the personal blog of C.K.Koay
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… Star Wars changed how movies were made, marketed and how they could fuel cultural discourse. Which is why it took me three months to pen my thoughts on The Force Awakens— so I could finally break free from the suffocating, inescapable hype Disney cranked into full force months before its release.
It has been a year since the last Star Wars day and J.J. Abram’s Star Wars reboot has produced 2 trailers and a Vanity Fair cover. So far, everything looks very good and one can sense that the filmmaker is slowly teasing us with details that will lead up to a Force frenzied December ahead of its release date this Christmas. In the meantime, we can only stare at Annie Leibovitz’s on location photos and continue to guess what awaits us in that far, far away galaxy.
The cast for Star Wars: Episode 7 was recently revealed by StarWars.com. Returning to their original roles are Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker as Luke, Han, Leia, C-3P0, Chewbacca and R2-D2.
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