Maybe like the space chess set coming on and Finn finding the training orb from 40 years ago was a bit much. But other than that it was just the right amount. Oh and Han and the 14/12 Parsec thing. The only BAD thing about the film was the awful exposition between Han and Leia about what happened with their son. Han had already mentioned one of his students had destroyed it all and once it was revealed that Ben was his son the further spelling out the past was totally unnecessary. Other than that, it rocked my balls off. I loved it. I loved Starkiller Base so much. I loved how it had an atmosphere so high stakes stuff could happen on it instead of a nearby moon. I love the name. I think Ben Solo is a deeply interesting character. I love all the flip flops from ANH. It's not parallel, it's perpendicular. Luke almost applied to be a pilot in the Empire, Finn wanted out. Luke wanted off Jakku, Rey wanted to go back. Han didn't want to get involved, was thinking more about himself. Poe is totally selfless and goes out of his way to help out. Luke had to confront his evil father, Han had to confront his evil son. Luke resisted the dark, Ben is trying to resist the light. The Empire was all powerful, The First Order seem to be more of a threat gaining momentum as they don't control everything yet. Which is why it's resistance and not a rebellion. There is no rule to rebel against yet. Those things all paint a same, but very different movie. Sequels have always used this same, but different formula. AOTC is a bad copy of ESB, ROTJ was a passable version of ANH. It's not WHAT the characters do that matters as much as WHY they do those things. The whys are what causes them to have a character that we can care about at all. I loved Rey, Finn, Poe, BB8 and Kylo/Ben. I want to learn more, more, more about them. If you do that to your audience , then your film worked. This movie fucking worked.