Overall I liked the film a lot and it was the first film in a long time I actually got emotionally invested in (cried a few times. Only slightly ashamed). There were a few things I didn’t like but overall I thought it was a damn good reintroduce to the Galaxy. I won’t rehash a lot of the things that have already been said about it though.

Two points: to those complaining about Hans death not being fitting or heroic enough, I disagree completely. The way he died was a fitting end to his character arc. When we meet Han he is selfish “better her than me”. He cares about himself and nobody else save chewie. In this film he dies directly as a result of him caring for his son. He does because of his compassion. He doesn’t need to go down in a blaze of heroic glory, that isn’t what his character is about. He goes down because he’s trying to save his son on the inside. He dies because of his love and because he cares about others. I don’t see how you could say that isn’t a fitting end for his character. Tragic as all hell, but fitting.

Apart from star killer base, the only major complaint I have is that we didn’t see any interaction between Poe and Rey. I know the story they set up made that impossible but if these are our new “big three” (Fin, Rey, and Poe), than you should show us the dynamics of all of them together. We got a good amount of Poe and Fin together, a lot of Fin and Rey, but no Rey and Poe. I just think it was a slight missed opportunity to allow us to get invested in them as a group, not just as individuals, and I think the personalities of those two would have played off in a very entertaining way together.