Day 79
The new Star Wars movie The Force Awakens has been out long enough and made record amounts of money, so I can reveal the truth. Ready?
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is nothing but a REMAKE of the original Star Wars movie.
The first movie, later renamed Episode IV: A New Hope. All Disney did was rearrange the characters. Luke Skywalker is now a girl, Han Solo is a disenfranchised storm trooper. Mark Hamill plays Luke Skywalker and is set up to be the next Yoda (although not nearly as cute). Carrie Fisher as "General" Leia replaces Mon Mothma as the rebel leader.
R2D2 is a rolling ball with "the secret plans inside" put there by the new Princess who is a male fighter pilot for the NEW rebels. Harrison Ford plays the part of Old Ben Kenobi Telling the new characters that the force is real. And we have a new Emperor and new Darth Vader. And the Death Star is now a Death Planet. Mind boggling!
If you've seen both movies I'm sure you can see what I'm saying. Unless, of course, your in denial. True fans though would know they're being flim-flammed. And it is seriously disappointing.
With all of the excellent books and stories they could have chosen to make a new movie, they took the easy way out and did a transparent remake using the exact same story as the first movie.
News flash Disney! The first movie wasn't successful because of the story or the actors (most relatively unknown). It was epic because of the special effects. Those special effects are no longer special as they have been copied repeatedly over the years and today are almost common in scifi movies.
I can only hope the next movie is not a copy of The Empire Strikes Back. The fans both old and new deserve better. The proof is the record money the fans spent to watch this retread.
Until tomorrow,
Ken
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