Is he dead, we wondered, or missing somewhere? “She’s just important”, Ridley said. The Force Awakens is tipped to make more than one billion dollars at the box office – which would make it one of the biggest grossing movies of all time. “If, for example, “The Force Awakens” means all kinds of people wake up suddenly being able to use The Force who have never had any training or knowledge of it, that would be a fundamental shake-up in the “Star Wars” universe”, Decker said. Now we can enjoy the Force Awakens safe in the knowledge that there’ll be no surprises or twists of any kind.
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“That’s something I remember loving about the original trilogy: not having seen these people before”.
ComicBook.com recalled that the first line of “Star Wars IV: A New Hope” was “This will be a day long remembered”.
“To me, Star Wars Launch Bay is all about finding your inner fan, finding that little corner of the Star Wars galaxy that you love”, said Brent Strong, creative director of Walt Disney World’s Imagineering team. “I’m looking forward to seeing where the characters have gone since the last fall of the empire”, Knecht said, referencing the conclusion of “Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi”.
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.
Jar Jar Binks, the goofy amphibious character who irritated many Star Wars fans in the 1999 film The Phantom Menace, will not appear in the new movie according to producer Kathleen Kennedy. Because they’re not going to do what I want them to do.
The “Jedi Training: Trials of the Temple” attraction transports “younglings” to an ancient Jedi temple where they will discover if they have the makings of a true Jedi, while the new “Stormtrooper Patrols” allow visitors to come face-to-face with a battalion of stormtroopers. “We’ve all seen trailers for films, and they show you the movie in CliffsNotes form, and you go see the movie, and you go, ‘Yeah, I’ve seen this all before.’ So I’m very grateful that Disney took the lead in terms of keeping things quiet”.
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With just 11 days before Disney unveils “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Dec 18, analysts are split as to whether there is more upside to the shares of the media giant.
