Category: The Force Awakens

Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker

How the sequel trilogy and legends material make Return of the Jedi’s biggest twist so much better

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How the sequel trilogy and legends material make Return of the Jedi’s biggest twist so much better

When The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980, it contained the biggest twist in all of film history: that Luke Skywalker's father was actually Darth Vader. So when it came time for the sequel three years later, Return of the Jedi faced an impossible task of matching it. And while no one would claim [...]

The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker

Daisy Ridley understands exactly what messages the Star Wars sequel trilogy was sending with Rey’s parents, and it’s refreshing to hear

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Daisy Ridley understands exactly what messages the Star Wars sequel trilogy was sending with Rey’s parents, and it’s refreshing to hear

The discourse over Rey's parents in the Star Wars sequel trilogy has been a near-constant talking point online in the Star Wars fandom since The Force Awakens released in 2015, and it only escalated with the answers revealed in The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. There's no shortage of opinions out there on [...]

The Force Awakens

The discarded proposal about Coruscant for The Force Awakens is an example of film collaboration done right

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The discarded proposal about Coruscant for The Force Awakens is an example of film collaboration done right

A while ago, Pablo Hidalgo made some headlines for a (now deleted) tweet about one of the proposals for Coruscant in The Force Awakens - namely, that it would be destroyed. He said that basically some folks at Bad Robot (J.J. Abrams's production company) wanted Coruscant to be blown up by the First Order, but [...]