13 Ways of Looking at Star Wars — Spoilers, Natch

1. The film works because Daisy Ridley and John Boyega have great chemistry, and they happen to be very talented actors.
2. Harrison Ford did just enough to make it work.  And given his recent performances, this wasn’t guaranteed.
3. Gwendoline Christie was wasted.  Granted, acting in a shiny silver helmet can’t be easy.
4. As a character, Poe Dameron is a nothingburger.
5. C3-PO’s voice wasn’t right.
6. John Williams has done more to keep Star Wars an ongoing concern than George Lucas ever has or could.
7. John Boyega is really good at being sweaty.
8. Carrie Fisher is charming as hell.
9. I get that the rebels are scrappy underdogs and all, but everything about their base felt cheap and unfinished.  I think we only ever see no more than two X-wings in any single shot.
10. The film makes no secret that it wants to mirror the original trilogy.  So in the second film, Finn is gonna die, right?
11. Lawrence Kasdan has done more to keep Star Wars an ongoing concern than George Lucas ever has or could.
12. When are Finn and Rey going to do it?  (In the sexless Star Wars universe of course, this means kiss passionately.)  Probably the next film.
13. The Korean title could be translated as “Star Wars — Regaining Consciousness Force”

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