Gadgetory

there are stories about what happened it's true the wait is over the verdict is in with me as my cnet colleague returned home he has seen the force awakens and he's here to offer his expert opinions now we are avoiding plot spoilers here and rich is well aware of the consequences of giving too much away now that reminds me actually there's this really good bit right in the end so force awakens put star wars back on our screens but decades after the original and with a new director rich does it still feel like Star Wars well well well the force is strong with this one you'll be glad to hear it very much goes back to the original trilogy the original Star Wars trilogy and the kind of the classic DNA in fact it's almost like a greatest hits of Star Wars really it starts off with it a young dreamer on a desert planet you've got a plucky droid entrusting the important information and even though the empire was destroyed at the end of Return of the Jedi you still got armies of stormtroopers and you've got snooty aristocratic officers and then the bad guys are led by this masked black-clad denizen of the dark side it feels very much like classic Star Wars so in the prequel trilogy there was perhaps an over-reliance on computer effect that didn't go down terribly well with lots of Star Wars fans so tell me rich about the look and the feel of the new film well I mean obvious there is a lot of CGI in there but again they have gone back to the classic feel a bit of the original trilogy so there's this cavalcade of great creatures and aliens and monsters and and robots that are all done in a very physical way in camera there's lots of great prosthetics and makeup and all that kind of thing and it looks absolutely fantastic the real old-school field so it feels really really real you really covered in that world with one unfortunate glaring exception I can't say too much because it's something has not been in the trailers but there's a very major character who's done entirely in CGI and it really really stands out from the crowd of the other the creatures have done so well and so so kind of so physically which is a real shame I think so force awakens introduces new characters alongside old familiar faces from the original trilogy what are the new characters like and could they ever be as beloved as Han Chewie and the gang yeah I think so yeah I mean it's absolute fantastic see the old faces again it's great to see Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher step back into their old roles it's almost like they've never been away but at the same time yeah these are the new characters they're really really interesting they're there they're fun and they're compelling and they've got interesting stories of their own and I think it's gonna be really interesting to see how those stories unfold and kind of carry this new trilogy forward into the future okay we're so to sum up having seen force awakens how are you now feeling about a new trilogy and a new generation of Star Wars films well I've got a good feeling about this so that's what rich thoughts you can catch the force awakens in theaters galaxy-wide and when you have seen it do let us know what you thought alright that's all for now on stay tuned to see net