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Star Wars: In Production [Rumors/SPOILERS for All Films Past, Present, & Future]

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Bobby Roberts

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PHIL NOTO = THE BEST.

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FeD.nL

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Rewatching all the films with my GF at the moment, in this order: ANH > ESB > TPM > AoTC > ROTS > ROTJ. She's never seen the films before and has no clue Luke and Leia are siblings, so I'm looking forward to her reaction when they are born. Just finished TPM and I have to say the designs of nearly everything Naboo is pretty much flawless. From the slick ships to the WWI-esque fighter pilot garbs, just brilliant. I hope they revisit the planet in this trilogy, just to see how it ended up after so many years.
 
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inm8num2

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I'd share this in one of the non-spoiler threads but we all know how that would go.

http://www.gamesradar.com/mark-hamill-keeping-big-secret-star-wars-force-awakens/

Well, it looks like it could be a biggy after Mark Hamill revealed he's being paid A LOT of money to keep a secret about The Force Awakens so big, it'll make the whole 'Luke, I am your father' thing seem insignificant in comparison.

"I have something coming out where there’s an amount of money that if it leaks, because of me, I don’t get that payment" Hamill said. "I’m good about keeping secrets, I’m proud of the fact that I knew a year and a half before anybody else that he was actually dad Vader." The Star Wars actor added: "Now it’s happening all over again. I’m not even authorised to tell you I’m in Episode VII, it’s all secret." What a tease!
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Secret Fawful

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What did he mean by this? said:
What did y'all think of the idea that this old McQuarrie art shows SL Snoke's design (or at least an un-updated version)? He's pretty tall and his face is certainly idiosyncratic enough.

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I dunno. Makes me think of the master vampire from Salem's Lot, the book version. Or Voldemort. Having a villain that looks less like an evil wizard and more like a straight-up ghoul or vampire could be entertaining.

Actually, I think this image has come up before.
 
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prag16

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Chained Prometheus said:
He's either talking about how Rey is his daughter or how Luke only has a small appearance in the film.
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I can't imagine it being the latter. Besides, anybody who cares to be spoiled already knows that. What still IS a big secret even in these parts is who gave birth to who. (Obviously there are educated guesses, but 100% confirmation I don't believe we have.)
 
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TheKaeptain

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inm8num2 said:
I'd share this in one of the non-spoiler threads but we all know how that would go.

http://www.gamesradar.com/mark-hamill-keeping-big-secret-star-wars-force-awakens/
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He's Rey's dad or he's hardly in the film.

What did he mean by this? said:
What did y'all think of the idea that this old McQuarrie art shows SL Snoke's design (or at least an un-updated version)? He's pretty tall and his face is certainly idiosyncratic enough.

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I wouldn't mind this.
 
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CreepingFear

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I'm sure some of you saw the video of Harrison Ford surprising people on Skype for a charity. All I could think of was he seems so giddy. Almost like he got his wish to be killed off...
 
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Lan Dong Mik

And why would I want them?
What did he mean by this? said:
What did y'all think of the idea that this old McQuarrie art shows SL Snoke's design (or at least an un-updated version)? He's pretty tall and his face is certainly idiosyncratic enough.

RalphMcQuarrie_EmperorZapsLuke+%281%29.jpg
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Not a fan of it tbh. Maybe it'll look good in the movie. I'm actually not too thrilled on Snoke being this 25 foot tall alien reptilian being. Could make for some pretty wonky character exchanges. Just my initial thoughts though.
 
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Metalmarc

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What did he mean by this? said:
What did y'all think of the idea that this old McQuarrie art shows SL Snoke's design (or at least an un-updated version)? He's pretty tall and his face is certainly idiosyncratic enough.

RalphMcQuarrie_EmperorZapsLuke+%281%29.jpg
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Wouldn't surprise me tbh, they're using a ton of Mcquarries stuff.

Like I just found out that Darth Vader had a castle designed for him by Mcquarrie, but they didn't use it, JJ may have seen it and decided to use it for Maz.
 
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LukeSmith

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forgive my ignorance, but aren't there really only three possible outcomes for Luke:
  • He's turned evil
  • He's in seclusion
  • He's dead

in a movie where three of the new characters could metaphorically represent Luke from different eras:
Rey - if he'd never left Tatooine
Finn - if he'd joined the Imperial academy
Kylo - if he'd joined Vader

isn't the outcome that makes the most sense that luke is dead. and when rey goes to see him at the end of the movie, he's a blue force ghost.

isn't that the end that is the gut punch, tear-jerker, with the silver lining of Luke as immortal sage that someone like JJ would go for? The mcguffin is that Skywalker is just dead
 
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FriendlyGoat

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LukeSmith said:
forgive my ignorance, but aren't there really only three possible outcomes for Luke:
  • He's turned evil
  • He's in seclusion
  • He's dead

in a movie where three of the new characters could metaphorically represent Luke from different eras:
Rey - if he'd never left Tatooine
Finn - if he'd joined the Imperial academy
Kylo - if he'd joined Vader

isn't the outcome that makes the most sense that luke is dead. and when rey goes to see him at the end of the movie, he's a blue force ghost.

isn't that the end that is the gut punch, tear-jerker, with the silver lining of Luke as immortal sage that someone like JJ would go for? The mcguffin is that Skywalker is just dead
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Him being dead would be a pretty cool twist, but uh, it would make her having to physically come to him a bit of a headscratcher.
 
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CreepingFear

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LukeSmith said:
forgive my ignorance, but aren't there really only three possible outcomes for Luke:
  • He's turned evil
  • He's in seclusion
  • He's dead

in a movie where three of the new characters could metaphorically represent Luke from different eras:
Rey - if he'd never left Tatooine
Finn - if he'd joined the Imperial academy
Kylo - if he'd joined Vader

isn't the outcome that makes the most sense that luke is dead. and when rey goes to see him at the end of the movie, he's a blue force ghost.

isn't that the end that is the gut punch, tear-jerker, with the silver lining of Luke as immortal sage that someone like JJ would go for? The mcguffin is that Skywalker is just dead
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Hi Luke. I loved you on the 1up podcasts. I dig your vision, but I don't think JJ,Lawrence, and Lucasfilm would want to kill off two main characters in the same movie. The movie will already have enough dark moments with Finn getting rekt, Han dying, and the flash back showing Luke's jedi colony wiped out. I can totally see Luke becoming a force ghost in 8 or 9 though. Instead of Luke being dead, I think he'll be broken in some way. Much like Lawrence Kasdan wanted Han to die, he wanted Return of the Jedi to end with Luke walking into the sunset totally alone and damaged. Maybe, Rey will give him a renewed purpose.
 
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Cheebo

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LukeSmith said:
forgive my ignorance, but aren't there really only three possible outcomes for Luke:
  • He's turned evil
  • He's in seclusion
  • He's dead

in a movie where three of the new characters could metaphorically represent Luke from different eras:
Rey - if he'd never left Tatooine
Finn - if he'd joined the Imperial academy
Kylo - if he'd joined Vader

isn't the outcome that makes the most sense that luke is dead. and when rey goes to see him at the end of the movie, he's a blue force ghost.

isn't that the end that is the gut punch, tear-jerker, with the silver lining of Luke as immortal sage that someone like JJ would go for? The mcguffin is that Skywalker is just dead
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Too much of a gut punch I would say. They want the first to have a very happy ending I imagine. Especially after Han Solo dies just before this. To kill off or at least reveal the deaths of both Han and Luke in the final act would be too much for one film I think.
 
The Elite

The Elite

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Cheebo said:
Everyone knows those leaked by now, I dont think there is a single person in this thread who hasn't read those yeah?
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I think a lot of people don't know.

I see a post every-so-often from someone popping their head in who doesn't seem to completely know the entire picture. There are people who probably think we're still dealing in rumors and speculation when the truth is we've known the entire plot and major moments for months.

It's a red flag when someone comes into this thread and doesn't know Luke's exact role in this film.

They should know better, sure, but we are far removed from "potential spoilers" and well into actual spoilers that will spoil the whole thing for you.

I just think an updated thread title will do the trick until we have the release spoiler thread.
 
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Bobby Roberts

Banned
LukeSmith said:
forgive my ignorance, but aren't there really only three possible outcomes for Luke:
  • He's turned evil
  • He's in seclusion
  • He's dead

in a movie where three of the new characters could metaphorically represent Luke from different eras:
Rey - if he'd never left Tatooine
Finn - if he'd joined the Imperial academy
Kylo - if he'd joined Vader

isn't the outcome that makes the most sense that luke is dead.
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Your list is basically spot on, and I think that's exactly how these characters have been built. The "trio" of this movie is two leads and the villain, and they're like a trinity of Luke, as you pointed out.

But I don't know why that has to lead to the idea that Luke is a blue glowy in a cave on Planet Ireland. Not that it couldn't happen. But considering most of the movie is going to be about both Rey and Finn moving towards their destinies, having Rey show up at his spot to finally be reunited with her family, to begin training, to realize the future she's known she was meant for - only to tell the audience "WELL, HE'S DEAD. I MEAN, HE CAN TALK AND SHIT, BUT YEAH, HE'S DEAD"

I don't see them going that way. As it is they're skirting the line by ending the movie on an inverse of the Empire cliffhanger. Having Luke be dead the whole time would nudge it over.
 
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Tookay

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Han's death is already going to suck up all the emotional energy that's been built into the film as it is.

Revealing that Luke is dead shortly thereafter would just be overkill at that point.

If anything, the emotional logic of the film necessitates Luke being alive, as a ray of hope for the characters after they've lost so much.
 
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Ogimachi

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Sounds like it was a bitter breakup between GL and Disney. Do some here still think Disney is using part of his ideas and he is just lying?

"The issue was ultimately, they looked at the stories and they said, 'We want to make something for the fans,'" Lucas said. "People don't actually realize it's actually a soap opera and it's all about family problems - it's not about spaceships. So they decided they didn't want to use those stories, they decided they were going to do their own thing so I decided, 'fine.... I'll go my way and I let them go their way.'"

This marks the first time Lucas is not intimately involved, which Lucas compared to a breakup.

"When you break up with somebody, the first rule is no phone calls. The second rule, you don't go over to their house and drive by to see what they're doing," he said laughing. "The third one is you don't show up at their coffee shop and say you are going to burn it... You just say 'Nope, gone, history, I'm moving forward.'"
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inm8num2

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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: Mark Hamill Breaks His Silence in First Official Interview

“It is about setting up the next generation of heroes and villains, but the fact that half a dozen cast members from the originals can be there to place it in some sort of context, to be there for the historical side of things, I think it’s wonderful. … Young people can see the progression of the characters. I’m old enough to be Luke’s grandfather now, and that’s a healthy, natural thing for people to see.”
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“I think [THE FORCE AWAKENS] could be every bit as exciting for the audience, [but] it’s not going to be like it was then, when we’re rattling around in the Death Star, and exchanging quips, and jockeying for the affections of the princess. It’s going to be age appropriate. The story has moved on, and our purpose in the story is different than it was then.”
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