At the end of season one of JJ Abrams’ hit TV series “Alias,” a mysterious character tells a captive Sydney Bristow (Jennifer Garner), “I’ve waited 30 years for this.”
“Star Wars” fans like myself who are old enough to have seen the original trilogy in theaters will adapt that timeline to 32 years as we see the continuing adventures of Han Solo, Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” directed and co-written by Abrams as well (along with Lawrence Kasdan and Michael Arndt). Happily, this movie was worth the wait.
MINOR SPOILERS AHEAD
The story picks up about 30 years after “Return of the Jedi” with the Nazi-like villains The First Order carrying on the tradition of the tyrannical Empire. With assistance from Jedi-turned-bad Kylo Ren, they terrorize a village on the planet Jakku looking for a droid, BB-8, carrying a map to where Luke Skywalker is in hiding.
Standing in their way are Stormtrooper-turned-good Finn (John Boyega) and scavenger Rey (Daisy Ridley), who has more than learned to fend for herself after being abandoned by her parents many years ago. Rey also seems to be developing some latent powers in the Force, which may come to help the Resistance.
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