After watching The Force Awakens, and hearing a series of spin-off Star Wars Movies were to be released (establishing a cinematic universe like Marvel and DC movies), I felt that these things might just be money grabs: high production value without a solid story for support. While it may indeed be a money grab by the empire of the dream tyrant, Disney, it's a brilliant one. The cast was excellent and the special effects were amazing enough to bring a dead man to life.
It's not perfect. It does have some odd edits and tiny errors throughout, but it's over all ability to recreate the entire Ep. IV universe elegantly was enough for these things to be over looked. I was wonderfully overwhelmed with nostalgia. However, as a die hard fan I was extremely disappointed with Darth Vader's suit, but that didn't ruin the movie too much for me because we seem him go full sith lord on rebel scum later on. Knowing how powerful Vader had yet to be portrayed on the silver screen, I was immensely satisfied with the end result.
I don't want to give away too many details and accidentally spoil the movie, but it does justice to the original trilogy and fills in many of the gaps between Ep. III and Ep. IV. It works well as a stand alone film too. I give it a 8 out of 10 for technicalities, a 9 out of 10 for story, and an overall 4 out of 5 for entertainment.
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