![]() After the collapse of the Empire, an organisation known as the First Order rose from its ashes and looks to have picked up where it left off – they’ve kept the uniforms and the fighters and the ships, but they’ve all received significant upgrades (as has their Doomsday weapon, because nobody takes you seriously unless you’ve got one of those). The Force Awakens takes place 30 years after the events of Return of the Jedi. ![]() It’s also the first Star Wars film after Disney acquired Lucasfilm in a $4 billion deal and decided to scrap the Extended Universe and all the fiction that had built up outside of the six movies.Īnd finally, the biggest question that will be asked of The Force Awakens is this – is it worthy of the name? Can it be the seed of a new trilogy in the way that A New Hope was 38 years ago? Can it make Star Wars, a cultural phenomenon, relevant and new in a way that hasn’t been seen in far too long? Abrams’s second shot at reviving a beloved classic science-fiction series after Star Trek, and it’s safe to say that those reboots have divided public opinion. Ten years! To put that in perspective, the last one came out three years before the Marvel Cinematic Universe was more than a twinkle in Stan Lee’s eye. It’s the first Star Wars film in ten years. Let’s start with the obvious – it’s a Star Wars movie, which means it has to both live up to the legend of the original trilogy and dispel memories of the less-celebrated prequels. There’s a lot riding on Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.
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