Star Wars hype comes full circle with these new retro posters
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Things that have appeared in promotional material for Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
- X-Wings
- Han Solo
- TIE fighters
- Princess Leia
- Stormtroopers
- The Millennium Falcon
- A shadowy bad dude with a black cloak and a red lightsaber
- Star Destroyers
- A mysterious spherical battle station that could conceivably bring death to stars
Things that have not appeared in promotional material for Star Wars: The Force Awakens:
- Battle droids
- Naboo
- Midichlorians
- Clone troopers
- Pod racing
- The word “younglings”
- Jar Jar Binks*
So while we can’t yet know whether The Force Awakens will be an empire-strikingly triumphant return to form for Star Wars, it’s clear that Disney really, really wants you to think of it a true successor to the…