I saw it on Monday. I really enjoyed it. Though the one thing I found kind of funny was at some point someone sat down and had to come up with "Another Death Star, but bigger". We've seen enough trench runs, guys.
I saw it on Monday. I really enjoyed it. Though the one thing I found kind of funny was at some point someone sat down and had to come up with "Another Death Star, but bigger". We've seen enough trench runs, guys.
Well, the whole movie was basically (major spoilers) a remake of A New Hope. Orphaned kid from a desert planet happens to be a great pilot and turns out to be strong with the force, aged character with a past attached to the main antagonist gets killed by said antagonist, then a trench run in an X-Wing destroys the giant murder machine in space. They also threw in the ground level force to take out the shield generator from Return of the Jedi.
Not sure if I should be tagging spoilers or not, but better safe than sorry I guess.
I saw it and really enjoyed it. It definitely is an homage to A New Hope, as others have said. I thought it was really well done in every way and don't have much to complain about. I was surprised at how central of a character Han Solo was and also how Harrison Ford recaptured his character perfectly after all those years have passed.
It feels pretty clear to me that the trilogy is going to be about a dark side user of the force coming back to the light. Which I'm completely excited about because it's been something that's never been focused on in the movies, just hinted at. You could say Vader went back to the light at his last moments, but it would be really cool to see a young force user like Kylo Ren switch over. I've also read speculation of a double switch, Kylo going light while Rey going dark. That I wouldn't be so fond of since Rey is a much more grounded morally good character, maybe if she gets capture and brain washed (which is mentioned in the movie with how they recruit Stormtroopers). Who knows, maybe Rey and Kylo form a bond and Rey's capture will be the anchor for how Kylo switches over to light side. We shall see.
Well, the whole movie was basically (major spoilers) a remake of A New Hope. Orphaned kid from a desert planet happens to be a great pilot and turns out to be strong with the force, aged character with a past attached to the main antagonist gets killed by said antagonist, then a trench run in an X-Wing destroys the giant murder machine in space. They also threw in the ground level force to take out the shield generator from Return of the Jedi.
Not sure if I should be tagging spoilers or not, but better safe than sorry I guess.
Except the previous aged central character killed by the main antagonist got to live on as this shimmery being who can pop in and out at will. Han Solo is just dead. *Sigh* That was a shocking heartbreaker. It seemed more of a "let me off this merry-go-round" move by Ford than a necessary or advisable plot point. I'd much rather see Leia get bumped off than Solo.
I enjoyed it quite a bit, except for the spoiler. Yes, definitely homage to past greatness. Nicely done.