Star Wars Force Awakens
Transcript: A FORCE STRONG DESERT DWELLER WHO DREAMS OF MORE Bar located in Mos Eisley, Tatooine Han Solo IMPORTANT NOTE A small, cute droid carrying secret information The surrogate father figure is slain by someone previously close to them, who has turned to the dark side R2-D2 Poe Dameron PRODUCER: Kathleen Kennedy J. J. Abrams Bryan Burke RELEASE DATE: 18th December 2015 Thirty years after the Galactic Civil War, the First Order, and new threat Kylo Ren, has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire and seeks to eliminate the New Republic. The Resistance, backed by the Republic and led by General Leia Organa, opposes them while Leia searches for her missing brother, and the last known Jedi Knight, Luke Skywalker. When stormtrooper defector, Finn, crash-lands on desert planet Jakku, he meets Rey, a scavenger whose driod contains part of a secret map that concerns the whereabouts of Luke Skywalker. Together, they join forces with Han Solo to make sure the Resistance receives this information. Along the way, Rey realises that she too has the power of the force. Blue = light side Star Wars: The Force Awakens Symbol of Han's everlasting parental love for Kylo General Leia Organa RATED: PG-13 DISTRIBUTED BY: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Buena Vista) BOX OFFICE: $2.068 billion (worldwide) KYLO REN BEING A WORTHY SUCCESSOR IN THE EYES OF THE AUDIENCE: R2D2 BB-8 Death Star GENRE: Science Fiction,Action,Adventure Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) A DESERT PLANET Part of a series C3PO SYMBOLISM DIRECTOR: J. J. Abrams Starkiller Base KYLO REN Han Solo This walkway serves as the stage for Han and Ren's final interaction Red = dark side Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) is the son to Leia Organa and Han Solo, nephew to Luke Skywalker and grandson to Darth Vader (Anakin Skywalker) Captain Phasma Luke Skywalker First installment in the Star Wars sequel trilogy Seventh installment in the Star Wars film franchise Maz Kanata BROADCAST Chewbacca Jakku Rey An overconfident, smug ace pilot with rugged good looks Red and blue tones in these images can be understood as the light and dark side of the force. General Hux A seedy bar - filled with various space aliens and characters Reached #1 rank in its first weekend of release In release for about 24 weeks Widest release: 4,134 theaters Poe Dameron This scene in which Han Solo meets his fate when confronting his dark side turned son is a key example of how J.J Abrams has manipulated film and audio film elements to enhance the significance of each character's actions, bring clarity and emotional weight to the film and, to show the audience the inner mind of each character. "These images are a huge metaphoric exploration about the light and the dark side of the force, which I had long discussions with Rick about. The wide shot of the light glimmer just hitting the two of them - that’s the force essentially making its decision" - Kevin Jenkins, Supervising Art Director who worked on the original illustrations for the environment of this scene Similarities between The Force Awakens and A New Hope BB-8 We know and accept this because we've seen that the Jedi lightsabers (the light side of the force) are usually blue whilst the Sith lightsabers (the dark side) are red Rey PRODUCTION COMPANY: Lucasfilm Ltd. Bad Robot Productions Finn Emperor Palpatine 'Star Wars had the greatest villain in cinema history. So, how you bring a new villain into that world is a very tricky thing. We knew we had to do something f*cking bold.' J.J. Abrams on why Kylo Ren killed his father, Han Solo SUMMARY Tatooine Luke Skywalker SUB-GENRE:Fantasy An old, reclusive Dark Side master PRODUCTION BUDGET: $245 million Supreme Leader Snoke The hero watches helplessly as the surrogate father figure is slain BASED ON: Characters by George Lucas Supreme Leader Snoke Maz Kanata's Castle CHARACTERS A planet-destroyer superweapon station