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He’s not involved in ‘Star Wars’ spin-off, says Harrison Ford
Posted On Dec 12 2015
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If you haven’t heard, the seventh in the movie’s series is coming out this week.
East Durham College student Jennifer has one of the hottest tickets in town after winning the chance to interview the stars of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It’s undoubtedly the biggest release of the year, and it’s poised to absolutely obliterate every box office record that has ever existed.
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Instead, you’ll see the Lucasfilm Ltd. logo along with some other music play before the iconic opening “Star Wars” crawl begins. It’s now well-known that the toys have been more profitable than the movies – an estimated $20 billion over the years – but few foresaw that in 1977.
The hype around the movie is such that 70 USA super-fans are paying up to $5,000 to fly to Paris so they can see the film on Wednesday – two days before most Americans will have a chance to do so.
A zing that hit with the precision of a light saber.
The films couldn’t be more different.
In 2005, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith grossed $8.36 million, becoming the year’s sixth highest grossing movie.
Like most critics and filmgoers, Ebert was most impressed with the scene in the intergalactic bar on the planet Tatooine.
Don’t get me wrong, I couldn’t be more excited for the film. “I didn’t think it was great architecture”, Ford told Ramos. Come to think of it, maybe it still is. Critics noticed, but they loved the movie anyway. Heaven help us if they don’t: We may be headed for a very boring world indeed.
No, no. It just so happens to be Rogue One is the precursor to New Hope and yes, this Han Solo idea but I would not argue that we are setting up any kind of prequel notion with these standalone movies.
