Looking back at it now, 10 years later, the warning signs were clear from the start — from the first trailer, in fact. Its initial image was a shot of a speeder zooming past the wreckage of a long-forgotten battle, an X-wing in the foreground dwarfed by a Star Destroyer in the background. Following it is a close-up of the melted, twisted husk of Darth Vader’s helmet. It ends with a wistful Han Solo (Harrison Ford) telling his wookiee comrade, “Chewie, we’re home.”
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