And it’s precisely this want that lends this series a mythic, epic quality, for what are grand journeys if not a pursuit of something fundamental, something essential?
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Add two more records to the seemingly never-ending list of box office records that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has broken. With the current trend of a few big-budget films ruling the box office, “We could see average film rent expenses push higher”, says Wold, which would hurt theater profit margins.
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Of all the burning questions you’ll be left with after seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens, none looms quite as large as this one: Who, exactly, are Rey “New Luke” NoLastNameYet’s parents? You know, it was my first movie that I went to see with him.
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Later in the film, she’s shown flying a spacecraft (the much fabled Millennium Falcon), infiltrating the First Order and thwarting their plans, holding her own against Kylo Ren. The highly-accurate 1/6th scale Finn collectible figure is specially crafted based on the image of John Boyega as Finn in the film featuring a newly developed head sculpt, finely tailored outfit, LED light-up lightsaber, detailed weapons, and a hexagonal figure stand with the Resistance’s emblem. Unlike Darth Vader, Kylo Ren isn’t sufficiently intriguing, vicious, or menacing.
In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Abrams detailed his decisions (along with editors Mary Jo Markey and Maryann Brandon) on what footage landed in “The Force Awakens” and what was sent down the garbage chute.
Of course, there will be a Star Wars Battlefront II from EA, which will likely include Prequel and Sequel content, but its hard to stomach that neither are making it into this iteration.
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Having said that, The Force Awakens concludes on an impressive note, through a scene of enormous power and possibility that doesn’t merely feel the Force but nearly radiates it.
