Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (2015)

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Wikidata Q6074, film, IMDb tt2488496, TMDB 140607: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 1 more episode agrees.

Also said as Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015): the same Wikidata item, so listed here.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Muppets: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. unmapped (template): The Muppets ⇒ Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens (the host's read). The Force Awakens uses the Muppets' fan-driven legacy reboot as its template.
    “it feels like Force Awakens is using that as the template.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:38:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. craft (craft): Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens ⇒ Ghostbusters: Afterlife (the host's read). Afterlife does what Force Awakens did, saving the old franchise's greatest hits for the back half.
    “It's basically trying to do the same thing that the Force Awakens did”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:06:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Connected to

Avengers: Infinity War: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Infinity War finished just below The Force Awakens worldwide.
    “Yes, and it barely, it almost beat Force Awakens worldwide.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:54:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Ghostbusters: Afterlife: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Ghostbusters: Afterlife → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Afterlife does what Force Awakens did, saving the old franchise's greatest hits for the back half.
    “It's basically trying to do the same thing that the Force Awakens did”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:06:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Harrison Ford: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Harrison Ford → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Ford finally owned being an elder statesman with Force Awakens.
    “not until force awakens where he kind of owns being elder statesman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:28:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Star Wars sequels have never been nominated for Best Picture.
    “The Star Wars sequel's never gotten nominated for best picture.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:38:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi. Chris jokes both films are secretly about Nien Nunb.
    “Force Awakens and Last Jedi have both secretly been about Nee and Nub.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:14:49 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)

The Muppets: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (template): The Muppets → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. The Force Awakens uses the Muppets' fan-driven legacy reboot as its template.
    “it feels like Force Awakens is using that as the template.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:38:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Wedge Antilles: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens → Wedge Antilles. The Max Fonsito character was meant to be Wedge, but the actor held out for a bigger part.
    “The Max Fonsito character in Force Awakens was supposed to be Wedge as like a handshake.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:15:42 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)

Wonder Woman: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): Wonder Woman → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Both Wonder Woman's Amazons and Rey getting the lightsaber hit Amanda with a symbolic reaction, despite her not being a franchise person.
    “I felt the same way when Ray gets the lightsaber in, in the Force Awakens”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:57:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Harrison Ford → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Ford finally owned being an elder statesman with Force Awakens.
    “not until force awakens where he kind of owns being elder statesman.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 1:28:12 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Ghostbusters: Afterlife → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Afterlife does what Force Awakens did, saving the old franchise's greatest hits for the back half.
    “It's basically trying to do the same thing that the Force Awakens did”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:06:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens → Wedge Antilles. The Max Fonsito character was meant to be Wedge, but the actor held out for a bigger part.
    “The Max Fonsito character in Force Awakens was supposed to be Wedge as like a handshake.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:15:42 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Avengers: Infinity War → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Infinity War finished just below The Force Awakens worldwide.
    “Yes, and it barely, it almost beat Force Awakens worldwide.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Avengers: Infinity War with John Hodgman · 2:54:29 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (theme): Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens → Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi. Chris jokes both films are secretly about Nien Nunb.
    “Force Awakens and Last Jedi have both secretly been about Nee and Nub.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard · 0:14:49 · Chris Gethard (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme): Wonder Woman → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Both Wonder Woman's Amazons and Rey getting the lightsaber hit Amanda with a symbolic reaction, despite her not being a franchise person.
    “I felt the same way when Ray gets the lightsaber in, in the Force Awakens”
    The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:57:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (template): The Muppets → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. The Force Awakens uses the Muppets' fan-driven legacy reboot as its template.
    “it feels like Force Awakens is using that as the template.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with Fran Hoepfner (Ad-Free) · 2:38:36 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope → Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Star Wars sequels have never been nominated for Best Picture.
    “The Star Wars sequel's never gotten nominated for best picture.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:38:24 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

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Who the speakers said made it

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