In a galaxy far, far away, the First Order has risen from the ashes of the defeated Empire and threatens to take over the galaxy. Meanwhile, the Resistance fights back against their tyranny.<br /><br />The movie starts with Poe Dameron, a pilot for the Resistance, obtaining a map to Luke Skywalker location as he is believed to be the last Jedi existence. However, before he can escape with it, he is captured by Kylo Ren of the First Order who tortures him for information about the map’s whereabouts.<br /><br />Luckily, Poe was to hide the map in his droid BB-8 who escapes and ends up on Jakku where he meets Rey, a scavenger who has been waiting for her parents’ return. Finn, a stormtrooper who def from the First Order after realizing their evil ways also ends up on Jakku and they all end up working together to escape from stormtroopers chasing them.<br /><br />They eventually steal a ship called Millennium Falcon and discover that Han Solo and Chewbacca are its current owners. They explain their mission and Han agrees to help them bring BB8 and the map to General Leia Organa of the Resistance.<br /><br />However, they are ambushed by two gangs led by Han’s former flame Qi’ra and gangster Bala-Tik who want revenge on Han for swindling them in a previous deal. During this confrontation, they discover that Kylo Ren is actually Han’s son named Ben Solo who turned to dark side under Snoke’s influence.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Kylo captures Rey with his force powers and tries to read her mind but she is able to resist him due to her own strong connection with The Force. As they travel towards Starkiller Base where Kylo plans on handing over Rey and BB-8 to General Hux of First Order as well as destroy any resistance planets at once using it’s powerful weapon system which converts energy from nearby stars into a powerful beam.<br /><br />The Resistance launches an attack on Starkiller Base and Finn, Han, and Chewbacca infiltrate it to disable the weapon while Rey confronts Kylo. In the process, Han Solo is killed by Kylo Ren as he tries to convince him to come back to light side but Kylo instead chooses darkness.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Finn confronts Captain Phasma, his former superior officer in the First Order and forces her to lower the shields which allows resistance to destroy the base. During this battle, Rey discovers she has strong force abilities and defeats Kylo Ren with help from The Force.<br /><br />In the aftermath, Rey finds Luke Skywalker on a distant planet called Ahch-To where he has been living in self-exile ever since Ben Solo’s fall into darkness. She hands over lightsaber and for his help in defeating The First Order. The movie ends with Luke looking at Rey with a sense of recognition and mystery as if he knew something about her that we don’t yet know.<br /><br />