There is so much fun stuff packed into J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I’m sure you weren’t able to catch everything on the first viewing. I’ve seen the movie three times already, and every time I see it, I find something new to geek out over. Continue reading
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Obi-Wan and Yoda are secretly in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
There were more old friends in Star Wars: The Force Awakens than we may have realized.
Those who saw the film this weekend (and those who haven’t may want to stop here) know that midway through the movie Daisy Ridley’s lonely scavenger Rey has a vision, a dream-like flashback sequence after she discovers Luke Skywalker’s long-lost lightsaber in the basement of Maz Kanata’s castle.
As Rey touches it, she is hit with an impressionistic wave of images and sounds that depict a cloaked Luke Skywalker in mourning, reaching out for support (or to comfort) R2-D2 beside a fire. She sees bodies scattered in a rainstorm at the feet of Kylo Ren and the masked and menacing Knights of Ren. She sees herself as a young girl, being left in the coarse hands of junk dealer Unkar Plutt on the desert world of Jakku. Continue reading