It seemed as though everyone was pinning their hopes on this film working, as though it was the last great hope that Star Wars could one day be good again. Having already convinced themselves, like long-suffering Highlander fans, that things at least couldn't get any worse, the hype steadily grew as the old cast members returned and more and more details were affectionately teased.

Abrams, gave the sci-fi community and the film-going public reason to have positive expectations about this series again. It took less than ten years after Revenge of the Sith brought the ghastly prequel saga to a sorry conclusion for the powers-to-be (in this case Disney) to decide that audiences would be ready for another instalment or three.ĭisney's acquisition of Star Wars from George Lucas, coupled with the involvement of J. The seemingly endless wave of remakes, reboots, re-imaginings and redundant sequels was bound to hit the Star Wars franchise sooner or later. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu, which has increasingly become the mantra of Hollywood executives.

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