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A lot of people complain J. J. Abrams has played it safe and scratched the surface of the world but I feel like this first film was just setting the stage for the real story.
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This. And that's perfectly fine with me. He didn't have to play it safe and I think everyone has seen A New Hope. But I think it's a good way to revive the series. A reminder of the older fans and a way to some what tell the story to younger people who haven't seen Star Wars. That's just my take on it really.
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Except the first movies didn't have to. They showed you can have a full story in one movie.
Also, how exactly did they set up the stage, really? Through character development? There wasn't much of it there, really. The world? The world is pretty much established through 6 movies that came before. The enemies? They're basically space nazis, they don't need a set-up-the-stage movies.
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Yes that's true, but bare in mind A New Hope was made original as a single story.
To me, they set the stage for the future of the characters. Most importantly Rey and Ren. The starting point of this new story. You come away from the film asking lots of questions.
What's Luke doing on that planet? Why is Rey so strong with the Force? What'll happen to Ren now he's been physically and mentally scared, Who's Snoke? SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN THE NEW REPUBLIC! and so on...