Saw this over the weekend. Liked it for the most part but the ending didn't really feel right in a few ways.
I haven't read any posts in that thread but just got back from seeing Star Wars and it was FUCKING AWESOME! I know the critics hated it and now I'm going to go back and read this thread to see how many of you did.
Read all the posts in the thread. Don't care, I think it was great. Can't wait to watch it again. So many fun and loving tributes, Easter eggs, and homages to all the movies.
I didn't like the direction of 7 and 8, especially in terms of all the main characters from 4, 5, and 6 (Han & Leia not together, Han being a smuggler again, Luke being a hermit, etc.) but since they couldn't be changed at this point I think they did a good job of "fixing" it with 9. Even if a lot of it seemed rushed I liked it as well.