You’ve been waiting a long time to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens. For some of our readers, it’s possible that this could be the Star Wars movie you’ve been waiting to see for over 30 years. And in about 36 hours, the first reviews will be online and the mania will have reached its peak.
We want you to be able to get in on the fun of reviewing The Force Awakens before all your favorite bloggers dig into it. That’s why we’ve created this handy Star Wars: The Force Awakens Fill In The Blanks Review. Because the most important review of The Force Awakens is the one you’ve already written in your heart.
In order to create your review, you will first need to write down an answer for each of the following things:
- Positive emotion
- Your favorite moment from the original trilogy
- Positive adjective
- Original Trilogy movie subtitle (i.e. The Empire Strikes Back)
- New generation character name (i.e. Finn, Rey, Kylo Ren)
- Older generation character name (i.e. Han, Leia, Luke)
- Name of a droid
- Name of an alien
- Negative adjective
- Worst person in history
- Name of Star Wars spaceship
- Name of obscure Extended Universe character
- Type of Biome (i.e. forest, glaciers, deserts)
- Different type of Biome
- Building or Large Mammal
- Actor from the Original Trilogy
- Prequel movie subtitle
- Original trilogy movie subtitle
- Number from 1 – 20
- Original Trilogy character name
- New generation character name
- Excited adjective
- Years since the last good Star Wars movie
- Negative emotion
Now that you’ve done the prep, fill in the blanks below to create your own Star Wars: The Force Awakens review:
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Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, by
I was overwhelmed with (1) right from the opening crawl. Is this real? Could this finally be the sequel I’ve been looking for? All at once, memories of seeing (2) came rushing back to me as the camera panned down from the classic Star Wars scroll to an (3) shot of the planet Jakku. It is here where the story of The Force Awakens begins.
As the film’s action begins to ramp up quickly — not unlike that of (4) — it becomes clear that a number of my favorite fan theories are likely to be true. Surprisingly, the movie wastes no time in telling us that (5) and (6) are related. They spell it out clearly within the first 10-minutes of the movie, so of course that doesn’t count as a spoiler.
Of course, the thing that I was looking forward to the most was director J.J. Abrams’s promise of more practical effects. I didn’t have to wait long; when (7) and (8) first met, it was like they were really there! No more of that (9) CGI from the prequels or the dumb humor that made Jar-Jar Binks the worst thing to happen to the world since (10) . This was MY Star Wars on the screen, a Star Wars made with models not unlike the toy (11) I assembled in middle school.
While the new Star Wars may not include (12) , it still does an admirable job of moving the universe forward. Gone are the sweeping (13) from the original trilogy; in its place are new planets that explore (14) s that almost make us forget places like the moon of Endor or Tatooine! And while the Stormtroopers still may not be able to hit the broad side of a (15) , it’s like Yoda said: “the more things change, the more they stay the same.”
Of course, while the new cast is up for the journey, it is hard to ignore that some of the original cast seem to be simply going through the motions. (16) in particular seems merely to be playing out the string.
Overall, I found The Force Awakens to be much better than (17) , but not quite as great as the classic (18) . Of course, that won’t stop me from seeing it another (19) times in the theater. Those tickets are already purchased. Honestly, I just really need to see the part where (20) finally fights (21) again. That was (22) .
So take it from me, someone who has seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens and knows what it’s like to wait (23) years to see something like this: You certainly won’t be (24) when the final credits roll.
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