The visual effects were fantastic. Just goes to show how engaging the story and characters are and how well JJ directed the film that, even though there are plenty of shots that are completely CGI (like the prequels), I’ve heard nary a complaint (I’ve probably jinxed it though). Because he made the environments feel real and didn’t use CG when he didn’t have to.

I’m very curious to see how far Rian brings the practical effects, though. He did a Q&A with Christopher Nolan on Interstellar and they talked about how Nolan used next to zero CG. Johnson joked he was taking notes for VIII. We’ll see how much truth there was to that next year.