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Originally Posted by 6o4__boi
I gotta say JJ did the series good. That was my biggest worry coming in, that he'd bastardize the series. But there was so much nostalgia ingrained even in the details. I was too lost in nostalgia to really notice flaws...definitely gonna grab me a copy and rewatch a few times.
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Totally agree! I had a lot of faith in Abrams going in, I really liked what he did with Star Trek, but a little ways in I was starting to worry that it might turn into some generic sci-fi story in a Star Wars wrapper with a bunch of really forced references to try to make it work.
As it turned out, those fears were unfounded - this really FELT like a continuation of the original story. The references and nods to the originals worked well, without seeming cheesy or heavy-handed (as much as I like Star Trek Into Darkness, it really danced on that line). Things happened pretty much as I think they should have.
My one big remaining question/quandry now is...
Spoiler!
The one thing that felt a little heavy-handed was in trying to lead us to think Luke may be Rae's father. I mean, that would be the most obvious thing, right? Especially when you're throwing in plot points to reinforce that concept. And remember in the one trailer, Luke's voiceover of "The Force is strong in my family..."?
I SERIOUSLY hope all of that is a classic JJ misdirection tactic, because having it turn out that Luke really is Rae's father would be so fucking "DUH!"... like, that's something I'd expect out of the prequel trilogy - no subtlety at all.
On the plus side... NO FUCKING MIDICHLORIANS!
