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Star Wars Episode VII Gets Its Title On Last Day Of Filming
November 7, 2014 by brennon
Star Wars Episode VII has got itself a title on the last day of filming and it's called The Force Awakens. It's certainly pointing towards there being a resurgence of the Jedi under the tutelage of Luke Skywalker and hopefully a few others too. There's still very little to go on concerning the plot however...
What would you like to see come up in Episode VII? More Jedi and Luke Skywalker? More focus on Han Solo and the Rebels cleaning up The Empire? Maybe the old cast vanishing half way through and the narrative taking on entirely new characters quickly?
Let us know!
That’s a tricky one. It feels like, in order for a new trilogy to be ‘accepted’ by the fans of the original, it will need to focus on a small band of likeable underdogs defying the odds to defeat some galactic-wide menace.. while not adding anything new… while not being a reboot.
Sometimes what I think my fellow Star Wars fans want is to have their minds wiped so they can enjoy EP IV – VI all over again without anyone making another new movie 😉
Good luck, Mr Abrams, you have a very tough crowd to please!
No he doesn’t.
To make a Star Wars film suck as much as the prequel trilogy requires a very specific talent set. They where poorly cast, poorly written, poorly designed, poorly directed and a bland cgi-fest.
I have faith in Abrams. The leaks we have seen so far, hvåave me bouncing with joy.
The title is epic.
+1
I am quite looking forward to seeing what Abrams does with this
Oh I hope they delete the whole Midichlorian nonsense from the canon
Well, that’s kind of my point. I disagree that they suck. There were many things wrong with the prequel trilogy but IMHO if EP IV – VI had never been made, they would have been ok films. But the combination of the above faults combined with the treasured memory of the original trilogy meant that most Star Wars fans can’t see the films for what they are.. only that they missed the pass / fail test of “Is this my Star Wars?”. Same with the Clone Wars animates series which was – IMHO – very good for the most part but still far too many Star Wars fans dismiss it because it isn’t about a bunch of Rebels fighting the good fight against the Empire in a clear cut and heroic good versus evil story.
Abrams seems to be taking a lot of steps to ensure that he does not make the same mistakes as a film maker, and he is trying to pass that same “Is this my Star Wars” test by ensuring that it looks and feels just like the original trilogy, both in terms of film making techniques and in content (the same characters that you love! the same ships that you love! Stormtroopers! etc) but I still worry that a lot of fans are going to have a love it or hate it reaction to the new films.. that people aren’t going to be able to say “Well, yeah it was pretty good, but not quite as good as EP IV”.. but instead “It was sh*t, these films are dead to me, there is only A New Hope, Empire and ROTJ”.
Star Wars was massively important to me as a kid and it is something I still have a lot of love for. I want my fellow fans to be able to enjoy it was much as I do, without all the hate and bitterness that comes from comparing everything to IV – VI. Because that way lies inevitable disappointment and darksideyness.
I disagree. I’m not a massive Star Wars fan, but I am a massive film buff. I watch a lot, and I mean a LOT of films from many different genres. I think I am perfectly capable of judging a film on its own merits.
In my opinion the prequel trilogy are really quite bad films.
I honestly couldn’t care about midi whatsits or Jarjar Binks or anything else that fans have objected to. The things I ask from a film is that it is well written, both in terms of plot and dialogue, it is well acted, it has some interesting cinematography. Even better if the sets, costumes and locations are interesting and its superb if the film has something interesting to say about life and the human condition.
The prequel trilogy fails on all counts. It even fails as mindless fun. The humour falls flat, the action is dull and I cannot bring myself to care about any of its unlikable heroes.
Abrams doesn’t have to pass any “is this my Star Wars?” test to please me, he just has to make a good movie. I’m sure he will.
Fair enough, I have a friend who seems to have a similar dispositon to you – he doesn’t care for Star Wars and thus rates the films (or what he could stand to watch of them) purely on their merit as films.. and he says much the same thing.
..of course, I disagree with him, too 😀
I have no doubt, however, that Abrams will bring us a good film just as he did with the two Trek films and IMHO, Cloverfield, although I guesd opinion is divided on that one.
It does take a special talent to make those films that bad.
I mean, any other film starring Liam Neeson, Samuel L. Jackson’s, Natalie Portman, Christopher Lee and Ewan McGregor would have been terrific. Or at least we would have believed that these actors had ever seen a human being before. Natalie Portman is the worst of the lot, and she has an Oscar for Black Swan now.
Not only did they have the worst drivel they could have for dialogue (every line is meant to be stated with deadly seriousness) but it seems like Lucus must have combed through the reels to find the worst performances from each actor.
Sure, it is hard to fight with nostalgia, but anyone else would have at least put up a decent fight. At this point, Star Wars fans have to set their bar so low that I can’t see Abrams doing anything that isn’t just amazing to them.
Well it’s actually rather good name.
It certainly has promise. I wonder if we’re looking at a kind of Jedi Academy scenario here, complete with Kyle Katarn..
Why was the Force asleep? Hmm?
I’m not a fan of the “Awakens” bit…..makes it sound like the force being used properly for the first time.
But it’s more of a resurgence of the force.
Resurgence of the Force – is a much cooler title – But in a world where ‘Philosophers Stone’ gets changed to Sorcerer’s Stone’ due to understanding issues, I can see very clearly why the have worded it ‘Awakens’.
Bloody about time it woke up!
Abrams raped Star Trek.
I don’t have any like for him, but at least this Star Wars is not a reboot.