Abrams also revealed that the villains in The Force Awakens will be way more villainous than the ones who came before them, determined to succeed where Darth Vader and The Emperor failed. “These new movies won’t just be sequels”, he writes, speculating that stand-alone films will combine with the so-called “saga” trilogies to form a “forever franchise” with no end in sight.
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The new “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” TV spot features a portion of the film’s score from composer John Williams, who is expected to bag his 50th Oscar nomination in the original score race.
‘Starkiller Base is another step forward, technologically speaking, in terms of power’. Everyone was excited to see the characters and wondering where Luke was and trying to figure out the symbolism of Rey and Kylo Ren’s weapons lining up. But rather than ranking anything from the actual movies by Lucasfilm, we chose to list a few of the many movies that copied Star Wars’ setting, style, and tone to make a quick buck drafting off the popularity of the most popular science-fiction saga in history. There’s also a cool shot of Han Solo (Harrison Ford), iconic blaster in hand as he asks his new young friend if he’s “up for” taking on the First Order. However, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any secrets and plot twists planned that will still surprise those who see the film, and that means that there are still several characters fans know little about. And no, it’s not that odd lightsaber we’ve seen over and over in trailers and commercials. “There’s an air of superiority, and being better than those people around you”, he said.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens arrives in United Kingdom cinemas on 17 December.
With any luck we’ll also get Star Wars: The Force Awakens TV spots for Rey and Kylo Ren, if not Han Solo as well.
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J.J. Abrams, the director of “The Force Awakens”, knows that the fandom has been wondering what’s up.
