This felt like a parody....

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Where do I begin? Wow, this is without a doubt the weakest story in the saga thus far. It doesn't even explain WHY finding Luke is so important.

Nothing is explained in this film.

Our new heroes are Rey, (who plays the Luke Skywalker role of A New Hope) and Finn, basically our comedy relief character, who for whatever reason tags along for the adventure.

Their main goal is, by the luxury of endless coincidences in this poorly thought out movie; to stop the threat that is the First Order and their SUPER DEATH STAR, (wait for it.....) STARKILLER! And also, find that old hermit Luke.

Seriously, there are so many instances where you'll stop and think, "wow they're always there at the right time. How convenient". Such as, finding the Millennium Falcon by chance, running into Han Solo by chance, finding Luke's old lightsaber by chance, and my favourite, R2D2 waking up from low-power mode for no apparent reason other than to MOVE THIS NONSENSICAL PLOT ALONG!

Kylo Ren's character is ruined when he takes off his mask. You can't take him seriously anymore, he was a legit badass for the first hour of the movie, but that's all destroyed.

Han Solo dies very predictably, he falls off the platform looks ridiculous and I actually laughed out loud at how stupid it looked.

The last third of the film is where I realized I was watching a parody. It is literally beat for beat, Episode IV and VI combined. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. A trench run to destroy Death Star 3 (the starkiller) and an underwhelming lightsaber duel between insta-Jedi Rey and Kylo Ren. As many others have said, if you've seen A New Hope, you've seen this movie, but that movie was actually good.

And lastly, the movie ends with Rey handing over the lightsaber to Luke (who's green screened into the shot BTW, looks super fake) and the two engage in a cringe worthy awkward staring contest with no words being spoken...

Was that a parody I just witnessed?