How Disney Ruined the Star Wars Film Trilogy The Star Wars Films are a great series of trilogies made by Lucasfilm, and thought up by George Walton Lucas. The original Star Wars films are some of the most well known known movies ever made. Until George Lucas retired and sold Star Wars to Disney for 4 billion dollars. But Disney had almost no experience making good sci-fi movies. My reasons for this opinion are all because of the Disney movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens. First, the two movies The Force Awakens and the New Hope have the exact same plots. In all The other movies of Star Wars each plot is very different. In The Phantom Menace, the first movie in the Star Wars saga, the plot is that
a new Sith lord and his apprentice have been discovered, and the Jedi Order needs to stop them. No other movie in the series had this type of plot. The New Hope’s plot was that The Empire had formed and the main character, Luke Skywalker, who live on a desert planet (Tatooine) needed to train to become a Jedi and stop The Empire’s dreaded Death Star. The Force Awakens plot is quite similar to The New Hope’s plot, even though The Force Awakens takes place long after The New Hope. The main character, Rey, lives on a deserted planet, just like Luke, though her planet is called Jakku. Rey also needs to train to become a Jedi to stop the First Order, who “rose from the ashes of The Empire” and their dreaded Starkiller Base, which is remarkably similar to the Empire’s own Death Star. Rey meets Finn, and they both escape from the First Order in the Millennium Falcon, just like Luke and Ben Kenobi escaped from The Empire in the same ship, The Millennium Falcon. In the end, Starkiller Base gets blown up, just like the Death Star did in The New Hope. My next reason is that in The Force Awakens Rey is somehow able to A, know what a Jedi mind trick is, and B, she was able to perform a Jedi mind trick with no training in the ways of the Force. She should definitely not have been able to do that on her 2nd or 3rd try. My third reason is that you just can’t kill off Han Solo. Han Solo was the pilot of The Millennium Falcon, the fastest ship in the galaxy, and was one of the main characters in the original trilogy of movies. He was married to Leia Organa, who was the leader of the Resistance, Luke Skywalker’s sister and another main character in the plot. Their son, Ben Solo, or Kylo Ren, killed Han Solo, his father, about halfway through the movie. For me, that was the worst part of the movie. I know that Harrison Ford, the actor of Han Solo, didn't want to act in Star Wars anymore, but that does not mean the you have to kill him. You could have, for example, just made him fly off into space. There are many people who think that Rey was very Force sensitive and that is how she was able to perform a Jedi mind trick and hold her own against a full fledged Knight of Ren. “The Knights of Ren was a dark side organization that operated under the command of Snoke, the Supreme Leader of the First Order. Kylo Ren was a member of the organization.” - starwars.wikia.com Even if Rey was very Force sensitive, she would have to have had a lot of training in the force. In conclusion, I think that Disney ruined Star Wars because of all of these reasons. Star Wars was a great film series and will always stay in the hearts of it’s viewers.
of Luke and in the end Han Solo helps Luke and they destroy the ‘Death
However the film had some flaws. The beginning failed at establishing strong characters. Most of the characters in the film had no in depth personality and instead were just objects to push the story forward. On the other hand, the ending of the film was very effective. It lead well into the beginning of A New Hope. It ends with the rebels fleeing from Vader while A New Hope begins with Darth Vader boarding the rebels ship. Also the audience got an explanation to why the Death Star was so easy to destroy. Galen Erso designed the planet killer with a flaw in the the center of the star. This allowed the rebels to easily blow it up in A New Hope. Rogue One accomplishes its main goal of developing a story outside of the normal episodes in the
Harry Potter started out with books to read, then the movies were made. While Star Wars started with movies and still has no books. Harry Potter focuses on the same main characters the whole series, but Star Wars has many different main characters throughout the series. Star Wars makes more money than Harry Potter by $0.02 billion. Star Wars is “the second highest-grossing film franchise of
In his article titled, “Star Wars and the Roman Empire,” Martin M. Winkler writes on Lucas’ trilogy and compares the storylines in the films to the Roman empire while placing focus on the similarities
Macbeth is a play written by William Shakespeare. It is considered one of his darkest and most powerful tragedies. Set in Scotland, the play dramatizes the corrosive psychological and political effects produced when evil is chosen as a way to fulfil the ambition for power.The play is believed to have been written between 1603 and 1607, and is most commonly dated 1606. It is a timeless classic and its themes resonate within some of the most common movies and books of modern times. Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series, consisting of two trilogies, has spawned an extensive media franchise called the Expanded Universe including books, television series, computer and video games, and comic books. The franchise depicts a galaxy described as far, far away in the distant past, and it commonly portrays Jedi as a representation of good, in conflict with the Sith, their evil counterpart. Their weapon of choice, the lightsaber, is commonly recognized in popular culture. It is arguably a cinematic masterpiece, holding in rank two of possibly the greatest trilogies the world has ever seen. It is a timeless epic which embodies within it an allegory for the history of the world; the rise and fall of empires and their emperors; the pursuit of power; the melting pot of cultures; the struggle for survival; the advancement of human technology; and most importantly as a whole, the history of humanity. Steven D. Graynus declared, “Ultimately, what the Star Wars films offer is….rousing storytelling suffused by themes of moral struggle and transcendence” (Decent Films Guide). The franchise's storylines contain many themes, with strong influences from philosophy and religio...
Motion Pictures have always had a strong influence in today’s culture, but maybe none as prevalent as Star Wars. Originating with Episode 4 A New Hope, the series boomed from 1977 to 2005 with yet another addition coming in 2015. The strongest of the series was the original trilogy episodes 4, 5, and 6, all generally released in the 1980s. As one of the strongest film francaises still today, it’s impact within the 1980s was only the tip of the iceberg. Children and adults alike still anticipate the new edition of this seemingly endless journey. If any singular film series still holds prevalence in its future decades it is Star Wars: Original Trilogy.
Finding Dory, The Jungle Book, Tarzan, Zootopia-I can't solely blame my younger sisters for watching these Disney movies as I was probably the one who suggested them.
Star Wars: A New Hope. Dir. George Lucas. Perf. Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford Carrie Fisher. DVD. Twentieth Century Fox, 2006.
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Quite possibly one of the most iconic openings in cinematic history is “A Long time ago in a galaxy far far away.” Of course, I am referring to Star Wars. It is such a fascinating and great movie going experience. There have been a total of seven Star Wars films, but in this essay I am going to be focusing on Star Wars: Episode 3- Revenge of the Sith. This film was written and directed by George Lucas and of the science fiction genre. Revenge of the Sith was released in theaters on May 19, 2005.
Imagine flying through a ice covered planet or zooming through the sand plains of tattoine or battling against the dark side next to Luke Skywalker well sounds amazing right? These are the things that make the Star Wars universe so fascinating in the upcoming paragraphs about how Star Wars has elements of story, that make Star Wars so popular. Star Wars is a cultural institution of immense proportions. Its impact on Hollywood alone has been incalculable. It’s impossible to imagine Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., The Matrix, or The Lord of the Rings without Star Wars. Yes because all these movies have been impacted from Star Wars they all transfer you to a different era from you fighting off Nazis to walking into mordor.
'The broken globe'; by Henry Kreisel tells the story of a father and a son torn apart by their differing views of the world. Another story which I feel parallels this story in certain aspects is the 1977 classic 'Star Wars'; by George Lucas. In Star Wars, Luke Skywalker, a young farmboy on a backwater world, receives a lightsabre from Obi Wan Kenobi, this inspires an urge to leave his world and learn to be a Jedi. One of the conflicts Luke must face is his Uncle Owen who wishes him to stay on his world and be a farmer. When Luke finally does leave he becomes very successful.
THX 1138, American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back…the list goes on and on. Although many have not heard of each of these films, everyone certainly has to know the man behind them. George Lucas has, in many cases, written, produced, and directed, not to mention edit, his own films. His vision was the driving force that imagined and created these movies. All have made back the cost of the film and most have received millions of dollars in profit.
George Lucas wrote and directed Star Wars, he had tons of creative and production control just like Hitchcock. Furthermore, the film demonstrates his aesthetic vision through recurring themes of good verse evil, heroes fighting for good and saving the day. Lastly, the film demonstrates thematic and stylistic consistencies to create the meaningful narrative. One thing that stands out from Star Wars that illustrates George Lucas’ control over the production is the credits. He did not want the credits at the beginning of the film so the audience can focus on the narrative. In the late 1950’s the auteur theory was introduced to filmmaking which created a new way of making films. Auteur theory went against the classical narrative by focusing on realism. Auteur films had ambiguous endings, which deeper into the character’s physiological state. Even though, Star Wars demonstrates certain auteur elements, it does not go against the classical narrative. To conclude, Star Wars mixed classical Hollywood techniques with the auteur theory that lead to a different and unique way of making a
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