“The Force Awakens” premiere honors “Star Wars” creator Lucas

In the meantime, The Force Awakens is nearly a Han Solo movie unto itself.

After the vapid and vacuous prequels, this is also the grimiest and most lived-in Star Wars film in decades, with the use of real locations and practical effects adding to the believably of this odd galaxy.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – the seventh movie in the unparalleled sci-fi series – has blasted into the record books with wild applause, cheers and the world’s biggest-ever premiere.

The only question was whether he could stay on target.

All of us who were lucky enough to see THE FORCE AWAKENS early were asked to sign agreements not to divulge any spoilers, so this review – by necessity – is going to be vague.

Event Cinemas Mount Pleasant is having a special screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens at 12.01am.

John Hiscock, in the Daily Mirror, said: “All I can say is The Force Awakens evokes magical memories of 1977′s Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, with plenty of humour, action, drama and heart”.

Los Angeles Times writer Steven Zeitchik told his Twitter followers: “From comedy to costumes, fights to fx to overall feel, JJ Abrams has created a thoroughly old-fashioned movie”.

It’s an incredible combination of a great original story that also warmly pays homage to the original three films and its main players; Harrison Ford, Carrie Fischer, Mark Hamill along with Chewbacca, R2D2 and C3PO.

I must be a slow learner, because here I am with opening night tickets to The Force Awakens, and I’ve already picked out my favourite Yoda shirt to wear. I’ve got a good feeling about this one.

J.J. Abrams’ work was more than cut out for him, but with every tease or video from the director during production, the more trust we were willing to invest.

And it’s these moments that save the film, for all its excessive repurposing of imagery and moments from the original trilogy, from being merely a tribute act to the franchise’s glory days. But if you’re a jaded millennial fan with a voice inside that’s crying out to believe all over again, don’t be afraid to bring a revised version of Star Wars with you into the theater this weekend.