![]() ![]() Their promised return has been the active deal-sealer for the entire generation of original Star Wars fans. As of the opening of this new installment, it’s been 32 years since we’ve seen these actors in these parts, for which they’re best known. With The Force Awakens, the seventh official “Episode” in the saga, this is more true than it was then, when the beloved cast of (respectively) Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford were never that far away from their next appearance. When T he Empire Strikes Back was released to theaters before Return of the Jedi came out, there was a television ad that announced “Han Solo is back!… Princess Leia is back!…, and so on. ![]() Having finally seen the film following months of being targeted to purchase toys and assorted other items bearing the likenesses of these unknowns, the prospect of revisiting them every few years is actually appealing. Which is a tremendous relief, considering these are the characters the remainder of this new trilogy will be tethered to. #Flower drum song rating mpaa movie#Also, BB-8 is a fine little expressive droid.Īlthough much of the classic cast returns (for varying degrees of screen time), the movie belongs very much to Rey, Finn, and company. Thankfully, all are worthy of the attention and care that we’ve been asked since at least September to grant these fresh faces. Likewise, the villainous Kylo Ren, played by Adam Driver, is sufficiently evocative of Sith lords of yore. And most interestingly, there’s Rey, a desert scavenger played by newcomer Daisy Ridley. There’s Finn, played by John Boyega, who decides that being a stormtrooper isn’t for him. There’s Poe Dameron, a trained fighter pilot played by Oscar Isaac. And on it goes, into deep space, wherever these yellow text crawls float off to.Īnyone who’s been exposed to the film’s months-old marketing push (which would be just about everyone, at this point) is no doubt visually familiar with the new characters. The premise is mercifully simple, evoking classic characters while establishing the new normals of the galaxy: The Empire, overturned in Return of the Jedi, has been replaced by a very Empire-like organization known as The First Order. #Flower drum song rating mpaa free#This being a spoiler free review, I won’t reveal anything about it other than to say that those put off by the opening crawl complexities of taxations and trade routes of the previous Most Anticipated Movie of All Time, 1999’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, will have nothing to complain about this time. ![]() The film opens cold with a Lucasfilm logo before giving way to familiar Star Wars tropes: “A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…” ![]() Disney has seen fit to replace the familiar 20 th Century Fox fanfare, a musical tag formerly so ubiquitous with Star Wars that it’s been included on most CD re-issues of the previous films’ musical scores, with absolutely nothing. Fans everywhere, of all ages and intensity levels, are rejoicing.ĭon’t look too hard for an “Under New Management” sign. The new Most Anticipated Movie of All Time is finally here.Īfter more than three years of rampant fan and media skepticism, speculation and obsession following the big-money acquisition of Lucasfilm by The Walt Disney Company, the Force has, as it’s been touted, awakened. ![]()
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