Same reason the Star Trek reboot (also JJ Abrams) is also the same strategy, except in alt. timeline form.
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You and that reviewer both missing the point because you're not the target audience at all, the anti-target in some ways
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that's a convenient way of excusing the director for some not-stellar movie-making!
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btw - my theory is that a lot of things that sounded good on paper, didn't work on the big screen ie reuniting Han & Leia
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so movie is compromise of good - maybe even great ideas -- and severe drift in execution
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another bug=feature. Point was to retire that story line, not revive it. You *don't* want Han/Leia to pack emotional punch
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of course he does -- making me care about Han's death, makes me care about Kylo, Rey and Finn
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