We’re even promised some surprising and little-known facts, although some of the people featured in How Star Wars Changed the World (10pm), may argue that there’s nothing they don’t know about the movies.
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From Princess Leia cupcakes (Oreos for the side buns!) to an R2D2 made out of cheddar cheese, here are just some of the many – and we do mean MANY – pictures of “Star Wars”-themed foods being posted on social media”. So, I have to ask myself, what am I missing? “That first Phantom Menace teaser was brilliant too”, I told myself, “and look how that turned out”.
But what is the greatest lightsaber battle in the Star Wars movies?
“The Force Awakens” – Episode VII in the franchise – takes place 30 years after “Return of the Jedi”. It offers honest laughs from the slap-stickin droid See Threepio and the dry-witted Han Solo and more flashy explosions, colorful effects and free-floating orbs than the Fourth of July and Christmas celebrated on the same day.
Darth Vader and his stormtroopers invaded the streets of London to commemorate Star Wars make-up artist Stuart Freeborn.
“J.J. brought his original, childlike enthusiasm that he first remembered on seeing it way back when he was 11 years old”, said Daniels, “and I think he induced that enthusiasm in everybody else”.
As I said, it’s all fairly political, and recognizes that politics are inevitably part of human affairs, but that’s not to say that Star Wars is created to make a straightforward, unambiguous political statement.
Luke Skywalker plays tourist in Times Square.
“I would plan on arriving early”, Jadallah said.
When you have an experience like that, resistance to movies is futile.
With thirteen hours and seventeen minutes of cinematic story from the Star Wars universe already filmed-the core six films, not the Extended Universe-it might seem hard for The Force Awakens to embark on many original ideas.
A long time ago, in a cinema far, far away from Lismore, three-year-old Ben Gordon watched Star Wars for the first time with his parents, John and Vicky.
“People will be able to vote for which franchise they like better, “Star Wars” or ‘Star Trek, ‘ with donations”, Jadallah said.
Struggling to read and digest the opening crawl of Episode IV, I was already lost by the time it scrolled off the screen. Since Yoda is a warrior and an alien, I gave his Indian version several monk-like tattoos and four hands like many of our gods.
As these things always do, my interest diminished as I edged into my teens, but it didn’t disappear entirely. And as we sit here, giddily awaiting the release, we are reminded that the future of the Saga does not begin and end with this new movie.
And then came the Prequels.
Globally, beyond the usual action figures and apparel, Associated Press reported that the seventh installment (and the first from merchandise-driven Disney) boasts a broader array of branded products than ever before – from Chewbacca Coffee-Mate creamer (Wookiees drink coffee?) and Star Wars mascara to US$400 designer Death Star shoes or a $4,000 Millennium Falcon bed.
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As the days count down to a mere week, and more footage is released ahead of the big day, our collective anticipation for one of the biggest movie releases of all time reaches its tumultuous pinnacle.
