Don't Believe the Negative Reviews

Rating: 10/10 (17 December 2017)

I did not expect this film would satisfy any avid Star Wars fan, especially those whom believed that the film would be closure with grandeur.
Discloser: I am not what you would call an avid Star Wars fan, however I have followed the episodes and have always considered myself a fan. In the 70's my parents took me to the Mann's Chinese Theater to see the Episode IV (the first film) when it opened.
*Spoiler Alert*
Yes, the film is fraught with the same theme's that has come before, strange timing with jokes, new characters (with little backstory, each film has done that), and of course some of the cheesy scene's like Leia flying through space. All expected an in my opinion, congruent with the other films.
This is the conclusion of the story of Luke Skywalker. Framing the film, the back story of Luke is quite distraught. The loss of his parents when he was very young to living with his Aunt and Uncle and then losing them to the Empire when he was in his 20's, falling in love with a princess that, unbeknownst to him is his sister, to discovering his own father is alive and one of the most destructive entities in the galaxy and his father's attempt to kill him and even cut off his hand.
I thought the film portrayed his character quite realistically, spending the rest of his days as a hermit. Granted that the realism of Luke's life and the aspects of fantasy can feel disjointed.
Ultimately he discovers that his care taking of the Jedi scripts is in vain and sacrifices his own physical existence to save his sister and the rebellion.
I am not a big 3D film fan and find myself removing the glasses in several films I have seen in 3D, however this films visuals are FANTASTIC and worth the extra price for 3D viewing.
Go in with NO expectations and you will enjoy the ride!