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At the time, the other cast members of the new Star Wars flick were taping an appearance on "The Graham Norton Show," Hamill told The Independent newspaper. "Star Wars movies are meant to be a couple of hours of diversion from reality, and we need that," the newspaper quoted him as saying. "They are optimistic and hopeful stories." But, he said, such things are "very trivial," compared with bringing comfort to ailing kids. The hospital's staff thanked Hamill in a tweet: "Thanks so much for coming to visit our patients Mark - everyone absolutely loved it :)" As could be...

The newspaper owned by the Holy See also wrote that the latest installment in the franchise is not a proper sequel but more of a reboot. "Not a classy reboot however, like Nolan's Batman, but a twisted update which fits today's tastes and a public more accustomed to sitting in front of a computer than in a cinema," the anonymous reviewer said, adding the film seems to draw from the "sloppiest current action films derived from the world of videogames." The L'Osservatore Romano review also laments too many close-ups, and even faults the "much-publicized" return to in-camera effects, saying they...

For example, we learn that both Rey (played by Daisy Ridley) and new robot BB-8 are on "classified" missions, we get to hear Han Solo (played by Harrison Ford) repeat one of his classic lines and we even get some new, action-packed footage not featured in any of America's trailers.

"George Lucas told a story about everyman, everywoman characters who were nobodies who had to step up and become somebody. The idea that there would be a new crop of nobodies in the Star Wars universe who didn't realize yet they would become somebody, that was a very powerful feeling." To create a story of the new "nobodies," Abrams wrote the Force Awakens script with Lawrence Kasdan, who co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi (plus Raiders of the Lost Ark for Lucas, too). They also had the "somebodies" coming back, including Harrison Ford as Han Solo,...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens opens in theaters December 18, 2015. Optamizm 6 months ago Chewy hasn't aged a bit! Reply · 188 View all 22 replies ALTROTOPIA 4 months ago Not really in ep 4 he's 200 years old I guess that woollies don't really get grey hair at that age