original trilogy. My teen and young adult children loved it as well.