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Tag: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Hollywood learned wrong lessons from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Space Jam: A New Legacy, etc.
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Hollywood Learned the Wrong Lessons from The Force Awakens

This article about the effects of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on Hollywood contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Way Home. This Christmas marks ...
By Darren MooneyDecember 19, 2021
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Killed the Adult-Skewing Christmas Film moderate budget blockbuster 2015 Disney December
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The Force Awakens Killed the Adult-Skewing Christmas Film

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released five years ago this month. The film has been debated and discussed, argued over, and analyzed ...
By Darren MooneyDecember 21, 2020
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker, being a good sequel and subverting the expected to explore the same themes and concepts
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The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker, and What It Means to Be a Good Sequel

Even after its release on home media, the debate around Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker continues — and The Last Jedi by ...
By Darren MooneyApril 10, 2020
Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker, Disney, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi
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The Rise of Skywalker Is Disney’s 7th Movie from 2019 to Cross $1 Billion

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is Disney’s latest film to breach the $1 billion mark at the global box office. Variety reports ...
By Michael CripeJanuary 15, 2020
The Mandalorian Samurai Film Shows Disney Has Returned to Playing Star Wars Safe
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The Mandalorian Shows Disney Has Returned to Playing Star Wars Safe

Theoretically, The Mandalorian breaks new ground for the Star Wars franchise. It represents the series’s first foray into live-action television by serving as ...
By Darren MooneyNovember 15, 2019
George Lucas Disappointed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Bob Iger: George Lucas Was Disappointed by Star Wars: The Force Awakens

It seems trivial after the rampant controversy over whether or not Star Wars: The Last Jedi was actually a brilliant meta film on the ...
By Matthew RazakSeptember 24, 2019
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The Last Jedi Completed Luke Skywalker’s Journey

Luke Skywalker played an important role in the defeat of the Empire in the original Star Wars trilogy, and Star Wars: The Force ...
By Darren MooneySeptember 23, 2019
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In Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Good and Evil Get Murky

Star Wars embodies a peculiar version of morality. Despite the simple symbolism of protagonist Luke Skywalker wearing white robes while Darth Vader is ...
By Riley ConstantineMay 29, 2019
Movies & TV

After Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker, Star Wars Will Thankfully Rest

Lone Jedi versus TIE fighter. Old man Lando Calrissian. Force ghost Luke Skywalker voice. And the original cackling bastard himself, Emperor Sheev Palpatine ...
By Anthony John AgnelloApril 12, 2019
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