Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Spoiler Free) Review

I remember hearing before I went to see X-Men: Days of Future Past that the movie “fixed” the original trilogy by not only putting the franchise back on a quality track, but by also resetting the timeline. That, to me, was then and is still now, bullshit. I was in the minority of my peers that felt that Future Past was, ya know, good and the fact that we know what happened before and lived through a terrible X-Men: Last Stand where people died that shouldn’t have died or the fact that Wolverine remembers that, wasn’t cured by a C+ effort either. Well, because of the nature of the prequels and when they were released, Star Wars didn’t have a continuity problem, but it did have the burden of putting the franchise back on track after the much watched, and even more lamented, prequels. J.J. Abrams wants to say, “You’re welcome.” The previously mentioned timeline works in favor of The Force Awakens. Instead of sequels being the last movies we saw from Star Wars, this is a direct sequel to Return of the Jedi and it certainly feels that way. Instead of allusions to your favorite Star Wars characters, they are actually there. The X-Wing fighters and Imperial Shuttle among other hallmarks are there to cast nostalgia for both old school and new Star Wars fans alike. That really is the magic of this Star Wars film. Somehow, they have been able to serve both masters (which I imagine will amount to insane box office numbers and a high rate of repeat viewings). There are plenty of homages …