Star Wars: Episode VII at long last has itself a title, and the Star Wars Twitter account has revealed it as Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Once again, like many of the other films, the leaked title info that hit the internet prior to the announcement appears to have been off. That doesn’t mean that Disney and Lucasfilm weren’t considering those rumored titles at some point, but they only just now started using the official title publicly.
/Film even pointed out that Disney did not even register the domain names until today, and going to www.theforceawakens.com doesn’t even take you to StarWars.com yet. Check out below for the official announcement tweet:
So what does the title mean and what are your impressions? Personally, I love the name that seems to be getting back to the simple yet memorable titles of the original trilogy. Star Wars: The Force Awakens certainly has a ring to it, although a part of me feels like it sounds a bit like a video game spinoff title. Interesting to note that the Episode VII marking in the title isn’t used in the announcement, but I wouldn’t read too far into that omission as I’m sure the movies will continue to be chronicled by episode numbers. It’s also nice to finally have a major Star Wars film using “The Force” in its title treatment for the first time.
Digging deeper into the title’s meaning, I’m reminded of events that have happened in other franchises like Buffy and The Legend of Korra, where the universe has a one of kind warrior (much like Luke this time out) that encounters a world-changing event that “awakens” new heroes and villains. Buffy had all “potential” slayers awaken in its final season and Korra had new people bestowed with the air-bending ability rekindling the line recently during Book 3.
Could something like this happen in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, where numerous characters become Force-sensitive beings with the powers of the Light and Dark Side somehow triggered into prominence? It’s pure speculation on my part at this point, but it’s certainly a fun and plausible theory. Let us know your theories below!
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