Rejected Star Wars Episode VII Titles

OK here goes. I just got access to the massive brainstorming session that J.J. Abrams and his team had for titling Star Wars Episode VII. I took a secret photo of the giant poster they all scribbled their ideas down on*. So here it is: I present to you the full list of titles they rejected before settling on The Force Awakens.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Sith Snoozes
Star Wars Episode VII: Shit, The Force's Alarm Didn't Go Off
Star Wars Episode VII: The Jedi Rouses
Star Wars Episode VII: The Empire Strikes Back... Again
Star Wars Episode VII: A Increasingly Modern Hope
Star Wars Episode VII: Some Kind of Menace
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Stiffens
Star Wars Episode VII: Morning Glory
Star Wars Episode VII: Dawn of the Force
Star Wars Episode VII: Another Return of the Jedi
Star Wars Episode VII: An Even Newer Hope
Star Wars Episode VII: Age of the Force
Star Wars Episode VII: Light-speed and Furious
Star Wars Episode VII: A Song of Jedis and Siths
Star Wars Episode VII: The Empire Attacks the Block
Star Wars Episode VII: 12 Years A Sith
Star Wars Episode VII: Valar Morgulis
Star Wars Episode VII: Game of Planets
Star Wars Episode VII: Into Darkness
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Breaks Bad
Star Wars Episode VII: Return of the Geriatrics
Star Wars Episode VII: Rise of the Trade Embargoes
Star Wars Episode VII: The Dark Side Rises

Personally I really hope they actually do go with that last one for Episode IX. What it lacks in originality, it makes up with by sounding badass!

Any other suggestions? I'll pass them on to my contact at Disney!
And for that matter, whose got any ideas for the sequels?

*This is not true

Star Wars Episode VII Title Confirmed: The Force Awakens

As principal photography wraps on Star Wars Episode VII, it has just been confirmed that the new film in the franchise will be known as The Force Awakens. No matter what kind of shit-fit the internet throws, I think it's a decent title.

Yes people will wonder if the next ones will be Star Wars Episode VIII: The Force Scratches it's Balls and Hits the Snooze Button and Episode IX: The Force Realises That Today Will Be the Same as Every Other Miserable Day, Pulls Up the Duvet and Sheds a Little Tear Before Rocking Itself Back to Sleep (or something along those lines) but The Force Awakens is still an exciting title full of promise!

What I would have love to have seen is the mind map/brain storm session that led to this title being chosen. Wouldn't it be great to know all the other possible titles they considered before this one. If The Force Awakens has got people giggling on Twitter, imagine how many snickers there would have been over The Force Arises or The Force Stiffens (ok maybe that last one was never on the cards).

Anyway seeing as I've never been even close to one of the biggest Star Wars fans in the world, just like I'd never seen a single Star Trek film before J.J. Abrams came along, I'm now pretty excited to see what he does with the franchise, especially with the principals from the original trilogy returning as well as new faves like John Boyega and Andy Serkis in the cast.

What do you think of the title? Has it awoken your senses?

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