The comment reads: “Awaken the Force within by adding Finn’s lightsaber to your profile picture”.
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Desperate to discover the whereabouts of the self-exiled Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), fighter pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaacs) embarks on a secret mission to the planet Jakku, where a young scavenger, Rey (Daisy Ridley), proves herself a rather remarkable young woman …
It may be billed as a sequel but it often feels weirdly like a remake.
Episode VII busily reconstitutes elements from the first trilogy as a giddy 135-minute showdown between the light and dark sides of the Force approximately 30 years after the tumultuous events of Return Of The Jedi. The film, directed by J.J. Abrams, is the seventh film in the main Star Wars series. But in our franchise-heavy movie universe, Star Wars is unique in that it has always been a product of nostalgia.
Late Show host Stephen Colbert and veteran actor Harrison Ford had a “Han Solo-off” to determine who was the better choice for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. His performance communicates more than that of any other old-school returnee (though, in fairness, the script gives him the most to do) about just how the passing of the post-Ewok years can change a person.
Then, time to switch things up: Chewbacca, C-3PO, and new droid BB-8 take on A New Hope’s Cantina Band.
The Daily Mail’s Brain Viner offered four stars, and said: “Devotees can now lather up with their Yoda-shaped soap under that Darth Vader shower, content that in the hands of director and co-writer JJ, the empire has struck back“.
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, opening on Thursday, is the movie they were looking for. Disney, which bought the rights to Star Wars from creator George Lucas for $4 billion in 2012, has said that it plans to release a new Star Wars film every yearessentially forever. The film is full of stuff that was actually built, and that makes it easier to relate to than the digital world building of which we see so much.
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The film’s Hollywood premiere earlier this week saw an army of Stormtroopers on the red carpet, while fans camped out ahead of the first public screening.
