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There’s even more new footage from The Force Awakens in the film’s first (domestic) TV spot. It debuted this morning on Twitter, of all places.
Some brief analysis – and screencaps! – under the cut.
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…Or International trailer, whatever we’re calling it. The focus here is on Rey, BB-8 and Kylo Ren’s broadsaber, or in other words: A cute girl, A cute robot and a crazy-ass weapon. It’s not as evocative as the last trailer, and it seems much choppier, but there is a lot of new footage here for us to pour over.
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A few snippets of dialogue! More BB-8, Rey, Finn, and even a glimpse of Leia. New poster, too.
In addition to today’s poster ambush, we also got Daisy Ridley and John Boyega each get their own cover for The Hollywood Reporter’s ‘Next Gen’ issue. They both get pretty lengthy interviews. Be sure to watch the videos: The origin of ‘peanut’ is revealed, and who stole Harrison Ford’s golf cart?
In short order today, several character posters debuted for The Force Awakens. The official Star Wars pages produced Kylo Ren and Han Solo, Daisy Ridley had Rey on her Instgram, and John Boyega and Carrie Fisher dropped Finn and Leia on their Twitter accounts. You can nab high res versions at StarWars.com.
We already covered the new trailer and even the night before, but here’s the rest. Also be sure not to miss Chris Taylor’s roundup of three years worth of Star Wars tweets, for the anniversary of the Disney sale/Episode VII announcement.
Continue reading “Almost there: Best #StarWars and #TheForceAwakens tweets for Oct. 14-Nov. 3”
The Star Wars Rebels Facebook page gave us a look at The Force Awakens concept art that inspired the look of one of the new Inquistors, the Fifth Brother.
Gwendoline Christie talks to Entertainment Weekly about Captain Phasma and why fans are drawn to the character:
“We see Captain Phasma, and we see the costume from head to toe, and we know that it is a woman. But we are used to, in our media, connecting to female characters via the way that they look, from the way they are made flesh.”
“We are actually connecting to a female character as a human being,” Christie continues. In another interview with the L.A. Times, she compares Phasma to Boba Fett – in terms of screentime, and getting the part:
“I really wanted to be in ‘Star Wars’ because it had a special meaning to me,” she said. “Being someone who never felt part of the mainstream, who always felt unusual, it felt like a world that I could inhabit in terms of my imagination and who I was. I became like a dog with a bone and was absolutely insistent: ‘Please, please, please try to have me seen.’ Eventually they were worn down by my incessant asking.”
She was also recently profiled by Harper’s Bazaar, where she enthuses a bit more about the costume.
A cute new Duracell commercial for the kid in all of us. We’ve come a long way…
Noted Halloween costume wearer Harrison Ford dressed like a hot dog for his Jimmy Kimmel Live appearance. He’s not revealing any The Force Awakens secrets, but he says the film is “really, really good” and praises the new cast members.
He also talked about his on-set accident at Pinewood:
And his California plane crash:
Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega and director J.J. Abrams will be on a special The Force Awakens-centric episode of Kimmel the night of November 23rd.