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There was something electric in the air when that first teaser for Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens  premiered back in 2014. A sinister voice on the soundtrack asked, "There has been an awakening...have you felt it?" Then there was a barrage of clips teasing something familiar for Star Wars fans. That familiarity was the style and look of the original trilogy's western frontiers, with a kick of space cowboy bravado. It was void of the prequel trilogy's green screen approach and cutting edge technological risks (though I will defend those jubilant  George Lucas entries til the end of time). Unfortunately, J.J. Abrams '  The Force Awakens ended up being a pleasantly mild carbon copy of A New Hope , recycling tropes and story situations from that film as some gesture of assurance for a new generation of fans; if anything, it was setting up a dutiful cover song trilogy. So when it was revealed that writer/director  Rian Johnson was going to helm E...