Then the Prequel Trilogy made things more complicated, by going back in time to tell the story of Anakin Skywalker before he became Darth Vader. Do these similarities bother you, or are you glad they referenced Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope? Chime in with your thoughts below, and stay tuned for more on Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Luke Skywalker takes his first steps into a larger world (Image credit: Disney/LucasFilm)Ī long time ago, it was easy to know how to watch the Star Wars movies in order – until 1999, all of the movies fit into the timeline of a galaxy far, far away in the order they landed in theaters. Of course, this video surely won't be on the upcoming Digital HD, Blu-ray and DVD release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but now that fans can watch this adventure over and over again in the next few days, we could get even more videos breaking down the similarities of Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. The returning cast was joined by newcomer Daisy Ridley, who beat out fierce competition to take the principal role of Rey BAFTA Rising Star Award winner John Boyega ( Attack the Block, Imperial Dreams) as reluctant stormtrooper Finn Emmy nominee Adam Driver ( Lincoln, Girls) as the villainous Kylo Ren, and Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis, The Bourne Legacy) as Resistance pilot Poe Dameron. Star Wars: The Force Awakens saw the eagerly anticipated reteaming of original Star Wars stars Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill, along with Anthony Daniels, the only actor to have been in all seven Star Wars films, and Peter Mayhew. The snarky Poe Dameron most certainly has shades of Han Solo, but Finn is perhaps the most 'original' of all these characters, a former Stormtrooper who turns to the light side of the Force. Like Luke Skywalker before her, Rey was abandoned by her parents, left to fend for herself on Jakku. While it's easy to see how many scenes are visually similar to the original Star Wars movie, the new heroes do share some similarities with the original heroes as well. The arrival of both Darth Vader and Kylo Ren are also strikingly similar, and Finn's rescue of Poe Dameron is almost identical to Luke Skywalker disguising himself as a Stormtrooper to rescue Princess Leia. Some of these scenes that are uncannily similar are Poe Dameron and BB-8's scene on Jakku, which is practically identical to a scene between Princess Leia and R2-D2.

the 'De-Specialized Edition,' and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The video breaks down a number of scenes from the original theatrical version of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, a.k.a.

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