Ithilgore
Since: Jan, 2001
12/17/2015 00:00:00
I absolutely cannot agree about that comment on the lightsaber fight. The Anakin and Obi-Wan fight is utterly silly and over-excessive. It quickly becomes a farce, not a fight. The duel in TFA feels like an actual fight, not like a dance routine trying too hard to be "epic", and it keeps the emotion of the characters at the forefront rather than the fancy choreography.
JobanGrayskull
Since: Dec, 2011
12/17/2015 00:00:00
^Agreed, the lightsaber duel in TFA was so spectacular because it didn't play out as though choreographed. It was rough and full of emotion. Granted, these are different times and there are reasons why a duel between highly trained Jedi would be full of finesse, but I think TFA set much higher stakes than Rot S.
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A long time ago, on this very planet, a sci-fi trilogy the likes of which had never been seen before was unleashed upon the galaxy. Then, a little while later, a prequel trilogy was made, which sandblasted a lot of luster off the original. It seemed the whole franchise had fallen to the Dark Side. So, when a third trilogy was announced, a lot rode on that first film back. Could it redeem the series, or would it just be another pile of Sith?
We shouldn't have worried.
J.J. Abrams and company have awakened The Force with a vengeance, and hit all the right notes in the process. The callbacks to the original trilogy almost never miss a beat, while adding in plenty of new and fully worthy characters, planets, and creatures to the franchise. There's more humor than in any Star Wars film to date, and the jokes land consistently.
That's not to say it's a perfect film, though. There's a surprise paternity reveal that feels like it's trying too hard to emulate the fabled "Luke, I am your father" moment, Poe Dameron is a horribly underused character, and the big lightsaber fight is a significant step down from the Obi-Wan v. Anakin duel of Revenge of the Sith.
All that said, though, The Force Awakens clearly towers over any film in the series like a Wookie over a stormtrooper. Go see this one, folks. You will not be disappointed.