It’s back to Jakku (and an unexpected amount of fluids) with Rey and ‘The Happabore Hazard.’
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Today in The Last Jedi: Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver talk acting
It’s Daisy Ridley’s turn on publicity roundabout, and she’s chatting with Adam Driver for V Magazine. They discuss becoming “besties” on The Last Jedi set, The Force Awakens publicity weirdness and Murder on the Orient Express. The accompanying photos are VERY ’80s. (No Adam, but there’s British GQ for that.)
→ Meanwhile, Ridley is also over sorta-kinda-not-really talking about Rey’s parentage in Japan. /Film has the translation.
→ Some creature revelations from Neal Scanlan: Details on porgs, caretakers, droids and those crystal foxes.
→ Build-A-Bear has porgs. I repeat: Build-A-Bear has porgs! And some other stuff. But mostly porgs.
Mark Hamill in the New York Times
In a new interview, Dave Itzkoff of The New York Times speaks to Mark Hamill about life before, after and during (again) Star Wars.
Did Adam Driver just let loose a huge Rey spoiler?
…Or is he actually referring to another major cast member? The quote in British GQ could be read as Rey, but I think GQ is misinterpreting. The quote below the cut.
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Tiny bit of new footage in The Last Jedi commercial
The Last Jedi commercial that aired last night during the World Series is mostly a cut-down version of the trailer, but it does feature a brief bit of new footage from the scene of Rey with the misty tree. See the GIFs below the cut.
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ANH, ESB costume designer John Mollo dies
Costume designer John Mollo, who won an Oscar for A New Hope, has died at age 86. He also worked on The Empire Strikes Back, Alien, and co-won a second Oscar for Gandhi.
For a closer look at his work on the original trilogy, check out the book Star Wars Costumes: The Original Trilogy. There’s an interview with Mollo by author Brandon Alinger on StarWars.com.
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The Last Jedi: New Luke pic, behind the scenes video
USA Today has a great behind-the-scenes video of The Last Jedi, and they also talk to Rian Johnson about Luke – complete with a new still, above. Here’s what Johnson had to say about it:
Luke Skywalker has been in exile for years when Rey finds him on the island of Ahch-To, but the Jedi’s ancient tomes don’t look like easy reading. “It would be funny if you zoom in on that bookshelf and it’s all Robert Ludlum thrillers,” says Johnson, whose first duty was figuring out why Luke was there. “So when you see it in totality you’re like, ‘Oh, OK, this is why the galaxy’s greatest optimist and hero would be doing this.’ ” Johnson promises that Luke’s still strong and the years of isolation haven’t dulled his mind at all. “(Hamill’s) always been handsome and he’s just in this place now where he’s got so much gravity: You point a camera at his face and you feel depth and wisdom. He’s seen some stuff.”
But the video is the real star here, complete with a very quotable Carrie Fisher line about the director. Watch it at USA Today or below the cut.
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The Last Jedi’s Crait comes to Star Tours in November
Star Tours will debut a new The Last Jedi-based sequence at Disneyland and Hollywood Studios next month. The salt planet Crait will appear in a new sequence starting November 17 at both U.S. parks. Disneyland Paris will get it on November 22, while it goes into rotation at Tokyo Disneyland on December 15.
A new look at The Last Jedi’s Amilyn Holdo
A new picture of Laura Dern’s The Last Jedi character Amilyn Holdo debuted on The Ellen Show. No other huge revelations, but she talks a bit about her time on set.
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Han Solo And The Totally Obvious Title
In a shocking turn of events, the Han Solo spinoff film is officially titled… Solo: A Star Wars Story.