Truth be told, it’s unfortunate that the film essentially operates as an echo of Star Wars: A New Hope, telling the story of an orphaned hero who travels away from a desert planet to become ensconced in an intergalactic battle between good and evil, but it succeeds because of its excellent character development. You can’t help but immediately fall in love with Rey, Finn, Poe, and BB-8 (each of them filled with their own individual quirks, engaging personalities, and eccentricities), Kylo Ren makes for an exciting and emotional villain, and once the end credits start rolling you are excited to see where the saga is going to take them all next.