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Originally Posted by GGG

HE set up questions that weren't answerable while telling any reasonably coherent movie. This mystery solving aspect of Star Wars has no basis in Lore. There were two exciting reveals in Star Wars. Leia and Luke's father. And neither were questions that you debated between movies. So yes Abrams is at fault for asking tantalizing questions without answering them or having an answer for him. He has no track record of satisfyingly closing any mystery he has built.

Rian nailed the the force as a religion where the Jedi aren't some perfect order. The Lucus force is childish in that there is a light and a dark and that's it. The Jedi being responsible for great amounts of war and suffering has always been a conversation of nerds. We're the Jedi actually a force of good in the universe is open to interpretation. Exploring this aspect of the force is far more interesting then the arbitrary good bs evil.

How were they not answerable? All of those story threads were wide open and could have been taken in many directions -- even the grey area you wanted. All it takes is a little bit of care put into the story and plot lines. But you can't just pretend they didn't exist like this movie ended up doing. Instead of wasting 40 mins on useless things like Finn and his new girlfriend in Vegas they could have done some useful character development. As I stated before, I can understand the need for new direction in the series, but you still need character and story depth. Most people think Kylo Ren is the best new character (I agree), why? Because he actually has an understandable backstory, journey, inner conflict, and motivation for his deeds. Character development 101. The problem is, he is pretty much the only character fleshed out to any extent in this trilogy.

In any case I don't begrudge anyone who enjoyed the film but I just don't see it as a good addition to the series at all. I've had similar conversations with friends and it is interesting how divisive this movie is.