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.
Lucasfilm thanks fans for response to The Force Awakens trailer
In a new post on StarWars.com, Lucasfilm thanks fans for their response and enthusiam regarding the new trailer.
Thank you all for making the Star Wars universe what it is, and for keeping it alive and growing and meaningful. Star Wars is back and beginning an exciting new journey, and it’s because of you.
They also reveal that the trailer has been viewed online more than 112 million times in 24 hours.
And since it’s been such a busy week, here’s an overview of our own trailer coverage:
→ The trailer itself and some quick analysis. Dunc’s early reaction can be heard along with the rest of the Trailer Council and James live-watches.
→ Post-trailer tweets, because we know what you’re here for. Don’t miss John Boyega’s extended reaction video (and BB-8’s!)
→ Ticket sales go nuts and other post-trailer miscellany, though at least one record went unbroken.
→ More on the trailer’s music, and hear an isolated version of it without all those distracting visuals and dialouge.
→ A pair of interesting meta peices on the Jedi Order prompted by the trailer. We also reblogged several interesting Tiumblr posts: The stories, Kylo Ren’s stance and his place as a villian
On that note, we’ve featured quite a bit The Force Awakens stuff on Tumblr lately.
New Star Wars trailer doesn’t break own traffic record
The third trailer for The Force Awakens couldn’t beat the one-day viewing record set by the second trailer in April. (Yes, technically the new one is the trailer and the last one was a teaser, but: Deal with it.) Still, 37 million views is nothing to sniff at – and that’s only Youtube. An estimated 15.9 million tuned into to Monday Night Football during halftime for the trailer’s official debut.
Rebels Recon: ‘Relics of the Old Republic’
Andi takes a look at tonight’s Rebels episode, ‘Relics of the Old Republic’ with Dave Filoni, Dee Bradley Baker, Ashley Eckstein and Pablo Hidalgo
Also, which pronunciation of AT-AT is correct? (Spoiler: Either, c’mon.)
John Boyega’s The Force Awakens trailer reaction, extended edition
We saw part of this on Instagram earlier, but now John Boyega has posted his full reaction on Facebook.
Also finally weighing in? BB-8.
The case for (and against) a new Jedi Order
Two different opinion pieces (or, as we call them in girl fandom, meta) regarding the Jedi Order popped up on the internet today.
The first, by Nanci at Tosche Station, argues for a restored Jedi Order – but a very different one than we saw in the prequels or the Legends novels.
In the second, Chris Taylor at Mashable considers the ramifications of the balance of the Force, and what that means for Luke Skywalker and the Jedi.
The Force Awakens trailer music wasn’t arranged by John Williams after all (but it’s still pretty great)
While the music in the latest trailer for The Force Awakens obviously uses John Williams’ original work from the previous Star Wars installments, it’s not a newly composed track from the composer, as many of us originally assumed. /Film digs in a little and comes up with a few names.
Below, a version of the trailer music with the distracting volume fluctuations for dialouge normalized. (via)
Star Wars filming did no harm to Skellig Michael
Three days of filming for Episode VIII in September “no adverse impact” on Skellig Michael, say experts, despite “two small incidents.” The Irish Times has the details.
The Force Awakens: After the trailer roundup
If you want some analysis on the trailer as a marketing move, Devin Faraci at Birth Movies Death has it down: “What we’re seeing is a major blockbuster hitting the standard checkpoints of movie marketing with great reluctance.”
→ Meredith Woerner at the L.A. Times has pieced together stuff from the trailers with convention-season cast interviews and is, if nothing else, a good refresher for those who aren’t spending 99% of their time in “the bubble.”
→ In China, the trailer debuted on the Great Wall, because why not.
→ All The Force Awakens trailer numbers you may need.
→ AMC will be giving out a cool poster to folks who go see the film in IMAX 3D.
→ Relevant! There’s a new interview with Pablo Hidalgo (plus Dave Filoni, Shelly Shapiro, Chuck Wendig and Kieron Gillen) about Lucasfilm’s Story Group.
→ Spoilers! Someone let slip some interesting info on Pip Anderson’s character to the Making Star Wars folks last night.
→ There’s a music-only version of the trailer. On that note, Ali Arikan at Slate writes about the brand-new John Williams score.
The Force Awakens’ ticket sales are already pretty bonkers
The Force Awakens has prompted “unprecedented ticketing demand,” according to online ticket seller Fandango. Traffic on the website seven times their usual peak, and they’ve sold “eight times as many tickets as we did on the first day of sales for the previous record holder.” The chain AMC says they sold out 1,000 shows in under 12 hours, while MovieTickets.com says The Force Awakens tickets accounted for 95% of sales yesterday.
Servers crashed left and right last night, and the Alamo Drafthouse chain even had to issue an apology.
If you don’t have tickets yet, many theaters are adding new shows, but I’d still grab them as soon as you can.