Kaitlyn Lewis, Opinion Editor
“Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” will be coming to theaters December 2015, but I’m not sure if fans are stoked for this new sequel. There’s no telling what Disney has done to the famous Star Wars saga. I’m sure Disney made it their own by reworking some of the original character development and trying to pull the rug out from under the audience by changing the protagonist’s motives at the end like they tried doing in Frozen. However the sequel turns out, I look forward to hearing all the nerds complain about it through social media.
I wouldn’t consider myself a completely dedicated Star Wars nerd; but I have grown up with the movies and played all the Lego Star Wars video games. Star Wars has always been in my life. Jaba the Hut gave me nightmares when I was a child, because my parents let me watch Episode VI when I was five years old.
I grew up watching Disney movies too, but I don’t remember having any Disney nightmares when I was a child. I may have outgrown my years of Star Wars obsessions, but Disney still haunts me with Frozen, Brave and now Marvel with the new TV series, “Agents of Sheild”.
So please, Disney. Please don’t ruin Star Wars.
Episode 7’s trailer was recently released in 2014, and fans have already criticized the new triple-blade lightsaber that was shown for a moment in the trailer. I don’t think the trailer did much justice. More than anything, it confused me.
In all the other movies, storm troopers acted like mindless characters easily controlled by the Jedis and the Sith. In “The Force Awakens” trailer, however, a storm trooper appears to be running for his life in a dessert that looks like Tatooine. Is a storm trooper going to become a Jedi in this movie?
I also didn’t know that R2D2’s head could play soccer. In “The Force Awakens” trailer, a droid that appears to be the head of R2D2 is gliding on a soccer-like ball. Maybe the ball is another droid itself, who is friends with the R2D2’s head droid. Maybe this pair will replace the friendship bond we have seen in the other movies between R2D2 and C3PO.
There has been some controversy since people saw the new lightsaber in the trailer. This new lightsaber has one long blade with two shorter ones on the side. It may look cool, but the Internet nerds and bloggers have been saying that it will do no good for the sword bearer if his or her opponent slices through the middle of the lightsaber, and all three blades would disappear. My question is, what if your hand slips and you accidently touch the two tiny blades, which are supposed to be protecting your hand?
Star Wars Celebrations are now becoming important events. According to starwars.com, the next “Star Wars Celebration” will take place this April. The Star Wars website has pictures of people dressed up like they are in DragonCon for these celebrations. Next time you attend a cosplay event, be on the lookout for more Darth Vaders and Luke Skywalkers walking down the street.
It has been a long time in the film industry since the Star Wars saga has been revisited. Despite all the criticism, Disney still remains successful in what it does. I will probably go see “The Force Awakened” in theatres this December, after all. I just hope Disney does Star Wars justice, and what matters the most is that a good story is told.
