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All things considered, The Force Awakens did a good job with the story. Kylo Ren’s backstory, Han Solo’s involvement, Finn’s story, and Luke’s dissapearance should stay. It can even start the same way, with Poe Dameron getting captured by the First Order before being helped out by Finn.

Where I think the movie went a little iffy is Rey. She should definetly stay female, but her story doen’t seem that original unless Episode 8 proves me otherwise because we still don’t know her full story. We should have known more about her character in this movie. Maybe she was a victim of the Jedi Academy incident with Kylo Ren. She was orphaned on Jakku, and has mostly forgotten about it due to being so young but still knows what she was taught about The Force subconciously. That would make Kylo Ren directly responsible for all her problems. Also, a third Death Star is a little unnecessary when your third act has that much emotion and epicness regardless, but I’m not sure how the movie would fare without it. The First Order wouldn’t suffer any major defeat besides losing the map to Luke Skywalker. Maybe just a regular heavily protected base with Tie Fighters which Poe Dameron and his team damage. I also think R2D2 suddenly awakening was a little too convenient. Maybe another piece of the map is in the hands of the First Order, which the heroes retrieve in the third act, so the map can be complete at the end without having R2D2 in low power mode.