"The Force Awakens" (with SPOILERS)

Quick note on people getting in a tizzy about the characters being similar to those in ANH...that film wasn't that original either. It stole from numerous films and was the basic tale of a group of ragtag heroes storms the dark castle to save the princess from the evil wizard.

 

Saw it last week in IMAX 3-D.
Thoroughly enjoyed it. I remember them explaining Luke's disappearance as he was training an new batch of Jedi when one of them turned and slaughtered the others. Luke felt guilty and went off in search of the original Jedi temple. However the planet they found him looks nothing like Coruscant. Was there another Jedi temple he found?

 

They said he went looking for the first Jedi temple, which I presume was not on Coruscant and otherwise lost to the ages

 

FWIW, I heard that the novelization covers some ground left out of the film, like the relationship between the New Republic and the Resistance. Sounds like it'd be worth picking up.

 

What happened to the "Empire?"

 

No mention of Yoda in the movie??

 

He dead, dawg!

 

I know. He wasn't even mentioned, though! Vader's smashed up helmet was shown. No one even said, "I miss Yoda."

 

Maybe in future episodes once Luke gets more into the story. I assume the reference to Vader was more for the family/genealogy angle of Solos/Rey/Luke.

 

Or Lando. Or Obi-Wan.

 

Ben gets a nod at least from being Kylo Ren's real name.