/Film is back with details on The Last Jedi’s deleted scenes, which include Rey’s third lesson from Luke and Tom Hardy’s cameo.
Behind The Last Jedi: Story, effects, costumes, and more
And now that we’ve all had a chance to take the movie in, the behind-the-scenes stuff has started flowing in… There are several Rian Johnson interviews out and about, with the best perhaps being at the Los Angeles Times. There he talks about introducing new Force powers, Rey and Kylo, and the whole purpose of the shirtless scene. Also: Business Insider, a Variety podcast and The Director’s Cut podcast.
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Rogue One’s The Last Jedi easter egg
Eagle-eyed (eared?) fan @kyleauxren noticed that a key plot point of The Last Jedi was referenced a year ago in Rogue One.
Rian Johnson dishes on The Last Jedi’s deleted scenes
Rian Johnson tells Collider about some of The Last Jedi’s deleted scenes, including a chunk from Rose and Finn’s storyline, and another featuring Rey and Luke. He says all the major ones will be on the Blu-ray. (I’m just guessing re: the photo above, but hey… We didn’t see that in the movie, did we?)
Report: “Black Diamond” is the working title for Episode IX
Fantha Tracks reports that the business name for producing Episode IX is Carbonado Industries (UK) Ltd. The working title of the film will be Black Diamond, they say. (Both terms refer to the same substance.)
The article also contains a short history of the recent production companies and working titles, many of which were uncovered by the same folks when they were with Jedi News.
Episode IX, which will be directed by The Force Awakens’ J.J. Abrams, is due in December 2019. Other reports says that the returning crew also includes visual effects supervisor Roger Guyett and costume designer Michael Kaplan (who also stayed on for The Last Jedi.)
Keep on spoiling: How The Last Jedi treats Snoke, Phasma, and a multitude of cameos
In the second part of Entertainment Weekly’s The Last Jedi spoilerfest, Rian Johnson and team tackle Supreme Leader Snoke, Captain Phasma, Mark Hamill’s second role and more.
The Last Jedi has $220M opening weekend
The Last Jedi slides into the weekend box office with a $220 million take, putting it behind only The Force Awakens for the second biggest opening weekend of all time.
Internationally, where it opened everywhere but China, the film has made $240M, giving it $450M total. It opens in China on January 5.
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Full spoilers ahead: Rian Johnson, Mark Hamill talk The Last Jedi
Now that The Last Jedi is officially out and about, the crew and cast can address some of the choices made in the film. Entertainment Weekly has the details from a post-screening Q&A at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi set pics to become a book
We may not get an extensive behind-the-scenes book on the making of any of the new Star Wars movies for decades, if at all, but at least we’ll get something for The Last Jedi: Writer/director Rian Johnson told /Film that Lucasfilm is planning to release a book of his great black-and-white set photos. And you know what? I’ll take it. Johnson’s photos have been one of my favorite parts of the runup to the movie.
Books detailing the making of The Force Awakens and Rogue One were planned and scheduled and perhaps even (partially?) written, but never saw the light of day. A photo book might not give all the juicy details, but it’s certainly better than nothing – and aren’t the photos usually the best parts, anyway?
Good boy Gary Fisher has seen The Last Jedi, recognizes his mom
Carrie Fisher’s dog Gary was spotted at a showing by reporter Veronica Miracle. “He sat on Fisher’s former assistant’s lap during the film,” Miracle tweeted “She said his ears perked up every time she was on screen.”
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