Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[rickah88]

Was The Force asleep?

[Riddler The Slag]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

The title for Star Wars Episode VII is...

The Force Awakens.

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[MattJ1991]

The title is good enough for me. I'm not one to bellyache like most "fans" on the Internet. Apparently the trailer is cut and ready to go so hopefully we see it sooner rather then later.

[Guydowood]

I guess they couldn't have used The Force Unleashed?

[MechaGodzilla]

I think it's fine, a pretty typical Star Wars title.

[Darkstream]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Star Wars was not on JJ's radar when prepping Star Tek Into Darkness, and George Lucas mapped out all three of the 7, 8, and 9 plotlines before the sale to Disney, and the screenplay for 7 was being fashioned by Arndt and Kasdan before Abrams was hired to direct.

That's true... partially.

JJ Abrams was always a Star Wars fan, much more so than Star Trek. Given the choice, I'm sure he much rather have been granted the keys to the Star Wars vehicle before the Star Trek. His association with Spielberg, whose associated with Lucas, could have easily lead to Abrams being privy to what Episode VII was intended to be from Lucas. For all we know, he could have decided to avoid the whole Gary Mitchell story simply because he was aware of what Episode VII consisted of, or maybe because it just seemed too much like The Force in general and he didn't want to tread on that, even if he wasn't going to be involved with Star Wars on any level.

[Spirit Zero]

Don't like it, sounds stupid...come on!!!

OK you can't use returns or strikes back and its a shame unleashed is taken.

Surely they could of though of something a bit more rousing than that -_-

[R3P0]

Someone call the WHAAAAAMMMMBulance as the fanboys start whining

[Pounder]

The Force Unchained!!!!!

[Comicman494]

So are they dropping the 'Episode VII' portion? That would bother me more than whatever title I didn't like.

[Darth Marcus]

I like it! Seriously no worse than A New Hope or Revenge of the Sith, or any of the other titles.

[swd0010]

Originally Posted by Spirit Zero

Don't like it, sounds stupid...come on!!!

OK you can't use returns or strikes back and its a shame unleashed is taken.

Surely they could of though of something a bit more rousing than that -_-

Funny, one of the first thoughts that I had was that the title sounded arousing, and Episode VIII should be titled: The Force Lasts for More Than Four Hours.

[steel_breeze]

Hate to go all picky… but the title isn't grammatically correct, unless the Force is awakening something else. It's an active verb. You awaken "something" or "someone", you don't awaken yourself. Grammatically correct would be "the Force Wakes Up", but of course that would suck.

EDIT: I now realize I'm completely wrong about this, and I retract my complaint.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

If only it was called The Dark Side Rises, then you could moan that he copied Nolan again

My comment doesn't need Nolan, this is 2 movies he directed with those lame-ass, sounds cool until you think about it for a second titles that suck. How does the force awaken? It is in all living beings, it is all around us and a part of us. Dark Side Awakens would have at least made some sense.

Darkstream, interesting idea but that then shows how bad a film maker he really is because you don't sacrafice one movie just because someone else is going to eventually do something similar. He isn't a Trek fan, he settled for it because there was no more Star Wars to do. I think he avoided the whole Gary Mitchell thing simple because most of the audience wouldn't know who Gary is and it was so much easier to rip-off, I mean pay homage, to Khan.

[swd0010]

Originally Posted by Comicman494

So are they dropping the 'Episode VII' portion? That would bother me more than whatever title I didn't like.

I'm sure they'll keep it - it's listed that way on the Star Wars website, but a lot of the posters over the years have referred only to a title without the Episode mentions (which have been used on most of the home videos/DVDs/Blus/etc.). Plus, I don't think that's the final logo for the movie. I'm guessing it was just done for the sake of the announcement and the script will end up following the more traditional title logos.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Darkstream

That's true... partially.

JJ Abrams was always a Star Wars fan, much more so than Star Trek. Given the choice, I'm sure he much rather have been granted the keys to the Star Wars vehicle before the Star Trek. His association with Spielberg, whose associated with Lucas, could have easily lead to Abrams being privy to what Episode VII was intended to be from Lucas. For all we know, he could have decided to avoid the whole Gary Mitchell story simply because he was aware of what Episode VII consisted of, or maybe because it just seemed too much like The Force in general and he didn't want to tread on that, even if he wasn't going to be involved with Star Wars on any level.

They avoided the Gary Mitchell story because Bob Orcii is a 9/11 Truther and he wanted to make a Star Trek film commenting on America's foreign policy and "war on terror", so they incorporated his conspiracy theories into the Trek universe. Khan was essentially Khan in name only, and became a terrorist trying to save his people while Federation military used terrorist attacks of their own making to provoke a war. That's what Kurtzman and Orci wanted to do, poor Gary Mitchell was not a part of it....

....though, trust me, I would have *much* rather seen the Trek crew face the "Mitchell" scenario than Orci's truther bloviating.

[Dynamo of Eternia]

I think the title is fine. It's much better IMO than "The Phantom Menace" or "Attack of the Clones."

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by steel_breeze

Hate to go all picky… but the title isn't grammatically correct, unless the Force is awakening something else. It's an active verb. You awaken "something" or "someone", you don't awaken yourself. Grammatically correct would be "the Force Wakes Up", but of course that would suck.

"The Bear Awakens"
"The Dragon Awakens"
"The Force Awakens"

It's fine.

[Darkstream]

I remember when the titles The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones were announced and people were up in arms about how corny they were. Star Wars is a modern homage to classic science fiction movie serials, so I have no problem with the titles -- and I actually don't think The Force Awakens is a bad Star Wars title on any level, as long as it reflects what the story is about.

[Groge511]

Strange but acceptable. I think it's just because it's new. Give me a couple minutes and let me adjust!
All I will say is that it better have Episode VII in the title come release day...