![]() ![]() It’s hard to imagine any “Star Wars” movie better than the one they’ve made. But at least this time out, Disney is not the evil Empire. That’s a painful thought, like something out of a “Star Wars” movie - a father forcibly separated from his offspring. The sale gave Disney the right to take the story anywhere it wanted, regardless of its creator’s desires, and apparently Disney rejected Lucas’ own story outline for this film and two sequels. The film comes three years following the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney for a reported $4 billion. It is what the first “Star Wars” was, and what the series always was when it was at its best, a story about people caught up in troubles they didn’t look for, who rise to the moment. But none of it is overdone, and none of it feels overstuffed or at the expense of the characters. It features many action sequences - skirmishes, attacks, laser gun battles and hand-to-hand (and light saber to light saber) combat. Abrams, this new episode, opening Friday, is both grand and human scale.
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