Star Wars Episode: VII title revealed
DISNEY has quietly revealed the full name for the highly anticipated 7th installment of the Star Wars franchise.
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STAR Wars Episode VII has been given a subtitle — The Force Awakens.
Disney snuck the announcement out on Twitter overnight, which quickly became a trending topic on the social media site.
.@starwars: The Force Awakens has completed principal photography. #TheForceAwakens #StarWarsVII pic.twitter.com/w4gvSELQU1
— Disney (@Disney) November 6, 2014Disney confirmed that principle filming on the new movie, which reunites Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill alongside others such as Lupita Nyong’o and Girls star Adam Driver, has wrapped.
The cast joined director JJ Abrams at a party to celebrate the end of filming, Entertainment Weekly reports.
However, it will now enter months of post-production and is scheduled for a December 18, 2015 release. The film will pick up 30 years after the end of Return of the Jedi.
Twitter users were quick to weigh in on the new title, offering their own suggestions for Star Wars movie titles under #rejectedstarwarstitles.
Star Wars : Too Old for this Sith #rejectedstarwarstitles
— Duvot Damien (@Meeea) November 6, 2014Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens and Takes The Walk of Shame
— Catrina Dennis (@ohcatrina) November 6, 2014Star Wars: Dude, Where's My Millennium Falcon? #rejectedstarwarstitles
— Colin Daileda (@ColinDaileda) November 6, 2014Party On, Darth #rejectedstarwarstitles
— Molly Daly (@mollyadaly) November 6, 2014Disney Presents "Give Us Your Money Nerds" #rejectedstarwarstitles
— Beau Evans (@beauevanscomedy) November 6, 2014Episode 7: Sith Just Got Real #rejectedstarwarstitles
— Owen (@owenhants) November 6, 2014Guardians of the Galaxy Far, Far Away #rejectedstarwarstitles @Schmovie
— Scott Modrzynski (@MojosWork) November 6, 2014Originally published as Star Wars Episode: VII title revealed
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