Sigh.... it feels like yesterday when I read "Phantom Menace" and had to defend it on the internet.... this isn't as dumb as that title was.
Star Wars
Star Wars is a space fantasy film franchise that initially told the tale of Luke Skywalker and a rebellion's struggle against the evil Galactic Empire. It has spawned over one hundred games, six sequels/prequels and at least millions of different shirts, action figures and other merchandise.
Star Wars VII officially titled: The Force Awakens
@johntunoku: Could refer to anything honestly. Although the two young leads are Jedi so it's probably referring to one or both of them.
Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
The Force Awakens
Fits right in, if you ask me.
I agree. All of the titles are rather silly by modern standards but are meant to evoke the serials of the 1930's
It should have been Star Wars: JJ Abrams Cashes in on Fanboy Nostalgia Without Even a Little Originality
At least it would have been an accurate title.
@tom_scherschel: I thought Revenge of the Sith was fine.
@horseman6: To be honest from what I've read people are worried he'll be too original if anything and end up with something that isn't familiar to them.
@horseman6: To be honest from what I've read people are worried he'll be too original if anything and end up with something that isn't familiar to them.
This is JJ Abrams we're talking about, it's impossible for him to be original. If he was going to be original, do you think he would have brought in the cast from the OT?
Bad title, it's making me want to say "... in my pants..." and I really don't want to.
It kind of does make me think about boners haha.
@horseman6: To be honest from what I've read people are worried he'll be too original if anything and end up with something that isn't familiar to them.
This is JJ Abrams we're talking about, it's impossible for him to be original. If he was going to be original, do you think he would have brought in the cast from the OT?
Lucas planned to have the original cast return since Return of the Jedi. But I think he expected them to be the main characters again. I'm glad they probably won't be. I wanted a trilogy that's disconnected from the other movies, but now I want to see the older characters. The original trilogy and the prequels are separated by about twenty years, so it should be expected that the OT characters would be in the sequel trilogy. The leaked concept art shows some signs of originality. I was afraid the sequels would have the same spacecraft and technology, as fanservice, but some of them appear updated.
@sinusoidal: I think you've pretty much nailed what this movie will be.
Not sure how an energy field sleeps, but I'm not a Hollywood A list script writer, so some mysteries will remain so.
They should have just hired a competent director and screenwriter and had them adapt Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy. It's the best piece of Star Wars fiction outside the first three movies, possibly better.
woulda gone with A Newer Hope
And then Revenge of Revenge of the Sith.
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