Solo’s reunion with Leia is touching, and their war-weary faces tell us all we need to know about how the past three decades have gone. To Ford’s credit, this feels much more like the Han Solo we know and love than Indiana Jones did in his 2008 return in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Harrison Ford’s Han Solo plays the biggest part among the old school gang, zooming about the galaxy with Chewbacca, Rey, Finn and BB-8.
That is, until one of those dusty old legends emerges from the Millennium Falcon’s exhaust fumes to confirm it all. Dusty old legends from a war that concluded before they were born. To Rey and Finn, Luke Skywalker and the Jedi are the stuff of myth. Boyega brings charisma and relatability, leaving little doubt the two can boldly carry Star Wars into the future. Then destiny rolls up in the form of BB-8, a volleyball-like droid certain (in our galaxy) to make the Tickle Me Elmo craze seem dinky.īB-8, like R2-D2 in "A New Hope," is on a secret mission for the Resistance, the military wing of the New Republic government established in the wake of "Return of the Jedi."Įarly on Rey is paired with Finn (John Boyega), a stormtrooper who deserts after a crisis of conscience.
Bound to Jakku by the promise that they will one day return, Rey leads a monotonous life similar to that of the young Tatooine moisture farmer, Luke Skywalker. The sparkling heroine of this new adventure, Rey (Daisy Ridley), scavenges on the desert planet Jakku, sleeping in the hull of a fallen AT-AT and awaiting the return of her family. In their place Abrams and screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan supply danger and daring, lovable and despicable characters, and heaps and heaps of heart.ĭarker and more diverse than its predecessors, Abrams’ Star Wars is racing at light speed toward "Avatar’s" box office records. Gone are the dreary trade negotiations and humdrum boardroom conferences of George Lucas’ prequel trilogy.
0 kommentar(er)
