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Watched it yesterday with my dad and I loved it. There were numerous moments where I nearly cried tears of joy. I have also managed to forget that episodes 1-3 ever existed.

Originally Posted by Traum

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The Hans Solo death scene was really devastating for me. I was already getting bad vibes as soon as he decided to walk out. As the conversation unfolds, my gut feeling had me increasingly convinced that Kylo Ren was going to kill Hans. At the same time, I remember myself desperately analyzing Kylo Ren's words and actions in my head, hoping he wouldn't do it, thinking of ways to interpret how he might just be struggling to return to the Light Side. But for the whole while, I knew my wishful thinking was all futile. And then it happened.

The scene was very well done. You see it coming. You don't want it to happen. But you can't stop it from happening. You can't not watch. And then it happened.

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I tried to avoid spoilers, but some jerk posted a picture with the words "Han solo dies, killed by his son Kylo Red" as a Facebook comment.

Originally Posted by Traum

Massive plot spoiler rant:

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Does anyone think Episode VII is "borrowing" too much from the previous movies? While I totally agree that the movie is absolutely fantastic, for the whole time while I was watching it, I couldn't help but think that from characters to scenes settings to plot, a whole lot of stuff is either a direct ripoff from the previous movies, or a re-hashed version from the old movies.

Kylo Ren -- His entrance is a direct ripoff of Darth Vader. I can let this one go since he is practically a Darth Vader otaku.

Poe Dameron -- Poe is 1/2 Luke, 1/2 Solo. The 1/2 Luke part comes from his "Resistance ace pilot" bit, and the 1/2 Solo comes from the rogue-ish bits that he tries to play up / mimic when he is not flying.

Poe's initial map retrieval mission -- This is a new spin on Obi Wan's solo mission to Kamino. The map retrieval idea is practically the same as in Episode IV when Princess Leia gave R2-D2 the Death Star plans to deliver.

The FN-2187 deserting idea is new, I'll give them that.

Rey picking up BB-8 in a desert when he was about to be taken for scrap metal... Now where have I seen that before? [/sarcasm]

Maz cantina... Han shot first...?

Rey gets captured by Darth Va... wait, or was that Princess Leia getting captured by Kylo Ren? I'm so confused...

Kylo Ren removes mask... Yes, I think I've seen another black armour dude removing his mask before too... So they've added a twist this time with Kylo Ren removing his mask to talk to Rey.

The young male lead going into First Order territory with a sage old hero. Did I say First Order or Galactic Empire? Was it John Boyega going in with Sir Alec Guinness? Man... I'm so confused.

Sir Alec Guinness dies from confronting Darth Vader... I mean, Kylo Ren. No, I mean, the elderly Han Solo confronting Darth Vader wannabe. What?

Death Star is about to fire. Wait... which episode am I talking about here?

Rebel briefing before the attack... Resistance briefing before the attack... Princess Leia is in both of them. Does she even remember herself doing this before?

The assault on the Death Star... I can take the canyon fly down as paying homage to Episode IV, but the entire plot is basically the same.

Finn gets critically wounded from fighting Kylo Ren, and leave us wondering how he'll return in the next episode... Captain Solo gets carbonite frozen by Darth Vader, leaving us wondering how he'll come back in the next episode... Hmm...

Kylo Ren gets knocked out and severely wounded by Rey, and is left to his own accord in a harsh icy environment. Darth Anakin gets his limbs chopped off by Obin Wan in a lava pit. Icy world. Lava pit... 2 sides of the same coin?

Luke Skywalker becomes the new Obi Wan. Does exactly the same thing by going into hiding. Dresses exactly the same. Like master, like padawan?

Originality? Yay~!

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I also noticed the numerous similarities to the original trilogy, but I don't have any issues with that. Those of us that grew up in the 80s, we're already hooked; we would've watched it regardless. Instead, these movies were made for the next generation of Star Wars fans (i.e. our kids) and based on Episode 7, they are in for a treat!