I liked it, despite the shortcomings- like killing off my favorite character from the OT, wooden acting from the main villain (much akin to Hayden Christiansen), and rehashing of plot points from Ep IV. For everyone hoping that we'll see some of the great points from the expanded universe, they came out several months ago and said this is a new timeline separate from the EU. So you know what that means, no Admiral Thrawn (perhaps the coolest SW villain ever), probably no Mara Jade (who has one of the cooler story arcs for a character- goes from being "The Emperor's Hand" to becoming Luke's bride), only one kid born from Han and Leia (which sucks, because their kids turn into badasses), and doubtful to see a return of Boba Fett as he was brought back in the EU.

I, too, believe that Rey is Luke's daughter, which made for a pretty epic cousin fight at the end of VII, and opens up some interesting conflict in the future trilogy films. I didn't like how they beat the fact that Kylo Ren is Han and Leia's son... They mentioned it 4 or 5 times, as if we didn't get it the first time they said it. I really wish they had kept it a secret until Han confronted him on the bridge, that would have been an interesting twist ala the ESB "I am your father" moment. Nicely done JJ, you missed a great "Ah ha!" you could have tossed in there.

I'm cautiously optimistic about Rogue One, which comes out in 12 months- from what I've read so far it's the story of how the plans for the original Death Star were stolen and smuggled into the hands of the rebels; so it takes place just prior to Ep IV. And early rumors (I know, how well can we trust them), are that the film coming out in 2018 after Ep VIII will be a Boba Fett origin story that shows the dichotomy between Fett and Solo- I'm not holding my breath, but should be interesting to see where Disney takes the franchise.