The Return Of The Jedi Essay

It seems obvious to everyone that the biggest blockbuster hit currently in theatres is Star Wars Episode 7: The Force Awakens. It has become one of the biggest movies of all time despite being in theatres for less than a month and it is clear that it will become the Star Wars franchise’s biggest hit not including inflation. As far as reviews go, it is much more critically acclaimed that than the horrendous prequel trilogy, but that is for another review. For those who haven’t seen it yet, which probably is a small amount of people by now, there will be spoilers coming up. The Force Awakens takes place around 30 years after the events of The Return of the Jedi. By this point our favorite heroes, a.k.a. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, etc., have all but become a legend in galactic history. Stories about them
Among the invasion force is new protagonist FN-2187, a Stormtrooper in The First Order, and new antagonist Kylo Ren, a Jedi who became a Sith lord. A fight ensues between the colonists and The First Order during which Dameron sends his droid, BB-8, off with the map in hopes of the droid finding its way to a Resistance base. Things then get interesting FN-2187 has an epiphany after seeing a squadmate die and decides to defect from The First Order. When the battle is finished, Kylo Ren takes Dameron prisoner on a Star Destroyer where he tortures Dameron though mental probing until he reveals the location of the map. FN-2187 then takes his only opportunity to escape where he frees Dameron, who renames the former Stormtrooper Finn. The two steal a TIE Fighter to escape, but unfortunately crash-land on Jakku. Believing that Dameron died in the crash, Finn finds the nearest colony to find water and start his new