Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (Edwards, 2016)
Star Wars is a brand now, not a cultural touchstone.
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Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens (Abrams, 2015)
As mimicry, it is good. As fan-service, it is serviceable. But it adds nothing to the underlying tapestry. Whatever pleasures are there are imported from other movies. The audience applauds when the actors enter, but that's only out of respect for their past work. Could you imagine if J, K. Rowling did an eighth Harry Potter book and it was the next generation running through the same plot as the last? If Go Set A Watchmen had been about another trial of another African-American, a year later?