There’s more than a little bit of Apple in The Force Awakens, and that’s why it works.
The new Star Wars movie is good. But it’s not revolutionary. Its plot is a loose beat-by-beat remake of A New Hope, with a little bit of Empire thrown in at the end. There’s a planet-sized star base, the Millennium Falcon, and a cute, round droid on a mission to find the last remaining Jedi. It even starts on a desert planet.
