Star Wars: The Force Awakens boasts some great new characters, but the story elements are decidedly familiar.
This article containsStar Wars: The Force Awakensspoilers.
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Cute droid carrying the MacGuffin?
Planet-destroying super weapon with one simple flaw?
The list goes on.
There are remakes, reboots,softreboots, reimaginings, sequels, prequels.
The Force Awakensexists at the intersection of two categorizations: the sequel and the soft reboot.
This is a pop culture intersection that has been getting some serious play lately.
(ThinkJurassic WorldorMad Max: FuryRoad.)
Most film franchise reboots dont go to such lengths to set their stories apart from their original context.
Because of its sequel status,The Force Awakensdoes not solely fall into the reboot category.
In a reboot or remake, this would be expected.
In a sequel, it becomes the films least-inspiring aspect.
Ill keep working on it… That is just a fact.
This strategy probably makes a lot of sense for bringing in new fans of the film.
If youve never seen the original trilogy, perhaps you enjoyed this film as something novel.
Reagrdless,The Force Awakensis a fantastic, occasionally redundant sequel-reboot.
I wish thatThe Force Awakenswould have had the same patience and trust in its storytelling.
