Ten things you should know if Star Wars is not an expert in the series – the country – Cali Colombia

Monday, December 14 , 2015 | Author: Editor of El País

Fans around the world anxiously await the release in theaters of ‘Star Wars Episode VII: Rise of the Force’
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Almost four decades after the release of the first ‘Star Wars’, in 1977, love for the saga has never declined and expressions and images remain deeply permeated popular culture. See also: The strength of Star Wars is about to wake up

Whether by “topics, the Force, the lightsaber, one thing comes to people and I can not explain,” said the British Daisy Ridley, who at 23 years and in his first film role, is preparing to become a galactic celebrity by playing King over from Princess Leia and one of the main characters. King will be accompanied in his adventures by Finn, an imperial soldier walks past the Force and is played by another Englishman, John Boyega, as well as the rebel pilot Poe Dameron, played by the Guatemalan . -estadounidense Oscar Isaac

Experts expect this film to get a colossal budget revenues even more astronomical: about 2.00 million in theaters, not counting sales of countless products. With two other films yet to come, ‘Star Wars’ could even become the highest grossing franchise in movie history. This would be enough to allow Disney to reap the fruits of the 4,000 million of dollars to buy this cinematic treasure to George Lucas.

• 1. ‘The Wars’ is a franchise of George Lucas. It is divided into episodes. He started for four, in 1977. It was followed by the fifth (1980) and sixth (1983) and then in the nineties, backed up the first story to tell the origin Darth Vader. Now the episode VII ‘Awakening Force’.
• 2. The story talks about the transformation of Anakin Skywalker, a benevolent being, to the dark side comes to seeks to balance in strength (supreme power of the Universe). In the first three episodes the story revolves around him as Jedi (community of great power and wisdom) and how becomes Darth Vader; in episodes IV, V and VI the story revolves around his son Luke and sister, Leia, in the midst of a war against the Empire.
• 3. According to the followers of the saga, George Lucas was raised to tell the story in nine episodes. It started with the room because for the time (1977) it was the easiest to film. It takes place in a war-worn stage and no major challenges assumed epic battles as in the first three chapters. VII episode that premieres this Thursday is located 30 years after the sixth, entitled ‘Return of the Jedi’.
• 4. Lucas, the creator, says the first trilogy deals with social and political issues, that is, how a society evolves. The second, filmed between 1999 and 2005, speaks about personal growth and self-realization. The new part deals with problems of moral and philosophical.
• 5. One of the great attractions of this series of films is its large number of characters and beings from other worlds that blend technology and a large number of robots and vehicles. One of his most beloved characters is Yoda, a Jedi Master, which makes Luke Skywalker Jedi. Another prominent and has been in every movie is R2D2, a tactical robot that saves multiple times to the protagonists of the story.

• 6. Director J.J. Abrams, whom he has this delivery charge, has the task of projecting the series into the future and attract new generations, under the leadership of Disney. Abrams is known for directing some of the Star Trek films, another film franchise. Because of the fanaticism of the series, for the last installment, the production managed to surprise deadlines and at very short notice he warned his players.

• 7 Harrison Ford, who plays Han Solo, a bounty hunter who helps find Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher are two actors from the first trilogy again incarnate his characters for happiness of millions of fans. According to Abrams said, this chapter will look at a less grumpy Only Han, due to his age. “At 70 you do not act like that when you’re 30, you do not have the same energy to fight against the world.”

• 8. The drums characteristic touch of 20th Century Fox, which he recorded John Williams in 1980, not sound, in order of Disney.

• 9. All movies of this saga had chosen May for release, this is the first that will launch in December. Production decided not to use the green screen and became real scenes and miniature models to give a similar aesthetic of the first trilogy. Inputs releases sold out in the presale for days and many fans to line up outside theaters.

• 10. George Lucas thought his creation would fail, as agreed some friends to those who had shown the film. This is the case of Brian de Palma, who called it the worst movie I had seen. So Lucas, instead of attending the premiere, went on vacation to Hawaii with Steven Spielberg. During their stay they germinated the idea of ​​’Indiana Jones’. This delivery is the most reminiscent of the saga.