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2017Nokia 3310 relaunched — nostalgia goes viralNokia (through its licensing partner HMD Global) relaunches a modernised Nokia 3310 at Mobile World Congress 2017. The announcement generates extraordinary media coverage — not for its technology (it runs a basic feature phone OS) but for the emotional connection hundreds of millions of people have with the original. The relaunch becomes one of the most effective nostalgia marketing moments in consumer electronics history.
2017Rogue One earns Academy Award nominationVisual effects recognizedRogue One received an Academy Award nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards, recognizing its groundbreaking digital recreation of characters and destruction sequences. The nomination underscored Edwards' continued reputation for pushing visual effects technology within a directorial career built on VFX expertise.