'Star Wars VII': Here's the movie's official title
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Molly Driscoll Staff writer
The upcoming 鈥�Star Wars鈥� film has a name.
According to the official Star Wars Twitter account, the full title of the new 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� movie is 鈥淪tar Wars: The Force Awakens.鈥�
The new 鈥淪tar Wars鈥� film features the return of actors Mark Hamill, who portrayed Jedi knight Luke Skywalker; Harrison Ford, who played smuggler Han Solo; and Carrie Fisher, who took on the role of Princess Leia Organa. Actors Peter Mayhew, who played Han Solo鈥檚 sidekick Chewbacca, Kenny Baker, who portrayed the robot R2-D2, and Anthony Daniels, who played the robot C-3PO, are also in the new film.
Newcomers to the franchise who are appearing in the movie include Andy Serkis of the 鈥淟ord of the Rings鈥� films, 鈥�12 Years a Slave鈥� actress Lupita Nyong鈥檕, Gwendoline Christie of 鈥淕ame of Thrones,鈥� 鈥淕irls鈥� actor Adam Driver, 鈥淭he Exorcist鈥� actor Max von Sydow, Oscar Isaac of 鈥淚nside Llewyn Davis,鈥� 鈥淎bout Time鈥� actor Domhnall Gleeson, 鈥淚mperial Dreams鈥� actor John Boyega, and Daisy Ridley of 鈥淢r. Selfridge.鈥�
Reaction to the new title seems to mainly be mildly optimistic. writer Rob Bricken wrote of 鈥淔orce,鈥� 鈥淐ould be better, but it also could be a lot worse. I kinda dig it,鈥� while writer Margaret Lyons noted that 鈥渋t's definitely a better title than聽鈥楢ttack of the Clones,鈥� but it's not quite as jazzy as聽鈥楾he Empire Strikes Back.鈥� Is anything in our world as jazzy as聽The Empire Strikes Back? So far, no.鈥�
writer Anthony Breznican asked, 鈥淗as the Force been 鈥� slumbering? We certainly saw it help Luke Skywalker鈥� But remember Han Solo dismissing talk of the Force鈥� Maybe this energy that binds the galaxy together has only been visible to a select few, while the denizens of the galaxy put their faith in the science and technology of interstellar travel?鈥澛�
However, he noted that 鈥渢he one thing we can all agree on is it beats鈥� The Phantom Menace, and although it strikes a little close to the vanilla side it may be reassuring to some who are glad the new trilogy is going tried-and-true rather than skewing campy, vague, or avant-garde.鈥澛�
鈥淔orce鈥� will hit theaters on Dec. 18, 2015.
