I liked Gleeson too, but he felt underutilized. It was interesting to me that two of the big baddies (Ren and Hux) were young people. I felt like there was probably some interesting background motivation for them and the First Order, but we didn’t get much in the way of that. I wish instead of some of the Snoke stuff we got at least one scene like the Death Star briefing where we got to see Hux and Ren interact with other First Order officers.

The cast on the whole was fantastic I thought. Ridley, Boyega, Driver, and Isaac nailed it. Can’t wait to see more of them. Ford was better than he’s been in a long time. Daniels stole the screen with his limited screen time. Fisher was a weak link, but not terrible as some are saying. Hamill owned the whole movie with his 30 sec perf. Seriously, that’s the part that’s really sticking with me. I never thought I’d call the sight of a 64 year old man beautiful, but that’s exactly what he was (incredible hair). Seriously, I’ve seen Mark in so many interviews since 1983, but this truly felt like the first time seeing Luke since Jedi. Chills and tears.