December 18, 2015 (December 17 in the UK) will be a day long remembered. It was the day "The Force Awakens" first arrived in theaters, when "Star Wars" icons Han Solo, Leia Organa, and (eventually) Luke Skywalker made their long-awaited return to the big screen, and continued their fight against the dark side.
The Skywalker Saga's seventh instalment was a critical and commercial success, and made Disney's $4 billion purchase of Lucasfilm in 2012 look like a very smart piece of business.
