New ‘Star Wars’ movie and attractions excite fans

Throughout the world of movies, George Lucas’s “Star Wars” films have been critically acclaimed for revolutionizing the sci-fi genre. But after six successful movies, Lucas felt it was time to move on from “Star Wars,” selling the franchise to Disney for $4.05 billion in October 2012.

Now after 10 years without a “Star Wars” movie, junior Alex Hunt, an avid “Star Wars” fan, is eager to see the new movie that will be released this December.

Hunt said that he believes the new movie will be a decent successor to the original movies, but will probably not live up to its predecessor.

“[Lucasfilm] ended the last episode with a definitive ending, making the dark side leaderless and the good side the victor,” Hunt said. “But with the new movie, the directors are basically building off a movie plot that is already done.”

Nevertheless, Hunt said that the new “Star Wars” movie could still be great, adding that Disney is not a bad choice for producing the new “Star Wars” film since the studio has a history of making narrative films.

Hunt also likes that “Star Wars” Land, a new attraction coming to Disneyland and Disney World in 2019, will bring back a form of “Star Wars” for longtime fans as well as introduce new people, especially kids, to the franchise.

So far, Disney has only planned one ride for “Star Wars” Land: a virtual Millennium Falcon ride. The Millennium Falcon  was a vehicle used in “Star Wars” Episodes IV-VI.

With all the ideas “Star Wars” already has, Hunt believes that Disney will not have any problems creating exciting and memorable rides for visitors to partake in.

“‘Star Wars’ Land makes me even more excited about the new ‘Star Wars’ movie,” Hunt said.

Junior Steve Lai, another “Star Wars” aficionado, also said that the new movie will be a fine addition to the long-running franchise.

At first, Lai was disappointed that Disney was going to make the new “Star Wars” movie since he did not want any other company to create the “Star Wars” films except Lucasfilm.

But as Disney released trailers of the new movie, Lai felt more confident in Disney creating the “Star Wars” film because some parts of the trailer, like the special effects, caught his eye.

Lai also said that Disney has not botched up another franchise it bought, Marvel, yet, which is another reason he feels Disney can succeed in making a worthy “Star Wars” movie.

“I enjoyed those Marvel movies, so I hope that they can do the same for the ‘Star Wars’ movie,” Lai said.