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Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2. American epicspace opera film co- written, co- produced and directed by J.
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J. Abrams. The sequel to 1. Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens is the first installment of the Star Warssequel trilogy. It stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow.
Produced by Lucasfilm Ltd. Abrams' production company Bad Robot Productions and distributed worldwide by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, The Force Awakens was the first Star Wars film not produced by franchise creator George Lucas.
Set 3. 0 years after Return of the Jedi, it follows Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron's search for Luke Skywalker and their fight alongside the Resistance, led by veterans of the Rebel Alliance, against Kylo Ren and the First Order, a successor to the Galactic Empire. The Force Awakens was announced after The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of Lucasfilm in October 2. It was produced by Abrams, his longtime collaborator Bryan Burk, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.
Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan, co- writer of the original trilogy films The Empire Strikes Back (1. Return of the Jedi (1. Michael Arndt. John Williams, composer for the previous six films, returned to compose the film's score. Lucas served as creative consultant during the film's early production. Filming began in April 2. Abu Dhabi and Iceland, with principal photography also taking place in Ireland and Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom, and concluded in November 2. It is the first live- action.
Star Wars film since Revenge of the Sith (2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens was widely anticipated, and Disney backed the film with extensive marketing campaigns. It premiered in Los Angeles on December 1. The film received positive reviews, with its ensemble cast, direction, musical score, visual effects, and action sequences receiving particular praise, though it received some criticism for being derivative of the original trilogy. The film broke various box office records and became, unadjusted for inflation, the highest- grossing installment in the franchise, the highest- grossing film in North America, and the third- highest- grossing film of all time, with a worldwide gross of over $2 billion and a net profit of over $7.
It received five Academy Award nominations and four British Academy Film Award nominations, where it won Best Special Visual Effects. Two sequels, The Last Jedi and Episode IX, are scheduled for release in 2. Thirty years after the destruction of the second Death Star and the Galactic Civil War, the First Order has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire and seeks to eliminate the New Republic. The Resistance, backed by the Republic and led by General Leia Organa, opposes them while searching for her brother, Luke Skywalker. Resistance pilot Poe Dameron meets village elder Lor San Tekka on the planet Jakku to obtain a map to Luke's location.
Stormtroopers commanded by the mysterious Kylo Ren destroy the village and capture Poe, while Ren kills Tekka. Poe's droid, BB- 8, escapes with the map and encounters a scavenger named Rey near a junkyard settlement. Ren tortures Poe using the Force, and learns of BB- 8. Reticent stormtrooper FN- 2.
Poe, and they escape in a stolen TIE fighter; Poe dubs FN- 2. Watch Online One Tree Hill Season 4 Episode 5 there. Finn". They crash on Jakku; Finn survives, but he believes that Poe was killed in the crash. Finn encounters Rey and BB- 8, but the First Order tracks them and launches an airstrike. Finn, Rey, and BB- 8 flee the planet in the Millennium Falcon, which they steal from a junkyard. The Falcon is captured by a larger ship piloted by Han Solo and Chewbacca, looking to reclaim their former vessel. Two rival gangs, seeking to settle debts with Han, board and attack, but Han and his allies flee in the Falcon. The gangs inform the First Order.
At the First Order's Starkiller Base – a planet converted into a superweapon that harnesses energy from stars – Supreme Leader Snoke orders General Hux to use the weapon for the first time. Snoke questions Ren's ability to deal with emotions relating to his father, Han Solo; Ren says Solo means nothing to him. The Falcon crew views BB- 8's map and determines it is incomplete.
Han explains that Luke attempted to rebuild the Jedi Order, but exiled himself when an apprentice turned to the dark side, destroyed the temple, and slaughtered all the other apprentices. The crew travels to the planet Takodana and meets with cantina owner Maz Kanata, who offers assistance in getting BB- 8 to the Resistance.
Rey is drawn to a vault on the lower level and finds the lightsaber that once belonged to Luke and his father, Anakin Skywalker. She experiences disturbing visions and flees into the woods. Maz gives Finn the lightsaber for safekeeping. Starkiller Base fires and destroys the Republic capital and a portion of its fleet. The First Order attacks Takodana in search of BB- 8.
Han, Chewbacca, and Finn are saved by Resistance X- wing fighters led by Poe, who survived the earlier crash. Leia arrives at Takodana with C- 3. PO and reunites with Han and Chewbacca. Meanwhile, Ren captures Rey and takes her to Starkiller Base. However, when he interrogates her about the map, she is able to resist his mind- reading attempts.
Discovering she can use the Force, she escapes using a Jedi mind trick on a nearby guard. At the Resistance base on D'Qar, BB- 8 finds R2- D2, who has been inactive since Luke's disappearance.
As Starkiller Base prepares to fire on D'Qar, the Resistance devises a plan to destroy the superweapon by attacking a critical facility. Leia urges Han to return their son alive. Using the Falcon, Han, Chewbacca, and Finn infiltrate the facility, find Rey, and plant explosives. Han confronts Ren, calling him by his birth name, Ben, and implores him to abandon the dark side. Ren refuses and kills Han, enraging Chewbacca, who fires and hits Ren.
He sets off the explosives, allowing the Resistance to attack and destroy Starkiller Base. The injured Ren pursues Finn and Rey to the surface. A lightsaber battle between Ren and Finn ensues, leaving Finn badly wounded. Rey takes the lightsaber and uses the Force to defeat Ren, before they are separated by a fissure as the planet begins to disintegrate and implode. Snoke orders Hux to evacuate and bring Ren to him to complete his training. Rey and Chewbacca escape with Finn in the Falcon. On D'Qar, the Resistance celebrates while Leia, Chewbacca, and Rey mourn Han's death.
R2- D2 awakens and reveals the rest of the map, which Rey follows to the oceanic planet Ahch- To. She finds Luke and presents him with the lightsaber. A rogue and a smuggler, formerly a key player in the Rebel Alliance.
Ford said Han "does not aspire to the position of Obi- Wan, nor do I aspire to be some New Age Alec Guinness. His development is consistent with the character, and there are emotional elements which have occasioned his growth… There's a lot of the rogue still left in Solo.
Some things don't change…"[8]The last Jedi, who has gone into hiding. Regarding Luke, Han, and Leia, Abrams stated: "They'd be as old and as mythic as the tale of King Arthur. They would be characters who [the new characters] may have heard of, but maybe not. They'd be characters who they might believe existed, or just sounded like a fairy tale…"[9] Hamill was initially skeptical of Luke's reveal at the end of the film, although he later reconsidered his limited screentime to be "a great surprise".[1.
Abrams added that the film's ending was intended to be "this great long drum roll up to seeing this guy".[1. The former princess of the destroyed planet Alderaan, now General of the Resistance, and Luke's twin sister.[1. After the events of Return of the Jedi, she is described as "a little more battle weary, a little more broken hearted".[1.
Fisher described Leia as "Solitary. Under a lot of pressure.
Modern Games WAY Better Than Critics Say. For one reason or another, there are many games out there that have been unjustly dissed by critics. Sometimes, the bad reviews arose from poor marketing that manipulated critics’ expectations. In other cases, critics’ complaints were legitimate but the numerical scores awarded were illegitimate.
A critic’s job is to provide consumers with a general impression of the latest game. Usually, reviewers get things more or less right. Occasionally, however, even the most dependable game critics slander a masterpiece.
Who knows why this happens? Maybe they’ve got a conflict of interest.
Perhaps, for whatever professional or personal reason, they didn’t give the game their full attention. Further still, they could be just plain bad at video games. It’s hard to appreciate a difficult but great game fully if you can’t get past the first mini- boss. The causes can be numerous, yet the result is always the same: a great game gets a bad reputation. The problem is complicated and not easily solved. You might boot up the same game a week later and find an annoying bug has been patched out (or introduced) while you were away. Modern games evolve post- release, yet review aggregators still treat them like stagnant products, making a game’s review score at release more important than whether the game improves with updates.
The score- based game review system has yet to create meaningful incentives for companies to provide continuing support. Unless a game update is shipped and sold as a separate product, review aggregators like Metacritic will treat version 1.
Here are the 1. 9 Modern Games That Are WAY Better Than Critics Say. Dark Souls II (2. Is 2. 01. 4’s Dark Souls II the best entry in From. Software’s celebrated series? Probably not, but it’s a thrilling ARPG nonetheless.
Its combat is more varied than its predecessor’s and its story more accessible. Although Majula and its surroundings do not transform in the way that the world of Dark Souls: Prepare To Die Edition does, the world of Dark Souls II is fully realized, atmospheric, and fun to explore. Yet, some critics would have you believe this fine, albeit imperfect game is an abominable trash fire, a plague upon the gaming community at- large. For instance, Michael Thomsen of Forbes asked in his review whether Dark Souls II was the worst game ever made. Even for the buggiest build of Dark Souls II, the question is insulting and inappropriate. To the magazine’s credit, in 2. Forbes contributor Erik Kain wrote a more even- handed review of Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin, the redesigned, re- balanced, expanded, and more player- friendly version.
Lawbreakers (2. 01. First- Person Shooters rarely require instructions. Boss Key Productions’ Lawbreakers is an exception to this rule, however. It has a pretty major learning curve on account of its breakneck speed and antigravity acrobatics that the game immediately delves into. In a review subtitled “Fresh ideas overshadowed by terrible aesthetics,” Jeff Ramos of Polygon stated his frustrations. Giving the game a meager 6. Ramos criticized the “embarrassing dubstep soundtrack, gunmetal- on- everything design [which affects readability]… confusing hero design, poor tutorial system and unbalanced maps.” However, fans of Cliff Bleszinski (Gears of. War, Bulletstorm) and his flair for off- beat one- liners and gun- toting tongue- in- cheek bravado will find a lot to like in Lawbreakers, even if the critics made a point of despising it.
Tom Clancy’s The Division (2. At launch, Tom Clancy’s The Division had some serious issues in terms of balance and performance. The third- person gun combat mechanics and sense of scale were first- rate. Critics complained that the story was disjointed and that the premise was strange. The titular Division is a paramilitary death squad allegedly saving people from criminals trapped in a hellish snow- covered dystopian city, yet they shoot pretty anyone on sight who isn’t part of their vigilante gun club.
So, this begs the question: who exactly are you supposed to be saving?) In the months following the debacle, continuing support from the developers improved and expanded The Division. Ubisoft revealed a Techland- like commitment to its game, with free content updates and bug fixes. 1. Mad Max (2. 01. 5)Reviews unfairly chided Mad Max for repeating the combat of Batman: Arkham and Middle- Earth: Shadow of Mordor. The comparison is understandable, considering that the three games share a publisher. However, Mad Max‘shuge map, gorgeous and varied post- apocalyptic scenery, wanton destruction, vehicular combat, and, in Arkham Knight‘s case, flawless frame rate help it to stand out. Sure, the control scheme’s a little weird, but you get used to it. Most open- world games catch flak for not having enough to do — not Mad Max, though. Upon its release, Mad Max was criticized for having too many side activities. Mad Max is positive proof that, with some critics, you just can’t win.
Neither Charlize Theron’s Imperator Furiosa nor any other character from Mad Max: Fury Road makes an appearance in the game. Max Rockatansky is the only connection to the celebrated movie, but he isn’t voiced by Tom Hardy. Are the story and world- building as strong as those of the Academy Award- winning film? Not really, but you won’t find Chumbucket, Mad Max’s madder “blackthumb” auto mechanic, in the movies. Chumbucket imbues the barren world with heart, soul, humor, and pathos, and his presence alone would be reason enough to keep playing. Mass Effect: Andromeda (2.
According to the reviews, Mass Effect: Andromeda is simply a good game in a series wherein greatness is par for the course. Erik Kain of Forbes wrote a helpful rundown of the critics’ gripes with Andromeda.
The biggest complaints were minor performance issues. Alan Wake- like animations for characters’ facial expressions and generic MMO- style filler quests notwithstanding, Andromeda‘s failings are easily forgiven, thanks to its revamped gameplay and enormous worlds — as well as patches that were available soon after the game’s release. Among the many changes this time around, you play not as series mainstay Shepard but as a new character named Ryder. Ryder’s jump jets make combat more fun, if less tactical, than it was in Mass Effect 2, still the best game in the original trilogy. You’ll be feeling like a boss as you vault over obstacles and surprise your enemies in ways Shepard never could. 1.
Duck Game (2. 01. Two neo- retro indie masterpieces Towerfall and Samurai Gunn inspired a deluge of free- for- all pixel- art arena fighters. Many of them simply replicated mechanics from those games. Published by Adult Swim Games, Duck Game rides that wave to quacktastic glory. Duck Game is different. At its zaniest, it is a digital form of psychonautical exploration. Up to four player- controlled ducks use a cartoonish assortment of weapons to obliterate each other.
A point is awarded to the last duck standing at the end of each round. First duck to ten points wins. You can quack, you can play dead, and if you catch on fire, you turn into a roast duck dinner.
It’s a manic, pitch- perfect party game, and it’s very addictive. So why didn’t it garner better scores? Critics’ most common complaint was the quick- moving automatic camera. The zooming in and out can be jarring, for sure, but that’s part of the fun. It becomes yet another aspect of this delightfully disorienting party game.
Another point of contention was the single- player Challenge Arcade mode’s differences from the main game. As a training ground to prepare you for online competition, it’s super- effective.
Yooka- Laylee (2. As a Kickstarter- funded labor of love from former Rare employees, Yooka- Laylee set out to accomplish a specific task — to reimagine the quirky 3. D platforming of Banjo- Kazooie and Banjo- Katooie with modern tech, and it did just that.
Yooka- Laylee delivers the retro thrills of N6. Banjo- Kazooie series.