I had to sstop reading, I didnt want to completely reveal the entire movie to myself. I see several of you saying you liked TFA better. WHY?? I will be seeing tomorrow afternoon, so Ill definitely post my opinions. One last question though, out of all these first impressions, is it the you of now? Or the 12 yr old you? Everytime one of these films approaches I try and emulate the excitement 10 or 13 yr old me had when ESB & ROTJ came out. Its tough, but I try.
It will probably take some more viewings of TLJ before I can say which I prefer of the sequel movies. But ultimately, TFA was more of an adventure whereas TLJ more or less told you at the start that they need to just keep the ship alive long enough to escape the enemy. They set up and play out differently so it’s difficult to compare them.
I’m a 19 year old who vaguely remembers when the prequels came out. I have no nostalgia for any Star Wars movies but have been swept up in the culture of the franchise due to sequel movies so I might be a bit bias towards the sequel trilogy.