Meanwhile, in Toronto, The Force Awakens – The Toronto Exhibit opens December 5th for a limited 16-day run.
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If it counts for anything, the original man behind the Star Wars franchise himself has given the latest installment his seal of approval. They can tell you exactly where they were when they first heard “No, I am your father”, as a seminal life event. “They’ve inspired multiple generations to relive the experience of the movies and to create new adventures all their own”.
6, 2015 photo shows director/producer J.J. Abrams during a promotion for the new film, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” in Los Angeles.
The press conference included Harrison Ford, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.
He added: “I mean, that’s what was said in that first film!…We would like to believe that when s**t gets serious, that you could harness that Force I was told surrounds not just some of us but every living thing”. It sounds like Force Awakens will have that in spades.
“The shorthand is that he’s older and wiser, but his bones are the same”, Ford said. He’s the same guy only with the passage of 30 years. They show that The Force Awakens is generating high levels of interest among males and females, under and above age 25.
Lucas famously sold ‘Star Wars’ to Disney for $4 billion, and though he offered his suggestions for ‘The Force Awakens, ‘ the studio opted to go in a different direction.
What do you make of Lucas’ remarks? “I just remember during my time screen-testing, I was like, to Daisy [Ridley], ‘there’s no way that our stories are so simple, ‘ and we still don’t know!” “That’s what we do”.
Gwendoline Christie, who made a name for herself in Game of Thrones, personifies Captain Phasma, one of the film’s villains. I’ve even had people say to me, “I don’t want to read anything at all” so they can walk into the theater and actually have a pleasant surprise. He broke his left leg and was grounded for months. The record for the biggest December opening of all time is held by The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, which debuted at $84.6 million in 2012. You just say ‘Nope, gone, history, I’m moving forward’.
Ford growls, “That’s why I’m givin” it to you’. The aeronautical aficionado suffered several injuries when his vintage plane’s engine failed and crashed in Santa Monica, Calif.
Kasdan agreed, “That’s why we were so excited about Adam playing this part because there’s never been a character like Kylo in the saga”.
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