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@primesuspect said:
When Luke force-projects himself, he took extra time to make himself look good, younger, and dye and trim his beard.

Ha, I noticed this, too - 'hey, his beard's not white anymore, and... he got a haircut?' And then you find out he's Zen'ing from across the universe. I loved that.

I think overall, my feelings are that it's a middle movie. It exists to move the plot along, flesh out some stories, get us from the first to the third. Empire was much the same way. We've hit nearly the lowest point we can hit, so now it's time for 9 to come roaring back.

Leia thing was a little overboard, some of the humor I could have done without, Poe's a fucking badass at the start (but I'm glad he gets brought back to earth later), I sat in the front fucking row so I absolutely need more and better viewings, and I'm definitely generally positive without feeling like it's an award-winner. Good middle movie.

I really liked it a lot. Leia is a space wizard. When Luke force-projects himself, he took extra time to make himself look good, younger, and dye and trim his beard.

The scene of the full might of the First Order firing down upon lone Luke Skywalker was stupid awesome.

The Kylo/Rey lightsaber jamboree in Snoke's throne room was fucking fantastic. Nicole had a theory that the imperial guards were the aforementioned "handful of students" that Kylo took with him when he left Luke, which would explain why they were almost toe-to-toe with Jedi.

Rose is cool.

I liked the comic relief.

Yea, I am still sorting through all of my thoughts! I think I need to see it like 15 more times.

Note: I REALLY like the idea of Rey being an absolute nobody, and I hope that's the truth. Of course, the other theory is that she's a Kenobi. I didn't realize that when she picks up the lightsaber in The Force Awakens that she hears Obi-Wan.--

" If I had to bet, she's a descendant of Obi-Wan Kenobi's bloodline. After all, Rey hears the voices of actors Alan Guinness and Ewan McGregor — who both played Obi-Wan Kenobi in the previous films — when she picks up Luke's lightsaber in the basement of Maz Kanata's castle in The Force Awakens. "

She definitely can't be a Solo or a Skywalker of any kind, or her chemistry with Ben Solo would be WAY too incesty. I don't see them making that move again after the Luke/Leia kiss. One incest reference per franchise, plz.

@GnomeQueen said:
Also, did anyone else feel like Benicio Del Toro felt out of place? I kind of felt like he was a Guardians of the Galaxy character that popped in for some scenes.

I wanted more depth from that character. I thought they could have done so much more. And maybe they did, but had to cut for time/continuity. His picture in the Vanity Fair spread suggests there was (or maybe is, later) more than what we saw.

The porg scenes with Chewie were adorable and I loved them.

I really did like some of the scenes, though the various tight shots of peoples faces were strange (e.g. Rey describing force, Finn after defeating Phasma). The use of Luke's distraction then two suns shot was fantastic.

The hyperdrive fleet destruction might have been my favorite single moment, but some idiot a few rows back said "holy shit" loud enough for half the theater, then 7-10 people laughed and ruined that silence.

Like I said, I'm definitely going to see it again to get a "cleaner" viewing out of it.