From the moment the crawl came onto the screen, I was hooked by the story. “Luke Skywalker has vanished”. Immediately my eyes were wide open and I wanted to know what would happen next. The film kept this level of intrigue up for a while.
I agree. A very good point. Luke’s plot element is completely misleading and utterly useless in the end. It makes the film look like some sales fraud. It initially gives you this very intersting hint about the content that is evetually not in the product. What we get in the end is a rehash of Star Wars with absolutely nothing about (what could be a very interesting) Luke’s plot element.