I showed my 5 year old The Force Awakens today because soccer practice got rained out. I was struck by how the first half or so was almost a shot-by-shot remake of the first one, except with more pithy dialogue and "I'm gettin' too old for this shit" jokes, and a girl in the lead role.
I still don't understand the ridiculous affection people have for these movies. It was very, very decent. Just like the original. My 5 year old was very concerned that some of those people were way too old to be using light sabers and guns, they were going to hurt themselves. My four year old says Chewbacca talks funny.
Rey was even more of a Force savant than Luke, Anakin or Obi-wan, though, so I think in the end everything's gonna be okay.