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The Force Awakens

Rey's Visions
In each film of the sequel trilogy, Rey enters a cave and has a vision of herself.
 • Robert Brown
Declarations of Regime Change
In the last film of the prequel trilogy and the first film of the sequel trilogy, a villain announces the fall of a Republic with an impassioned speech.
 • Robert Brown
The Smuggler and the Chancellor
Han Solo’s role in The Force Awakens is conspicuously similar to Obi-Wan Kenobi’s role in A New Hope. Both old men teach the protagonist about the Force…
 • Robert Brown
Growing Out of the Mask
The three protagonists of The Force Awakens – Finn, Rey, and Kylo Ren – are all introduced wearing helmets or masks that hide their true faces.
 • Timothy Lawrence
Forest Warfare
Across the nine films of the Skywalker Saga, the heroes almost always win their battles when they fight for or launch an attack from a green…
 • Robert Brown and Timothy Lawrence
Monsters and Machinery
In The Force Awakens, the monstrous Rathtars break loose from their confinement on Han Solo’s freighter and menace the heroes.
 • Timothy Lawrence
Wrath-tars
In The Force Awakens, Han Solo is cornered by two criminal gangs aboard the freighter he is using to transport a cargo of Rathtars.
 • Timothy Lawrence
Finn's Lessons
Around the midpoint of both The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi, Finn travels through hyperspace with a mentor figure who tries to teach him an…
 • Timothy Lawrence
Conflicted Sons
At the climaxes of both Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, a son has a violent confrontation with his father.
 • Timothy Lawrence
Death Star vs. Starkiller
In The Force Awakens, the Resistance is dismayed to find that the First Order has constructed an enormous superweapon called Starkiller Base.
 • Timothy Lawrence
Han's Coffins
In The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is frozen in carbonite so that Darth Vader can test carbon-freezing as a means to capture Luke Skywalker.
 • Robert Brown
Maz of the Lake
In The Force Awakens, Rey meets the wise old Maz Kanata on the lush green planet Takodana.
 • Timothy Lawrence
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