There are no midichlorians, no Jar Jar, no senate
speeches, no weird bad chemistry forced relationships, no over the top CGI, and
they didn’t kill the cool villain in the first movie (like in Episode 1) and
that is all good. Yes there are desert worlds, quests, droids, Skywalkers, the
Millennium Falcon, lightsabers, and other such elements we want to see. I love
that it is a return to original feel. I also love a few of the new characters,
there is a strong female lead and this new/old universe now has people of
color, that's cool. It is fast paced with great concepts and potential.
On the negative it relied too much on the
original story. I can imagine J. J. Abrams and his writing group sitting around
brainstorming what to do with this movie. Hey I have an idea, I loved the
originals, I mean who didn’t? So let’s take our favorite parts and just redo it
with different characters. Like what? Well, Vader is the coolest villain ever,
so lets get a fanboy wannabe, sure why not? Let have him have a black mask too,
sure why not? Hey everybody loves R2D2, so let’s bring him back, but let's get a
new one too that is real cute and smart, sure why not? Hey why we are at it
let’s have him carrying vital information and put him a desert planet, sure why
not? Hey let’s have the Vader wannabe arrive on the scene shortly after that
information is handed off looking for the droid, sure why not? Hey let's have
that guy and some storm troopers kill a village why we are at it, sure why not?
Hey it was a cool scene when Darth Vader tortured the hero, let’s do that
again, sure why not? Hey let’s let one of our heros be from that same planet and
be strong in the force, but not know about it yet, sure why not? Hey we had Obi
Wan teach them, we need an old wise guy to teach right, how about using Han
Solo, everyone loves Han right, sure why not? Hey it was fun how Han was always
in trouble with a criminal element right, so let’s do that again, sure why not?
Oh and remember in the originals Obi Wan died at the hand of Vader, well how
about our new wise one dies at the hand of the new Vader, sure why not? Oh and
remember how Luke had to watch it from a distance and could do nothing to stop
it, well let’s do that again too what do you say, sure why not? Hey do you
remember there was a military leader in the originals (Tarkin) that was
equal to Vader in authority, but could not use the force? We need someone like that again this time, let’s call him
General Hux, sure why not? Hey we need an cantina scene with some cool looking
aliens, sure why not? I loved that they introduced the Emperor as a big,
mysterious hologram and that was cool, let's do that again with the new really
bad guy, sure why not? Hey remember that time that Obi Wan used the force to
get a stormtrooper to do what he wanted, well we have to do that again right,
sure why not? The death star was cool enough for two movies, why not a third;
hey let's make it really big this time like a planet and why not blow it up too,
using X Wings and monitored in a control room by Leia, sure why not?
Well you get the idea, but you know what? It
was cool, so sure why not. I’d like to see it again and hope the next one is
not just Luke training his apprentice in a weird planet like Yoda. Well, that was pretty
cool and I miss Yoda, so why not?
