{"id":2527,"date":"2016-01-14T19:50:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T03:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2527"},"modified":"2016-01-14T19:50:52","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T03:50:52","slug":"box-office-force-star-wars-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/box-office-force-star-wars-soars\/","title":{"rendered":"Box Office Force: \u201cStar Wars\u201d Soars"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Ashton Newton\r\nStaff Writer<\/pre>\n<p>\u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d (TFA) opened on Dec. 18 with the biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time at $529 million. Since then, TFA has become the top-grossing movie in America, surpassing James Cameron\u2019s \u201cAvatar.\u201d The film has broken numerous other box office records, including the top grossing IMAX opening of all time. <\/p>\n<p>Reviews for the movie have been mostly positive; TFA is currently sitting pretty on a 93 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes. Reviews say that the movie is great for veteran fans and newcomers alike. In a review for Empire magazine, Helen O\u2019Hara said, \u201cIt packs a planet-sized punch, launching a new generation of characters who \u2013 by the end \u2013 take a place next to Han, Leia, and the rest. Star Wars is back, and this is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans don\u2019t have to wait long for a new Star Wars film; Gareth Edwards\u2019 \u201cRogue One: A Star Wars Story\u201d comes out this December, starring Felicity Jones (\u201cThe Theory of Everything\u201d) and Mads Mikkelsen (\u201cHannibal\u201d).  \u201cRogue One\u201d takes place between episodes III and IV.  After \u201cRogue One\u201d in December, fans will have a six-month wait until episode VIII in May 2017 and Episode IX in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Anthology films much like \u201cRogue One\u201d will also be coming out. In 2018, a Han Solo movie directed by Chris Miller and Phil Lord (\u201cThe Lego Movie,\u201d \u201c22 Jump Street\u201d) will be coming out, as well as a Boba Fett movie in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Rumors have resurfaced recently that Ewan McGregor has been in talks for three upcoming movies with Disney. Fans have been asking for a Kenobi movie for a long time, focusing on Obi-Wan\u2019s life during the 18 years between episodes III and IV. Ewan McGregor also had one line hidden in \u201cThe Force Awakens,\u201d reciting Alec Guinness\u2019 famous \u201cThese are your first steps\u201d so I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see him reprise the role as a ghost in future Star Wars films. <\/p>\n<p>New Star Wars material is available right now, too, if you can\u2019t wait until December. Disney has released a number of new canon books including Check Wendig\u2019s \u201cAftermath\u201d and Claudia Gray\u2019s \u201cLost Stars.\u201d There are also a number of comics out and more are being rapidly released. There is also Disney\u2019s \u201cStar Wars: Rebels,\u201d which will be returning to finish out season two later this year.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Force Awakens\u201d is out now, and there are plenty more Star Wars adventures to be had in the coming months. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cStar Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d (TFA) opened on Dec. 18 with the biggest worldwide opening weekend of all time at $529 million. Since then, TFA has become the top-grossing movie in America, surpassing James Cameron\u2019s \u201cAvatar.\u201d The film has broken numerous other box office records, including the top grossing IMAX opening of all time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}