Stephen Colbert discusses the new trailer and guesses at the plot of The Force Awakens.
Video: George Lucas asks J.J. Abrams an important question
Master troll George Lucas was among the luminaries asking J.J. Abrams about Star Wars and his other projects for Vanity Fair.
Before the Awakening blurb reveals details on Poe, Finn
A Spanish blurb for the anthology Before the Awakening – discovered and translated by Florian of Jedi Bibliothek – reveals details of Finn and Poe Dameron’s past.
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John Boyega and Daisy Ridley attend John Williams scoring session
The Force Awakens stars John Boyega and Daisy Ridley both posted Instagram photos of themselves with composer John Williams, and Boyega tweeted, too.
Beardwatch, take 3: Mark Hamill shaved for The Flash
Mark Hamill shaved his beard for The Flash, and now he’s growing out his ‘contractual face foliage’ again.
Rumor: Captain America: Civil War trailer to debut on The Force Awakens
Rumor: Captain America: Civil War trailer to debut on The Force Awakens. So Collider claims, anyway, but it does make a lot of sense for Disney. Still, The Force Awakens trailer wasn’t attached to a film, who says this one has to be?
Videos: Variations on The Force Awakens trailer
This being the internet is 2015, there’s no lack of fan remixes and variations on the latest trailer for The Force Awakens. Here are a few:
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J.J. Abrams: Lack of Luke Skywalker in The Force Awakens promotions is “no accident”
The Associated Press was first to ask The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams about how Luke Skywalker has been missing from all the promotional material. “These are good questions to be asking,” he said. “I can’t wait for you to find out the answer.”
“It’s no accident,” he continued.
One thing we can put to rest: Luke is not Kylo Ren. Adam Driver is playing Kylo Ren, not Mark Hamill, which we’ve known since the Vanity Fair shots were unveiled in May. Bring up the Kahn fib from Star Trek Into Darkness all you like, but no one was going around saying that Benedict Cumberbatch’s role was actually being played by Bruce Greenwood. A ten-year-old video of Mark Hamill saying he’d have liked a more complicated arc in Return of the Jedi is not really the best evidence for that actually happening now.
Abrams also addressed where production stands: “The visual effects process goes on for so long that my guess is we’ll probably be doing visual effects for the next three or four weeks, even though the cut will be done before then. We’re in the editing room working on the cut, going over visual effects and going over reviews. We still have another scoring session with John Williams, who’s a god when it comes to music.”
Did Oscar Isaac get his wish for Poe Dameron’s homeworld?
Several months ago, Oscar Isaac talked about what planet he hoped was his character’s homeworld. Now, there was nothing wrong with his preference, but given that he was talking so openly about it, I doubt it was any form of canon at the time.
But it is now. Shattered Empire spoilers ahead!
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Want to watch The Force Awakens on Netflix next year? Better be Canadian.
Netflix in Canada will be getting The Force Awakens to stream in 2016, reports Variety – but that’s it, at least so far. In the U.S., the film will likely debut on Starz instead; Netflix’s deal here begins with 2016 films.