Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

[dimejinky99]

Wired have a great interview with Kasdan who seems very happy with the finished film and has a lot of nice things to say about working with J.J. and George.

http://www.wired.com/2015/11/lawrence-kasdan-qa/

[dimejinky99]

ah why did Finn say "hell no!" in that tv spot?!

wtf?

[LetMeSleep]

He's the reluctant hero.

[stip]

there are those 'I can do this' spots with Finn and Rey in some other commercial. Growing into their roles seems to be a theme, which makes sense in a passing the torch movie

[stip]

Wired have a great interview with Kasdan who seems very happy with the finished film and has a lot of nice things to say about working with J.J. and George.

http://www.wired.com/2015/11/lawrence-kasdan-qa/

that was a nice interview. He seems excited. I am also excited.

[epilogue]

ah why did Finn say "hell no!" in that tv spot?!

wtf?

BECAUSE HE'S NOT SURE HE'S UP FOR IT AND I WOULDN'T BE EITHER

[E.H. Ruddock]

So Lucas is mad now because they didn't involve him more? When did this happen?

[CopperTom]

So Lucas is mad now because they didn't involve him more? When did this happen?

The moment they landed on Naboo.

[dimejinky99]

Mark Hamill on returning to the role of Luke Skywalker

Missing: one Luke Skywalker. It’s been 32 years since Luke graced our screens in Return Of The Jedi, and, though fellow veterans Han and Leia have their own posters, we’ve not even had a proper glimpse of Skywalker in the trailers, save a metal hand caressing Artoo's dome. So what does J.J. Abrams have in store for the Jedi boy wonder this time around?

luke skywalker mark hamill


“Obviously you’re seeing him at a very different time in his life. There’s lots of surprises in this movie”, Hamill told Empire. “You’re going to love it.” That may be, but this still leaves us in the dark regarding Luke’s absence from all promotional material thus far. Naturally, fan theories are proliferating in every corner of the webisphere: has the Dark Side corrupted his Jedi mind? Is he now, in fact, a Force ghost? Or is he simply living out his life quite happily until Rey and Finn’s inquisitive nature drags him out of hiding?

Whatever the reason for Luke’s poster and trailer omittance, returning to the franchise is clearly a labour of love for Hamill, who has spent the best part of the last three decades lending his vocal talents to the animated Spider-Man series, Johnny Bravo and Robot Chicken, to name a mere few. “It reminded me of when I was in Tunisia on the salt flats [shooting the first Star Wars]. If you could get into your own mind and shut out the crew and look at the horizon, you really felt like you were in a galaxy far, far away. I had that same wave of emotion happen to me when I was on Skellig Michael in Ireland. I wasn’t anticipating it.”

With only a month until The Force Awakens bursts into cinemas, Skywalker’s secrets won’t stay hidden for long. To tie you over until then, be sure to grab a copy of our special Force Awakens issue, on shelves November 26. Star Wars is released in the UK on December 17 and hits the US the following day.

http://www.empireonline.com/movies/news ... skywalker/

[epilogue]

I really hope people are just way over thinking it. I hope Luke's just Luke and he's only absent from promo materials because JJ just wants people to see Luke for the first time in 30 years and have it be a fresh. That's all. I hope there is no twist and everyone is just being silly.

Either way, the theaters are going to clap when they see Luke and all will be forgotten.

[dimejinky99]

Either way, the theaters are going to clap when they see Luke and all will be forgotten.

this is worse than people clapping when the plane lands...especially if its during the film

[Coach]

Wired have a great interview with Kasdan who seems very happy with the finished film and has a lot of nice things to say about working with J.J. and George.

http://www.wired.com/2015/11/lawrence-kasdan-qa/

Dime, thanks so much for sharing. Great interview and no spoilers, yet still entertaining and fun.

Some random Star War thoughts:

I asked our 20-year-old nanny the other day if she and her 19-year-old brother were excited about Force Awakens...she barely knew what I was talking about. I find that fascinating. I just assumed everyone - espcially younger people - knew about the new Star Wars flick and were engaged. Not the case, although I'm sure that Gen x and older are excited, as are the real youngsters...like 5 and 7 year olds.

Love that latest TV spot on Finn. It's my favorite.

[epilogue]

Either way, the theaters are going to clap when they see Luke and all will be forgotten.

this is worse than people clapping when the plane lands...especially if its during the film

I think we'll all be lucky if all we get is clapping.

[Norah]

Finn is such a shitty name.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Finn is such a shitty name.

Sounds like a Hunger Games name.

[LetMeSleep]

3 mates have sons named Finn.

[Norah]

3 mates have sons named Finn.

fair dinkum

[Coach]

Finn is such a shitty name.

It's super trendy right now in terms of naming babies, so that's probably why it is what it is. Then again, I believe that Luke is popular now, too.

[LetMeSleep]

It'll be massive next year.

[epilogue]

Two of my friends (one from high school, one from college) have a child named Finn.