Now for the spoiler review of Star Wars. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and you don’t want things spoiled, go see the movie. Also if you haven’t seen the movie and you don’t mind the spoilers, read this, but then still go see the movie. So, this movie, since the first five minutes, was trying to be just like A New Hope. The important information, which is given to a droid when the Empire/New Order arrives to retrieve it, and the main sith arrives so we get his introduction. It was a fun nod to the original movie, but they did do a lot of it, right to the end of the film. That is kind of what I was hoping for though. The original movies, but done in a modern fashion. And that’s exactly what I got, and Abrams did an amazing job doing it.

Now lets talk about the big spoiler, Kylo Ren. I had no idea who Kylo could be going into the movie. I thought maybe Luke, or just a new villain. I was completely thrown off when I found that it was Han and Leia’s son. I never really got into the expanded universe where Han’s son was a sith, so I had no clue that that was possible, but it was an amazing reveal. At first it seemed a bit rushed, like the episode V reveal was done a movie prior, but it really ended up working. Especially in the end scene with Kylo and Han. Once Han and Chewie were about to set the charges, I know Han was gonna die. Someone from the original films had to die, I just thought Luke was gonna pull a Ben. But the relation of Han and Kylo being revealed just made it make much more sense. It seemed like a fitting death for him. It wasn’t too over the top, nor was it just a thing that happened and was forgotten about immediately.

So, let’s talk about the planet weapon, or weapon planet, whatever you wanna call it. Star Killer, that thing. I really thought this was like a giant Death Star, until it blew up like five planets. Not sure how that works, the whole “powered by the sun” was a bit far fetched, even for the Star Wars universe. However, they did need something similar to the Death Star, but more threatening. I feel that they could have kept it for another movie though. Also on another note, we all know Kylo is still alive, and I’m really glad. This gives him an opportunity to develop his character more so that he’s not just a nut that overreacts to literally everything and sucks at fighting. I mean Finn almost beat him. He’s never held a lightsaber before.

Supreme Leader Snoke looked like something out of a Star Wars game, which isn’t a bad thing. It seems like its going back to the roots of the sith, which is awesome. It is a huge change of pace for Star Wars though. I was not at all expecting that. A few other minor notes: Phasma had a lot of coverage in trailers and a pretty decent sized toy line, but was only in the movie for like two scenes and had maybe three lines. Also, the begging with Rey moved a bit slow.

Finally, the ending of the movie. I really thought the movie would end with Rey leaving the planet to search for Luke. I am glad though that she found him before the movie ended. The reason being is that he was missing throughout the whole movie, and the map to find him was the main plot though the whole thing. I would rather you find him quickly at the end rather than spending the first half hour of the next movie, on the same plot point. It was amazing to see this in theaters, and it is probably the best movie I have seen in theaters. It did have its issues though. In the end, this is one of my favorite Star Wars movies, and even one of my favorite movies of all time. I will defiantly go see it again, and can’t wait for episode VIII.