Star Wars: Episode 7, 8... and BEYOND!

[Nanaki Skywalker]

Rest in peace, Kenny Baker. Ah. but I see that's already been mentioned.

I posted it in the Catch-All RIP Thread, but this is Artoo, a major sidekick, we're talking about, so it's understandable that the sad news of his actor's passing would be posted 3 times. This is the Droid that always got the heroes out of trouble at the right time, whether it's fixing the Shield Generator of Queen Amidala's ship, saving the same Queen (at this point now a Senator) from having lava poured on her in the Battle Droid Factory, taking out 2 Separatist Battle Droids with oil and fire, delivering distress signals to and from Obi-Wan Kenobi, finding the location of Leia's prison cell, fixing Hyperdrives, cutting open Ewok traps, or hiding Jedi Lightsabers in its body and launching them to their owners at the right moment. Oh yeah, and like Threepio, he aided two full generations of the Skywalker family. He's my favorite Droid in all of Star Wars.

 

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Looks like the editing of Episode VIII is underway!




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Adam Driver talking about working with Rian Johnson on Episode VIII gives me nothing but excitement: http://collider.com/star-wars-episode-8-script-adam-driver-rian-johnson/




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[Nanaki Skywalker]

A week ago in a galaxy very very close, I signed up on the message board on this Star Wars fansite called theforce.net (I signed up under the name of Nanaki there...not only as a FF7 reference but also because it's an anagram of my favorite SW character, Anakin). Well, today, the talk of the social threads was news that Turner Broadcasting (which owns TBS and TNT) has acquired the television rights to the Star Wars saga, and they'll start showing the Original and Prequel Trilogy films next week. As of now, this does not include TFA (which for the moment is on Starz), but will include that and future films in due time.

And speaking of future films, I found this on Twitter for those of you itching for Episode VIII speculation.

 

[Charles Xavier]

So it's been confirmed that Warwick Davis will be returning in VIII, perhaps as Wicket Warrick the Ewok I presume?

http://www.slashfilm.com/warwick-davis-in-star-wars-episode-viii/

 

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So it's been confirmed that Warwick Davis will be returning in VIII, perhaps as Wicket Warrick the Ewok I presume?

http://www.slashfilm.com/warwick-davis-in-star-wars-episode-viii/

Warwick Davis was also in Episode VII, as he played Wollivan in Max's castle. No reason to assume that he's returning to a previously played character. Glad he's in it though!




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Commentary from J.J. Abrams on how close Kylo Ren came to turning away from the Dark Side during the film: http://io9.gizmodo.com/j-j-abrams-explains-the-emotions-behind-the-force-awak-1787898626




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[Tetsujin]

According to this, Snoke will be a huge puppet instead of CG in the EpVIII

 

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It'll be interesting to see how they blend the technologies to get the final result, since I don't think an unmodified puppet would have the level of fidelity and intricate detail needed for facial movement and such. Reacting to a physical stand-in would be much better for the actors for non-hologram scenes.




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[Lulcielid]

Snoke is a puppet controll by Darth Jar Jar, the secret mastermind behind the sequel trillogy.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

 

[Shademp]

 

[Cthulhu]

It does hint that the whole schooling and training stuff is... pretty much bullshit and all it takes is teh force~

If that's not a religious allusion then IDK what is

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

John Williams admits he's never seen a finished "Star Wars" film

Interesting. What a different beast scoring must be to the one doing it.


EDIT: Oh, and some kickass medieval-style Boba Fett armor.

 

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Part of his approach seems odd, because that means that he'd never see any finished product and how well his music does or doesn't work with it, because by the time that final product is done, he's in a different headspace and working on new music and doesn't want to pollute himself with previous work when in that new creative phase. Understandable, but unfortunate for him, I think since he only sees WIP versions of his work.




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[Tetsujin]

'Star Wars' Braintrust Sets Meeting to Plot Leia's Life After Carrie Fisher's Death

 

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Episode VIII will start off immediately where Episode VII ended.

Good. Now I can watch TFA and go see VIII in theaters immediately after.




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[Clement Rage]

It does hint that the whole schooling and training stuff is... pretty much bullshit and all it takes is teh force~

If that's not a religious allusion then IDK what is

I dunno, in general going up against somebody better trained than you results in going home missing some limbs.

According to this, Snoke will be a huge puppet instead of CG in the EpVIII

Well, I guess we can rule out him being the end bossfight, then.

Episode VIII is going to be interesting. They're going to have to have the first order strike back without all the fans going 'wow, the empire struck back, there's a surprise', but what can they strike back at? They've already

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destroyed a star system (and the government), killed a main character and grievously wounded another one

Where can they go from here? I wonder how they'll handle that, because they're in need of some way to prove their credentials. It's a hard one.

 

[Shademp]

Kylo Ren & Han Solo gif shenanigans (Episode VII spoilers)
- Part 1
- Part 2

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Spoiler: Another one

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Apparently it's been decided that a computer model of Carrie Fisher will not be used to continue making Leia appear in "Star Wars" movies:

http://www.starwars.com/news/a-statement-regarding-new-rumors

 

[Tetsujin]

Good, would be kinda gross to do.

 

[Claymore]

Well, that would have been my prefered method, especially since they would never dare recast.

So ... written out offscreen then I suppose.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

So long as her family is fine with it, I wouldn't have a problem with them doing it, but I respect the choice not to. Tarkin was one thing for folks of whom only a handful probably ever met Peter Cushing, but they had to have gotten to know Carrie Fisher -- so that would have had to just feel icky to imagine.

 

[Shademp]