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Five revelations we learned about the future of 'Star Wars' at Celebration

CHICAGO - Now that Star Wars Celebration is over at McCormick Place, now that all the announcements are made and the panels are finished, now that official remarks have been parsed, winks noted and lines read between, here are a few things Celebration told us about the future of the most popular franchise in movie history. Please note: If you are exhausted by "Star Wars" - if you are Jedi agnostic and never want to hear of any galaxy far, far away again - know this: So goes "Star Wars," so goes pop culture.

TAKEAWAY NO. 1: LOVE IT, LIVE IT.

I didn't leave Celebration with an Imperial Walker tape dispenser. But I could have. This is not a franchise that has ever been shy about

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