Film

The New Star Wars Movie Has Finished Filming, Has A Name

Set your phasers to "kneejerk reaction".

by Luke Ryan  7 November 2014

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In an age where it seems like secrecy is going the way of the dinosaurs, the bubonic plague and Daryl Somers, it can be kind of refreshing to encounter a project whose level of public interest is only matched by our complete inability to find out anything about it.

Hence the widespread and instant foofaraw – a word that everyone should try and use at least once a day – surrounding the announcement that not only has Star Wars VII just finished principal shooting, it also has a name.

Behold:

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

BUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Given that about the only things we know about the new film are that: a) it’s completely ignoring the book versions of the Star Wars Universe; b) Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford AND Anthony Daniels and Peter Mayhew (C-3PO and Chewbacca, obvs) are all returning; and c) the film is taking place 30 years after Return of the Jedi killed off pretty much every human being in the galaxy that could actually use the Force, the only thing we can really deduce from this is that the Force will indeed be involved in some capacity and C-3P0 will continue to be an annoying git. Phew.

So, let’s get on with the Twitter jokes, shall we?

There’s about 3 million variants on this one.

And for the true believers/tragics who actually read those Timothy Zahn books that JJ Abrams so callously tossed in the bin.

#midichlorians4lyf

[Although if you’re really in the mood for potential spoilers, Making Star Wars apparently has some inside intel on what The Force Awakens might actually refer to. Includes the phrase “wizard”. Click through at your own risk.]