Do You Like Star Wars Episode VII‘s New Title, “The Force Awakens”?
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The first film in each trilogy so far has been three words, but this is the first one to use a verb – the other two have been article-adjective-noun, then the second involves an active assault of some kind, and the third is [comeback]of the [previously defeated side].
So the pattern isn’t perfect, and the OCD in me would like it to be – however, it rolls off the tongue far better than The Phantom Menace did, and it’s tailor-made for the inevitable Pepsi/Starbucks tie-ins. “Awaken YOUR Force with our Tatooine vanilla latte double-shot!” “It’s new Mountain Dew: EXTREME Force Awakening!”
You know it’s coming. They should pay me for those now.