Star Wars: The Force Awakens SPOILER-FILLED Thoughts

Posted on by John Hayeck

Preface

  • Spoiler alert!
  • If you guys haven’t seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, then go on over HERE and check out my Spoiler-Free Review.
  • Then go on out to watch the movie, THEN you can come back here and read this!
  • There were some pretty specific things that I couldn’t talk about in my Spoiler-Free Review in regards to The Force Awakens, but now the movie has been out for a weekend, so I can talk about them.
  • Clicked away if you haven’t seen it? Cool.
  • You should’ve seen this thing by now… I’ve seen it twice already!!

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Review

Posted on by John Hayeck

No Spoilers!

Here are my full thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens!  I’ll be doing a full, print-review of the movie in a few days!  (This will probably be the last video review I do for a little bit, but you can expect some videos for Best and Worst of 2015 in a few days!)

Editorial: Why Star Wars Actually Matters

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Why Star Wars Actually Matters

an Editorial for My Movie Thoughts (and English Essay…) by, John Hayeck

 

In the 2001 census, the necessary number of people listed “the Force” as their subscribed belief system for Jediism to now legally be listed as a legitimate religion. (“Jedi Makes the Census List”) As a fan of movies since childhood, I am very much looking forward to this month’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As my passion for film has grown over the years, I have discovered more of the impressive social impact that the Star Wars franchise has on all of its fans and the world as a whole, the Jediism faith being just one example. In looking further at this overall impact, the original Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983) strongly influenced the future of film to come after it, and the prequel trilogy (1999-2005) established a line of strategic merchandising incomparable to any other series. These two accomplishments are in a class of their own, and are just two of the many achievements that helped Star Wars take over the galaxy.

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