Josh Gad tries to get Daisy Ridley to give him something on The Last Jedi. Spoiler: He does not succeed, even with a Frozen 2 fact.
Both actors are currently filming Murder on the Orient Express.
The Last Jedi is now opening-crawl official
Director Rian Johnson posted the above photo to his Instagram with the caption: “Felt so good to drop this into the cut this morning.”
For those engaged in furious debate over whether the title refers to one Jedi or many Jedi. (Remember: Singular plural!) here’s a bit of a… Something. When asked, a Lucasfilm source told Chris Taylor of Mashable to “Trust your doubt.”
As for the color “debate,” well, I’ll just leave this here.
Episode VIII is The Last Jedi
Well, we have a title! Episode VIII is officially titled The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm announced this morning.
And here’s Mark Hamill’s reaction:
Lucasfilm: “No plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher’s performance” as Leia
Lucasfilm has outright denied a recent report that said they’ve been negotiating wit Carrie Fisher’s estate to digitally recreate her for future films. The statement:
We want to assure our fans that Lucasfilm has no plans to digitally recreate Carrie Fisher’s performance as Princess or General Leia Organa.
Carrie Fisher was, is, and always will be a part of the Lucasfilm family. She was our princess, our general, and more importantly, our friend. We are still hurting from her loss. We cherish her memory and legacy as Princess Leia, and will always strive to honor everything she gave to Star Wars.
The rumor originated on the BBC earlier this week, and was first reported by SWNN, with an expansion by io9.
5 more Episode VIII hints from Rian Johnson
Turns out USA Today got a bit more from Episode VIII director Rian Johnson than what we heard yesterday. He wants it to “to be a blast and to be funny and to be a ride;” Luke Skywalker is the “emotional entry point” and… It does have a title. Or rather, Johnson’s had one from “the very first draft.” The rest of us will probably be waiting until spring.
Rian Johnson actually talks about Episode VIII
Episode VIII director Rian Johnson actually said something new! For USA Today’s 2017 movie preview, he said that “a large part of the movie” will address why Luke is on Ahch-To and what he’ll do next, as well as Rey’s “realization that she has this power and this gift.” It’s not the most shocking of revelations, but it’s more than we’ve gotten in quite a while.
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Carrie Fisher’s urn is a giant Prozac pill, because of course it is
Carrie Fisher’s ashes were laid to rest in a giant Prozac pill. (You can see the pictures at Buzzfeed.) Her brother Todd explains to Entertainment Tonight:
“Carrie’s favorite possession was a giant Prozac pill that she bought many years ago. A big pill,” Todd explained. “She loved it, and it was in her house, and Billie and I felt it was where she’d want to be.”
He also said the private service for family and friends on Thursday – attended by Meryl Streep, George Lucas and others – was “fitting” and ” beautiful.”
Yesterday also saw Fisher’s Star Wars son, Adam Driver, share his thoughts on the actress with Stephen Colbert. Here’s the clip:
Rumor: Leia’s role in IX was supposed to be bigger than in VIII, meetings at LFL next week
Per The Hollywood Reporter, meetings will begin next week to decide what to do with Episodes VIII and IX after the death of Carrie Fisher. VIII has finished shooting already, but Leia supposedly has “a bigger part” in IX.
It seems likely these meetings are the same ones that Kathleen Kennedy mentioned in November to map out the franchise’s future.
I believe this is also the first time that it’s been reported that IX director Colin Trevorrow is writing the film’s script with frequent collaborator Derek Connolly.
Obviously, there’s still a lot of mourning going on, and Lucasfilm has some tough decisions that they have to make, but I myself hesitate to speculate. Lucasfilm, mourning or not, has little choice in the matter: We do.
Adam Driver talks Episode VIII with Larry King
Larry King is still around! I had no idea. Adam Driver keeps things general, but he does drop a few hints as to what we can expect from Kylo Ren in Episode VIII.
The video player can be troublesome, but there’s a transcript if you scroll, and the video will likely show up on Youtube in a few days.
Rumor: The what’s what of Snoke in Episode VIII
Making Star Wars today claims they have the technical scoop on Supreme Leader Snoke in Episode VIII. There’s a tiny bit of timeline detail, but nothing we can’t already assume already.