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Originally Posted by bsharp8256
My biggest issue with it was the rehashed plot. I felt there were too many throwbacks to the original trilogy, and they were too obvious. I don't want to spoil anything for anyone, so I'll continue below in white text (highlight to read):
Another "Death Star?" That's seriously the best they could come up with? Even Han thought it was lame in the movie.
After the fall of the Empire, it's said they brought back another republic. If so, wouldn't the First Order be called the "resistance?" Leia clearly has Che Guevara syndrome...she has to be in perpetual rebellion.
A minor complaint--Leia is clearly shown to be force-sensitive in Episode VI when she senses that Luke made it off of the 2nd Death Star, and again in Episode VII when Han is killed. I would think she'd undergo some training in force techniques in Luke's failed Jedi Academy. I know there's the age thing in Jedi Training...blah blah, but even Yoda said Luke was too old at first, yet he still completed it.
Han's death was WAY too predictable. As soon as he and Kylo/Ben walk out on a catwalk above a massive chasm, it was obvious someone was going to die and fall in. I know the father/son dynamic is huge in this series, but by now it feels like we're beating a dead horse.
Rey is way too good at using the force. She's doing mind tricks and retrieving her saber with no training, mere days after learning of its existence? Please.
I'm sure there's other stuff that could come to mind if I was still fresh on my viewing. That said, I liked all of the new characters and I'm excited for VIII and Rogue One next year. I'm hoping JJ got all of his pandering to fans of the original trilogy out with this one and starts treading new ground in the upcoming continuation of the main storyline. I'm going to go see it again soon.
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I saw this with a professional screenplay writer. We both had the same reaction as what you posted.
But this seems to be a bridge from the old to the new. Let's hope anyway.
Lucas himself was not that thrilled with this film. He has said that he tried to make each film a stand alone story. This one has just too much retelling. It is almost like a two part film where the intro to the second film starts with 'In our last episode' and then lasts for two hours.
I figured Han had to die or retire or something because Harrison Ford is getting pretty old. He can't live 900 years since he is not Yoda, and he may have requested to be written out in order to put his time into the (rumored) next Indiana Jones film.