Star Wars VII

[simbob4000]

Given the prequels I don't think they can oversell the practical FX enough.

They hyped up Kingdom of the Crystal Skull using practical FX before production, that basically went away when they started making the movie. The same thing happened with them talking up how Kingdom of the Crystal Skull would play like a '50s sci-fi film, but then it just ended up being Temple of Doom and Last Crusade with aliens replacing religious artifacts. Not that they didn't use practical FX, but they used a lot more CGI (and in some really big stupid ways) than they originally talked about.

[abulafia]

Hux.

I'm so excited to see Gwendoline Christie in it. The female audience member is right, she's a goddess.

so general hoax it is
2nd in command, major hugs. ok enough himym

i love christie as an actor, but a goddess? is a there a story behind that, which i am not aware of?

[Hiromi]

If not for Cowboys and Aliens that would have been Harrison Ford's first appearance at comic con

[abulafia]

you heard it here first, the final shot of Rogue One will blend into the opening seqeunce of ep4.
freut euch schon mal!

[simbob4000]

you heard it here first, the final shot of Rogue One will blend into the opening seqeunce of ep4.
freut euch schon mal!

You think the new Star Wars is ending with a flashback?

[Robotech Master]

You think the new Star Wars is ending with a flashback?

Rogue One is the name of a stand alone Star Wars film, one of those many "anthology series" films they're planning. It takes place before ep4 and is about getting the Death Star plans apparently. I can't confirm this talk about it ending right into ep4's opening though.

[simbob4000]

Rogue One is the name of a stand alone Star Wars film, one of those many "anthology series" films they're planning. It takes place before ep4 and is about getting the Death Star plans apparently. I can't confirm this talk about it ending right into ep4's opening though.

I looked at it wrong; probably because this is a thread for The Force Awakens, and not general Star Wars one. I was thinking they said this movies ending would go into Rogue One. Rogue One ending with the opening of Star Wars is something I've heard before, don't remember where though.

[simbob4000]

[MagnarTheGreat]

Entertainment Weekly - No new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Disney's D23 fan convention

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/11...ler-disney-d23

“It is true, we are showing no footage, behind the scenes or otherwise,” director J.J. Abrams tells EW. “In the fall, there’ll be a trailer.”

[ChrisIII]

There's going to be the first wave of merchandise in a month, it'll probably be out by then.


Regarding the Imperial parade, looks pretty cool, probably a lot of 'real' troops along with digital/matte ones (Which is how the parades were done in ROTJ-AOTC's of course was fully digital apart from Palpatine and co. looking at them).

To the right appears to be our first good look at the new walker design. It's also possible that those are Juggernaught/Turbo Tanks near the mountains there. They were seen in Revenge of the Sith mainly during the Kashykk sequence, but have their origins in ESB concept artwork (A lot of the new looks of the X-wings and TIE fighters also have nods to the concept artwork). Prior to being used in ROTS they also showed up in the EU as well, although with a somewhat different design.


I'm pretty sure one of the figures is the "Chrometrooper" Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie's character). It's unclear what her place is but from a marketing POV I think they're trying to sell her as sort of a "cool" hench-villain character ala the Fetts/Darth Maul/General Grievous etc. Last time we had a female villain in the films was Zam Wessel from AOTC, and that was a fairly small part (Plus she was a shape-shifting alien, so it's unclear if she really was female in the first place). Of course Clone Wars (with Ventress) and certainly the earlier EU had them, but as far as the saga is concerned I think this is the first major one.

[Sardorim]

Really gonna miss Jaina Solo.

[BeastieRunner]

Really gonna miss Jaina Solo.

Those books still DO exist, you know?

[Sardorim]

They're no longer canon so they don't matter.

[BeastieRunner]

They're no longer canon so they don't matter.

Do you do that with your comics when they reboot every 6 months, too?

[MagnarTheGreat]

Entertainment Weekly - This Week's Cover: Exclusive look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/12...s-exclusive-ew

Entertainment Weekly - 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens': 12 exclusive EW looks at the new galaxy

http://www.ew.com/gallery/star-wars-...t-look-gallery

Entertainment Weekly - How Luke Skywalker lured J.J. Abrams into directing Star Wars: The Force Awakens

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/12...oked-jj-abrams

Entertainment Weekly - Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Kylo Ren's shroud is pulled back at last, but...

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/12...akens-kylo-ren

Entertainment Weekly - Star Wars: The Force Awakens: J.J. Abrams explains what's in a name

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/12...haracter-names

Entertainment Weekly - Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Inside Harrison Ford's return as Han Solo

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/13...eturn-han-solo

Entertainment Weekly - Star Wars secret agent: Simon Pegg's contribution to The Force Awakens

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/14...ens-simon-pegg

Entertainment Weekly - Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Who was this movie's Ralph McQuarrie?

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/14...alph-mcquarrie