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No Jar Jar Binks in ‘The Force Awakens’

Set 30 years after Return of the Jedi, the new movie brings characters Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford) back to their galaxy far, far away. “Now they’re able to have direct conversations with them and ask them what they want, when they want it, where they want it”.

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“I don’t want compliments because it implies that I looked so awful befo”, he joked after revealing the impressive weight-loss.

A more reserved statement than “I really liked it” perhaps, but an unsurprising one considering Lucas’ recent comments where he equated letting go of his franchise to going through a divorce.

Adam Hawbaker took it upon himself to create an intensely awesome mashup of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and OU football. “I’m not going to ruin it for them by talking about what happens”.

I have a few plane tickets and, I am going to see some fans.

But neither screening has sold out yet and he said it was because viewers wanted to make sure they had the best possible seat for the showing. “The fact is, people already love this property and are eager to be marketed to”.

“I was in scenes in which some of the characters I was working with did not know who I was”, Nyong’o, who it is now known plays pirate Maz Kanata, told Reuters. “You’ll thank me later”.

Beginning at 4am on December 17, the morning before The Force Awakens hits U.S. cinemas, the cinema will screen the previous six movies in order at its Austin, Texas theatre. “Who knows how long that enthusiasm will last?”

Ample Hills Creamery’s dark/light display at the “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” press day. And we all can’t wait to see the next installment, even though judging by the trailer it looks like it could be even cheesier than Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (aka, that one with Jar Jar Binks). But there’s something a bit odd about a drive for “Star Wars” to fulfill its potential that ignores the female fans and female characters who have always been there and the very real ways in which “Star Wars” has historically been influenced by genres that are oriented toward women.

“‘Star Wars’ is ingrained in moviegoers’ DNA – it’s part of the culture”, Dergarabedian said.

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“We put some Easter eggs in, but they were Easter eggs that weren’t sort of the normal, from-another-movie type of Easter eggs”, Abrams explained.

The new improved Rebel XWing Fighter on display inside the'Star Wars The Force Awakens exhibit on Day One of Disney's 2015 Star Wars Celebration held at the Anaheim Convention Center