Director:
- J.J. Abrams
Cast:
- Daisy Ridley
- Oscar Isaac
- John Boyega
- Adam Driver
- Domhnal Gleeson
- Mark Hamill
- Carrie Fisher
- Harrison Ford
- Rated: PG-13
“The Force Awakens” returns audiences to the tales of a galaxy far far away. The movie picks up about 30 years after “Return of the Jedi,” with the remnants of the Empire now grouped into a faction called the New Order and the Rebels which have become the Resistance.
The film’s story is set in motion by a chance encounter between a resistance pilot named Poe (Isaac), who is trying to preserve a map that leads to Luke Skywalker, and a stormtrooper leaving the First Order named Finn (Boyega). Through a series of events (no spoilers), Finn winds up meeting a ship-parts scavenger and the two are forced to team up and bring the map to the resistance.
Matthew Liedke on Film 