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The omission of Rey from the Millennium Falcon—the ship that she flies in several key Force Awakens scenes—drew sharp criticism from fans. UPDATE, 12/23/15: This story has been updated with comment from Disney. Now that fans have flocked to the new Star Wars flick to the tune of a record-breaking $247 million opening weekend, a disgruntled…
THE latest chapter in the “Star Wars” saga, “The Force Awakens”, was due to open in cinemas worldwide on December 16th, after The Economist went to press. Most fans will queue up to watch nail-biting lightsaber duels and catch up on the lives of beloved characters. Economists, who can render the most exciting of material…
I swear to god this isn’t clickbait. Over the last few years I’ve thought about fanfiction a lot. Fanfic has changed significantly in my lifetime; once a weird corner of fandom devoted to self-serving wankery, fanfic has emerged as one of the central aspects of fan culture. Fanfic has become not only an accepted way…
SPOILERS, OBVIOUSLY.To criticize The Force Awakens for “recycling” the first three Star Wars movies—to complain that it’s “un-original” compared to that original work of genius—misses the point of the franchise so thoroughly and dramatically that this critical impulse seems more interesting to me than the movie itself. The one thing the original trilogy…
No, Rey from ‘The Force Awakens’ Is Not a Mary Sue By Rebecca Pahle | Star Wars | December 21, 2015 | Comments (View) Go to www.addthis.com/dashboard to customize your tools A new Star War came out over the weekend, and it’s kind of a big deal. While the rest of us were lusting…
Take a wild stab at how many Reys are available in this aisle, or how many women altogether. I hate to break it to you, but Rey is not a role model for little girls. The Force Awakens has been out all of a few days now, and already I’m over hearing this. “Oh, she’s…
Courtesy of Disney/Lucasfilm Start Article Post Content ROME – Amid a chorus of overwhelmingly stellar reviews around the planet for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Vatican daily L’Osservatore Romano begs to differ, calling the film “confused and hazy” and, even worse, opining that it “fails most spectacularly” in its representation of evil. The newspaper owned by…
J may be up to his old tricks — or just in need of a copy editor. In the opening crawl for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, there appears to be a punctuation error. If there isn’t, it’s one hell of a hint as to what might be coming in the next two episodes. Note: Spoilers…
Darth Vader is many things—tragic villain, almighty horror, dab hand with a lightsaber—but he is not a dancer. Thanks the the Darth Vader Annual, we now know that this is what happens when you’re stupid enough to insist that the Dark Lord of the Sith take you for a twirl on the dance floor. Minor…
by Jamal Igle Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a juggernaut. Critically acclaimed and the current holder of the title of “biggest film opening of all time.” It’s an engaging film that engrosses the viewer and harkens back to the early days of franchise. As it is with all things pop culture, particularly in the…