It can be a fine line between your your 20s and 30s. I'm in my thirties and have been told I look like I'm in my twenties by most new people I meet. Plus I've seen this actor in prior roles, so I knew he couldn't possibly be that young.

Maybe I'm wrong but I was under the impression this "9 chapter" story was strictly about the main skywalker group and the later movies were always meant to focus on their children hence everyone related

My biggest complaint about this movie is it needed more Phasma. Goddamn that character looks so cool! I wanted her to just be on the screen more to see that glorious chrome armor.

I'm going to play both sides of this ... We were introduced to a number of "new" worlds and a interesting variety of background creatures to inhabit them. However there was very little "world building" going on. In fact, only Jakku had any real "world building" in the story and it was actually more focused on building Rey's backstory than on making the environment a character.

I missed the Finn line and I find it hard to believe that would have slipped by ... (edited to add -- sorry, I thought you meant he actually used that term; I misunderstood.) While Finn works most of the time, some of his humor is a bit dated to today. I'll echo your thoughts on the hair and the fat pilot though. Was he somebody?

We don't quite have enough backstory, but I don't think he is intended to be any of those things yet. He is the evil version of young Luke -- temperamental, arrogant, inexperienced, and prone to moments of irrationality. He is what Anakin was supposed to be in the PT. He isn't a Sith Lord, he's a brat who idolizes his grampa as a badass. I don't think we know his motivations yet (or I missed them) but I think this character could really evolve into something as we get the backstory and his future development.

I don't know, I think Vader was obsessed with finding Luke since he found out that he was his son, and whatever motivations he had for doing that, I think deep down he cared for him, but was too consumed with the Dark Side until he almost killed his son. There was that telepathic exchange at the end of Empire where it seemed Vader was relieved he was still alive, that he cared. Maybe I'm reading into that scene, but it seemed to be the point as far as I could tell.

Anakin as Darth Vader was mostly machine parts, and wouldn't have the quickness he once possessed before being left for dead by Obi Wan. While still strong with the force, we wasn't as strong, which is why the Emperor wanted to replace Vader with Luke.

Yeah, that's totally fair. I could definitely be looking for something that isn't supposed to be their simply because of how the character looks. Still didn't love the performance, but some of that other things I dinged about Kylo definitely could be on me.

Saw it last night and loved it.

Kylo:



Finn:


Rey:


Not sure if this needs spoilers or not...in regards to BB-8


Oh and with regards to the trailer:

It's less about how old he actually is and more about his screen presence and whether or not he's believable in the role. In this case he was not believable in the role. Either that or the role was really ill-conceived. Because we don't really know anything about the First Order, it's kind of hard to know.

He was spot on about Kylo Ren's numerous mistakes. I'd say he was more than believable in his role.

I read a theory awhile back that I liked about Kylo Ren.

Ren certainly seemed interested in the girl from Jakku earlier in the film IIRC. Seems like he knows something about her.

That was Greg Grunberg, JJ's best friend from childhood... so of course he was given a featured cameo.

regarding rey Jedi powers. I think there's more to say in regards to her Jedi powers then just being a quick learner. I think I recall her having strong Jedi mind powers force even before. touching the lightsaber so my question is how did she get those mind powers to try to fight off kylo when he was trying to extract information from her brain.
I hope that all the questions we have. Be explained.

yes I did love the movie I gave it 4 out of 5 stars just because of the plot holes that were left open and the problem with me being so skilled of the Jedi so quickly with no training

It's a small galaxy after all, it's a small galaxy after all...

Coruscant blown up. Take that, prequels!

It would be hilarious if Snoke is just 2" tall and uses the giantass hologram for intimidation a la Wizard of Oz.

that's funny!

What The Force Awakens gets right that the prequels got wrong: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/12/18...akens-prequels

Did anyone else notice the cameo of

I did. I'm pretty sure their casting was announced in advance. Though, they are another example of wasted talent, IMO.

Apparently that wasn't Coruscant.


That would be great.

Ahh, I stayed away from all info about this to be totally fresh for last night.

Was Greg also a pilot? I remember seeing him in the command room when they were working on the map.