Star Wars: The Force Awakens, sequel to Return of the Jedi and the seventh film in the franchise, makes its debut this week.
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“I love Star Wars, but I don’t think there are many people as passionate about it as he is”, son Garrison said. “I’m not anxious at all about it living up to the hype. The title of Abrams” movie tells you everything you need to know: This reboot of the franchise awakens nostalgia and comes closer to rekindling the magic than any of the Lucas prequels. And it won’t just upset him in the theatre – it could induce nightmares for weeks.
It is the first Star Wars movie since the release of prequel Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith in 2005. “This is the culmination of the last three years of reading about it, checking casting news, watching trailers, seeing TV spots”, gushed Despins, 27, who works in marketing. But as every fan knows, it’s been quite a journey to this moment. “She can tolerate that”, Despins replied with a laugh.
“What we are counting on is that this will be a repeat-view movie and from what I’ve seen Disney has the goods”. “The characters, the music, the themes behind it – all of it resonates with me”.
Previously, on Star Wars: At the end of Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance blew up a second Death Star and took down the evil Empire for good, Darth Vader found redemption and Luke, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Chewbacca partied hearty.
Star Wars fans, many of them waving light sabers, turned out in force for the red carpet event in Leicester Square on Wednesday night.
A FAIRLY long time ago (the early-1970s), in a country far, far away (the United States) Star Wars was born out of George Lucas’ sense of adventurous filmmaking.
While the film’s all-powerful merchandising soaks up holiday sales, Disney will hope that “The Force Awakens” plays like “Avatar” and “Titanic” _ movies that remained top draws through January and benefited from repeat viewings.
Asked to explain his devotion to the long-running space opera, Miller pointed to its roots in human mythology: “It’s written in a way that can tie into any culture”, he said.
“Somebody who just moved into our neighborhood likes Star Wars and they connected through that”, he said.
Windsor cosplayer Jonathan Danter dressed as new Star Wars antagonist Kylo Ren.
Luke has been famously absent from the poster for this film, which led me to fear at first that over the past 30 years, like Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s Go Set A Watchman, he had gone over to the dark side. Jack Wang, an associate professor in Ithaca College’s Department of Writing, and his brother Holman recently created a series of books for children depicting famous scenes – out of felt – from the original “Star Wars” trilogy.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens nationally today.
They harken back to fashions from the original movies, which encompassed Asian-inspired designs with simple shapes alongside military-influenced styles, Armstrong said.
Before that, I should explain I’ve loved Star Wars ever since I was a kid.
Let alone the excellent special effects, the movie’s pace was consistent and, more importantly, the story was simple to understand while leaving just enough mystery – predictable though it may seem to some – for fans to await the next instalment with equal excitement as we did this one.
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Another longtime “Star Wars” fan, Endwell resident Tom Henderson, 35, is ready to catch the 7 p.m. show at Regal Cinemas in Binghamton on Thursday – then again Friday, then a third time on Saturday.
