Wrapped up in JadeCon preparations, I considered putting this off for about two seconds, before I realized just how much actually happened last week: Mark Hamill made his Star Wars weekends debut, two new actresses cast, leaked photos, you name it. In any case: Onward!
@Yodasnews @starwars @carrieffisher No I hear she's 1/2 a planet away. I wish she was half a galaxy way but beggars can't be choosers.
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) June 5, 2014
My inability to grow a decent beard makes me sad because it means I can never truly be a Jedi Master. #StarWars #LukesBeard
— Peter Di Cicco (@PeterDiCicco) June 6, 2014
Star Wars Weekends
Best Buds Forever @HamillHimself pic.twitter.com/DdogSXrnWR
— Billy Dee Williams (@realbdw) June 7, 2014
"If this is vodka I'll spill my guts about Episode VII" says Mark Hamill as he takes a sip of his drink on stage. #StarWarsWeekends
— Aaron Goins (@avgoins) June 7, 2014
When he found out that Natalie Portman was his mother he said OMG she had a kid that looks like me? #AConversationWithMarkHamill
— Teresa Delgado (@icecoldpenguin) June 7, 2014
Tried tweeting earlier but this is @HamillHimself watching his Darth Bane sequence for the first time pic.twitter.com/TxMpJvR0jv
— Andrew R (@Empireoffett) June 8, 2014
Mark also said there weren't enough girls in Star Wars. I knew there was a reason I liked him. :D
— Nanci (@nancipants) June 7, 2014
My last pic of the amazing, gracious and giving @HamillHimself as he left a cheering crowd at #SWW2014 pic.twitter.com/4mFw8HGoKQ
— James Arnold Taylor (@JATactor) June 9, 2014
Episode VII and such
The latest casting announcement…
Oh man all I want in this world is Gwendoline and Lupita to just annihilate tons of people as epic lady-Jedi PLEASE JJ DO THEM JUSTICE
— Sam Maggs (@SamMaggs) June 2, 2014
Okay, JJ Abrams may continue, for now. But if any of those ladies end up in their underwear, we'll have Words.
— RedHeadedGirl (@redheadedgirl) June 2, 2014
Last one….maybe. #lupitanyongo #starwars #StarWarsEpisodeVII pic.twitter.com/339Luovdf5
— Kristy Puchko (@KristyPuchko) June 2, 2014
I don't think I've ever had this many simultaneous notifications for any other casting announcement. Just saying.
— Alexander Gaultier (@Loyal_Imperial) June 2, 2014
It's possible I need to seek help. I got legitimately teared up over the #episodeVII casting news today.
— Maria Selke (@mselke01) June 2, 2014
EVERYONE REMAIN CALM *runs around screaming about the Lupita and GC casting*
— Bria (@chaosbria) June 2, 2014
I just really want to watch deliciously tall Brienne wipe the floor with deliciously tall Adam Driver. I will pay all the star bucks.
— Joanna Robinson (@jowrotethis) June 2, 2014
I can't wait to see the crazy-gorgeous nonsense that @Lupita_Nyongo is going to wear to the #StarWars premier.
— Andi Gutierrez (@DeeGoots) June 3, 2014
The TMZ pics…
Looking at the #StarWarsVII images TMZ acquired. Is the only reason TMZ didn’t expose the NSA was there weren’t celebrities involved?
— Vincent Stoessel (@vinny2020) June 2, 2014
I continue to have concerns about this new Star Wars movie. pic.twitter.com/PbLiC0CS5o
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) June 4, 2014
You know, that JJ tweet would have been cooler if he'd just nonchalantly dropped the name of the movie in his note to the internet.
— Bobby (@BobbyRobertsPDX) June 4, 2014
What does it say about the spoiler content of those pics when even Mr. Mystery Box himself is saying "well, no shit the Falcon is in it."
— Eleven-ThirtyEight (@eleventhirtyate) June 4, 2014
Misc…
Every time the Falcon lands it's tagged by Banksy and Solo has Chewie sand blast it clean. #starwars #EpisodeVIIspoilers
— M.Jensen (@_icejedi) June 4, 2014
The Millennium Falcon will appear in Episode VII where we learn Han has joined the Kessel Run circuit and now endorses Space Beer. #StarWars
— Patrick Varas (@pvaras) June 4, 2014
Warming to the idea of Mark Hamill as a weathered, battered, somewhat crazy Jedi Master.
— Jason Fry (@jasoncfry) June 5, 2014
Wait, what if #LukesBeard is just a metaphor? It is Hollywood, after all.
— ta-dala (@ta_dala) June 6, 2014
Spin-offs…
Josh Trank is the only Star Wars director who sounds like he could be a Star Wars character. Therefore I fully endorse this news.
— Chris Hewitt (@ChrisHewitt) June 4, 2014
Lucasfilm's strategy: Let's take every young director who has made a successful blockbuster and see what they have in mind for Star Wars.
— Lucas Shaw (@Lucas_Shaw) June 4, 2014
The Trank release said again that standalones go beyond the core characters of I – IX. I'd say Han is core, so where's that put Solo rumor?
— Brian (@wakingthedead17) June 4, 2014
The Expanded Universe
For people wondering about the future of #StarWars Expanded Universe costumes in the 501st Legion, they are & will be, allowed & welcomed.
— 501st Legion (@501stLegion) June 2, 2014
.@sinKEVitch and I have decided to pitch a Jar-Jar Binks comic to Marvel when they get the license.
It doesn't end well for Jar-Jar…
— Tom Taylor (@TomTaylorMade) June 3, 2014
He's not canon, but the idea of putting Dash Rendar into a cannon intrigues me and I'd like to subscribe to your newsletter. #sweu
— Bryan Young (@swankmotron) June 3, 2014
I had someone genuinely ask me if Disney was really killing off the European Union (EU). #oneofthosenights
— Johnamarie Macias (@BlueJaigEyes) June 7, 2014
Star Wars life
HOW can you say I don't take men's feelings into consideration when I make such a special effort to spell "Wookiee" correctly online
— Patricia Lockwood (@TriciaLockwood) June 3, 2014
"Go past the third Johnny Depp and make a right at the Stormtrooper." #hollywoodandhighland
— Dr. Andrea Letamendi (@ArkhamAsylumDoc) June 3, 2014
I found a #StarWars pen in my desk at work today and I keep talking about it…is it sad that was the highlight of my day? No. No it's not.
— Sera Chabinec (@SeraChabinec) June 4, 2014
Whenever I see people "smoking" an e-cigarette, I always think they're playing a tiny space-saxophone from the #StarWars cantina band.
— Dan Whitehead (@WordPlay4Games) June 3, 2014
Snark
We've located the source of the leaked #EpisodeVII photos…! Photo of DZ-408 by Steve Blythe. @starwars pic.twitter.com/87edOlK7en
— 501st Legion (@501stLegion) June 4, 2014
New #StarWars starts with Obi Wan showing up at Han and Leia's house and saying "It's your kids! Something's gotta be done about your kids!"
— Jack Oberyn Martell (@jackoapostrophe) June 4, 2014
The third STAR WARS standalone is totally going to be based on erotic fan fiction isn't it? That's the direction we're heading in.
— Bitter Script Reader (@BittrScrptReadr) June 4, 2014
Excuse me but if you're going to call a show WICKET it should include at least one Ewok
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) June 9, 2014
Where and when is JadeCon this year?
Now. Origins Game Fair. Columbus, Ohio.