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Star Wars Episode 7 - Thread of Pre-Production
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Extra Sauce
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He looks in good shape but the beard seems short this close to filming.
SolVanderlyn
Thanos acquires the fully powered Infinity Gauntlet in The Avengers: Infinity War, but loses when all the superheroes team up together to stop him.
Bearded Master Luke will be a nice parallel to Bearded Knight/Master Obi-wan.
I hope that's as far as the connections go, though. The rumor about Obi-wan's
better not be true. Same with
I hope that's as far as the connections go, though. The rumor about Obi-wan's
daughter
Tatooine. There's so many locations in Star Wars - why revisit a place that was already in a good portion of the movies?
Sectorseven
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If they're really going through with this hopefully they put him in one of those Jedi robes and keep the lighting dark.
Lionel Mandrake
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Is that Peter Serafinowicz? Darth Maul is definitely the villain of Episode VII.
That is Peter
My guess would be Hamill doesn't start filming for another month or so.
Tatooine is not a rumor really. We know they have been filming on location in a desert for second unit material. It would be very odd if they decided to create a new desert location, that would be very odd.
New picture of Mark Hamill in London. Looks like he has lost a lot of weight and growing out that beard
With Jedi robes Hamil will look great.
JetBlackPanda
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Hamill looks awesome! Can't freaking wait. The moment he draws back that robe and a bearded Luke is revealed I might cry.
Lionel Mandrake
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He's definitely made a big turnaround.
He could still use a few more pounds off, but yeah, an Obi-Wan style robe will take care of that.
He could still use a few more pounds off, but yeah, an Obi-Wan style robe will take care of that.
Honestly, he's not looking too shabby there.
Because it's an important place for the Skywalkers who are the centerpiece of the whole saga.
Bucket Mouse
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Hamill looks great. Holding out for The Beard. If not, they can give him a fake one...right?
Sectorseven
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What's the most recent photo of Carrie Fisher?
Lionel Mandrake
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March 22
She looked pretty good in that Lifetime movie two years ago.
Makeup goes a long way.
DiipuSurotu
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Problem is she looks nothing like Leia anymore due to plastic surgery. I'm almost betting she'll be in a sick/frail role.
30 years after the original, I kind of doubt the Obi Wan daughter angle, cause if they went with anyone's kid they'd probably go for a younger role. She would be at least in her 40/50s. Han and Leia though, maybe, but this means they would be playing younger roles than both really are.
I'd think if Luke is on Tatooine it's because they'll play this location as being an ever better location to hide in, being even more of a dangerous/far-west kind of place than when the empire had troops on it, so Luke might be there hiding since he knows the place well. I doubt it would be significantly featured in the movie beyond being the location where we first meet Luke.
30 years after the original, I kind of doubt the Obi Wan daughter angle, cause if they went with anyone's kid they'd probably go for a younger role. She would be at least in her 40/50s. Han and Leia though, maybe, but this means they would be playing younger roles than both really are.
I'd think if Luke is on Tatooine it's because they'll play this location as being an ever better location to hide in, being even more of a dangerous/far-west kind of place than when the empire had troops on it, so Luke might be there hiding since he knows the place well. I doubt it would be significantly featured in the movie beyond being the location where we first meet Luke.
Lionel Mandrake
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Maybe after the war, Luke decided to take it easy and be a moisture farmer like Owen and Beru.
Pictured here:
efyu_lemonardo
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It's kind of sad that after all these years nothing comes close to Tatooine as far as being a robust, general purpose location. Every other location is either highly specific to a particular scene or event, or is a CG ridden mess few care about besides hard core fans. The exception being the Death Star and its various capital ships, which obviously don't count here.
But I guess its just a result of everything else that was wrong after Empire, just like we don't really have any more interesting characters to pool from other than those introduced in the original first two films.
But I guess its just a result of everything else that was wrong after Empire, just like we don't really have any more interesting characters to pool from other than those introduced in the original first two films.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
This photo made my inner child do a cartwheel. And Carrie looks great, but she's eternally cute.
I just hope they give Peter an actual role here instead of voice stuff, he'd be great.
shira
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http://ca.ign.com/articles/2014/04/...c-role-in-star-wars-episode-vii?+main+twitter
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Gigantic role for Han Solo?
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Gigantic role for Han Solo?
I hope not. Harrison Ford barely functions as a living human being, nevermind as an actor.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Oscar Issac and Adam Driver, that sounds like a good cast.
Here's the original source on the Han Solo news which also has a lot of other casting rumors.
Apparently there's a table read scheduled for tomorrow so we should hear a lot of news shortly.
http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/star-wars-cast-rumors-oscar-isaac-adam-driver-john-boyega/
Apparently there's a table read scheduled for tomorrow so we should hear a lot of news shortly.
http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/star-wars-cast-rumors-oscar-isaac-adam-driver-john-boyega/
Man if they follow through with that Obi Wan Granddaughter bullshit that is going to be so damn lame.
Obi Wan is like Anakin without all the insecurities etc. Obi Wan in Canon had a love of his life who he was willing to give up the order for but she knew how much he wanted to be a Jedi so she never asked and they went on with their lives while never forgetting each other.
She gets killed in front of him by the Sith attempting to destroy his Jedi resolve but unlike Anakin he doesn't break and this is during the Clone Wars. His whole reason for going to Tatooine was more or less penance and to keep Luke safe. Not much Penance if he just went on with his life and had a wife and kids etc. while sunning on tatooine
Obi Wan is like Anakin without all the insecurities etc. Obi Wan in Canon had a love of his life who he was willing to give up the order for but she knew how much he wanted to be a Jedi so she never asked and they went on with their lives while never forgetting each other.
She gets killed in front of him by the Sith attempting to destroy his Jedi resolve but unlike Anakin he doesn't break and this is during the Clone Wars. His whole reason for going to Tatooine was more or less penance and to keep Luke safe. Not much Penance if he just went on with his life and had a wife and kids etc. while sunning on tatooine
Rookje
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Hollywood can make it work. Trust me. She just had to lose weight, which she did. She looks acceptable. Lightning, makeup, wigs/hair extensions, costumes, CGI etc. She'll look great.
Oscar Issac is a great actor. Great pick up, if true. I hope he won't be a villian though.
CitizenVectron
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Yeah exactly. It seems sacrilegious that Obi-Wan or even Luke would have a family. The fate of the Jedi has rested on both of them.
All the rumors seem to agree that Kenobi had his family in the years he was hiding on Tatooine. It makes a bit more sense at least, since the Jedi Order was long gone at that point.
I mean even The Hollywood Reporter has stated this is what they hear, when news agencies like that say their sources say it....I think it's safe to say its happening.
efyu_lemonardo
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It's pretty consistent if you subscribe to the whole notion of love being what the force was missing in order to be in balance, which is a logical interpretation of the films plus what Lucas has said about the whole balance thing.
Rookje
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CitizenVectron
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That seems remarkably fanfic-ish. I don't believe it. The movie title itself is horrible, and is phrased poorly. "Order of the Jedi" would be better, but it's still bad. It would be like it episode ii was "The Attack of the Clones."
Is clearly fake. Assaj Ventress was an original character from the Clone Wars cartoon. They wouldn't bring her back for no reason. The rest is stuff I could write and make it sound credible. But that title is the most obvious give away. The titles are never quite that boring.
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Yeppp. "Star Wars 3.0 & Other Stuff." (from the above linkedin)
Green Ranger
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Since this mentioned Lupita's casting before it was announced, does that make this article more credible? Or was Lupita rumored before?
Thug Waffle
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"High Commander" and "Queen Regent"
Yeah, this is almost undoubtedly nonsense. That rumor surfaced a while ago and I remember laughing at the Game of Thrones titles... can't believe the guy who started the rumor thought reasonable people would buy this bs.
Regarding the possibility of characters such as Ventress or Ahsoka. Putting aside for one moment the aging process of Togrutas or magical Dathomir Nightsisters, consider the following:
Star Wars can be considered a fairy tale
Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale
Poison apple enchanted sleep = carbonite
It's not like they've done something like that before after all, with a kiss from a princess.
Star Wars can be considered a fairy tale
Sleeping Beauty is a fairy tale
Poison apple enchanted sleep = carbonite
It's not like they've done something like that before after all, with a kiss from a princess.
If they had freezed Ventress or Ahsoka in Clone Wars, it would be a possiblity. So its quite unlikely.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
It seems like there's an awful lot of major characters in this one, and then you have the original three to devote a good amount of time to, apparently. I guess the setting has everything to do with it, training Jedi or whatever, but I hope they didn't cram too many characters in at the risk of underdevelopment.
CitizenVectron
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Or they could just ignore Clone Wars since 99.5% of the movie audience will never have seen a single episode.
I would guess there will be no crossovers anyway, though.
I think there's probably some reason they kept it part of canon, I can see them bringing back one or two characters from the era. Ahsoka is the most obvious candidate, imo, more so than Ventress.
Just because they bring them back doesn't mean they have to require you to have seen Clone Wars. That's not really a barrier.
And neither is their age. Chewbacca was an adult already in the PT era and he's still going to be around in the new trilogy. We know nothing of how alien species age in this universe. Hell, we barely have a good idea of how humans age.
The original three are the main characters :/ All the new people are background stuff in Episode VII.
Not at all. The fates of those two are unknown right now and anything could happen.
Lucasfilm have been criticised for being TOO OT flavoured in their current marketing and direction. A favourite or too from TCW would keep the new generation engaged as well.
BlueDogAnchorite
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Actually those two characters are two of my favorite from the Prequel era. I wouldn't mind if those two were in this movie. Either way, I'm just excited for a new Star Wars movie.
I rather think that booth will show up in Rebels.
Clone Wars is part of the official Canon.
I feel like the way they left off Ahsoka's story left her, explicitly, in a pretty good position to survive the events of the OT, so I think there's a non-trivial chance they actually aimed to have her fit in the new trilogy.
Spoilery details:
Renouncing the Jedi and getting as far away as she can leaves her probably safe from the purge, and she is an obvious connection to Anakin Skywalker pre-Vader that doesn't really exist otherwise. There's a lot they can do with that.
Which would be A-OK fine with me. I think she's easily one of the very best things to come out of the PT era. I'm glad I watched Clone Wars because of her.
DiipuSurotu
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You thought right. In the OT, the official Jedi attire was actually Luke's black outfit from ROTJ:
Mark Hamill in "The Making of Return of the Jedi" book said:
CitizenVectron
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Yes, but George Lucas decided it was now the uniform of the Jedi, or something. It was a dumb idea of course, since why would they wear a loose-fitting thick robe if they need to fight with a melee weapon? But I don't think Lucas really paid attention to his own previous stories, he just kind of made stuff up as he went along.