The Force Awakens opens, we will be inundated with not only reviews, but also a multitude of thinkpieces as sites try to wring every last drop from this hit-licious fruit Disney has delivered to us.
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The preview will take place at lunchtime on 17 December in Killarney Cineplex, hours before the movie goes on general release in the area.
We’re less than two week from release, and still hardly anyone outside of J.J. Abrams’ team and the higher-ups at Disney have actually seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
The cast – beloved veterans of the original films Harrison Ford (Han Solo) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), as well as fresh faces joining the franchise – gathered in Los Angeles at an undisclosed location. It’s 16 years since it was first launched, but you can still have just as much fun on it today. Movie buffs tend to call these screens “Lie-Max” because the image quality is lower in digital showings, and the actual screen size isn’t much bigger than a non-IMAX theater.
“There are now 8 wonders of the world, one of them being this movie”, one woman says.
From masking the location of exterior shots to keeping a tight rein on the footage shown, the creative pair are keeping a tight leash on all things The Force Awakens, and that’s an effort that is ultimately for the fans.
The Force Awakens is the seventh episode in the sci-fi franchise created by George Lucas. Well Star Wars fans, I hate to disappoint you, but according to Collider, at a press conference this past weekend J.J. Abrams confirmed that the film will not include a mid-credits scene or a post-credits scene.
“We have so few surprises anymore when you walk in to see a movie”.
AP: Are you at peace with your decision to directly only one? She responds, “I think I can handle myself”, while Han replies in Harrison Ford’s wonderfully gravelly voice, “That’s why I’m giving it to you”.
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Here’s a mixture of the top Star Wars games you can immerse yourself in… Part one of the conversation has director J.J. “Not that there’s any regret that she could have and didn’t, but clearly we have seen (and we do again) that she’s still Force strong … and it’s something that I think is an intrinsic piece of [her] character”. It was only a win.
