For ep7 what was made was made. It was a tribute to fans and it was well done. New fresh characters of rey, finn , BB8 is memorable and fantastic to follow...
very nostalgic of ep 4-6 which is good since 4-6 was a looooong time ago and even though 7 seems like a mashup of ep 4-6 it was great cause 4-6 was the best trilogy. Nothing wrong with using a proven winning formula to reboot. But ep8 would be important to set it apart.
what can be improved in ep8
1) Captain Phasma, the commander, and Kylo need to be much better. More darker, more bad ass. (right now too wimpy - Disney sign...)
2) POE is fantastic as a pilot, but he need more screen time to develop his character should he be the next hans solo.
3) more dueling with lightsaber .. (epic ones like Knights of the fallen empire.. those cinematic cutscene was so much awesome).
4) they need to rethink the JEDI/SITH training for Kylo and Rey. Better not repeat the ep4-6 style as that would be .. boring for this century. They should focus on Kylo training as a Sith and show how SITH training is like and Kylo need character development to show a change from wimpy to DarthVader level.
5) Luke should do a flash back on why he went missing.
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Just Darker...not "more" darker
Yes... i believe Snoke is Darth Plagueis the WISE. just like ANH & TPM.. many will be revealed/answered in the following episodes... 8/9. Too many Skywalker thingy, so its wise to come with the standalone SW Rogue 1