MovieTickets.com also said Tuesday that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” had comprised 91% of all sales on the site over the previous 24 hours and that total Monday sales had tripled the entire site total from three days earlier.
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Their fates conveniently entwine with wisecracking smuggler and scoundrel Han Solo (Harrison Ford), Wookiee sidekick Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew), prophetic canteen owner Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong’o), ruthless First Order base leader General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) and the mechanised Morecambe and Wiser: C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker). (Take a moment to contemplate THAT parallel universe.) Lucas was instead busy with his script for “Star Wars”, a project that few expected much of and that Universal Studios passed on before 20th Century Fox paid Lucas to develop it.
I loved the first, adored the second, and gradually (mostly) got over the Ewok- and Boba Fett-related decisions that marred the third. Well, I will act it out for you. Finally, I’m able to watch a new chapter of the Star Wars saga and actually look forward to the next film.
Asked by red carpet host Alex Zane about handing the Star Wars baton to JJ Abrams, George Lucas quipped: “I felt that I had to pass it on before I passed on”.
“The Tonight Show”, Jimmy Fallon and The Roots were joined by nearly the entire cast of the new “Star Wars” film. We now get to do the same with our kids. “We are definitely Londoners and I enjoyed this experience”.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens receivedno less than four stars from critics. We would film on the Millennium Falcon and then go downstairs and talk about EastEnders. You know, I thought about that today, and I think, although there have been things that are highly anticipated – the “Harry Potter” movies, “The Hunger Games” movies – nothing, for me, is like a new “Star Wars” movie.
Early reviews are already out, so I’ve stopped scrolling Twitter. But it serves me in a different way and I am invested in it in a different way than the fans are. I don’t care if anybody has problems with the Star Trek movies he did; I love those movies. And for all those who have never seen a Star Wars film? People like to perpetuate this myth that you have to pick one or the other, it’s not true.
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Orange County deputies said they are aware of the flier and said while they recognize constitutional rights, they want to ensure public safety.
