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With The Last Jedi fizzled out in China, they’re dropping the Star Wars from Solo for the local title. It’ll be Ranger Solo there, accord to Chinese film market tracker Gavin Feng, who has it from Mtime.
We’ve already seen a few title changes for the overseas releases, but this is the most dramatic yet. Will it succeed where the past three haven’t? Maybe?
In this week’s returning Star Wars Show, Rian Johnson and Jason Fry tease additional scenes that made The Last Jedi novelization – including a glimpse at the footage of one that was cut from the film. The book will be out on in hardcover and eBook on March 6.
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Despite some faint hopes, there were no real Star Wars surprises in the Oscar nominations. The Last Jedi is up for four: Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Visual Effects and an Original Score nod for John Williams, his 51st.
Director Rian Johnson shared a video of Williams conducting the movie’s opening fanfare:
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This week brings two comics and a magazine. In stores Wednesday, January 24 will be Poe Dameron #23 and Forces of Destiny: Ahsoka and Padme. And also begin to keep an eye out for Star Wars Insider #178, a The Last Jedi souvenir issue.
On Twitter this morning, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson revealed that Luke Skywalker’s Force illusion on Crait has some precedent in Legends – a mention in 2010’s The Jedi Path.
UPDATE: Since Johnson has deleted his old tweets en masse in the time since the post was originally written, here are the screenshots:
Star Wars Rebels will return on Monday, February 19 at 9:00 p.m. on Disney XD. The second part of the show’s fourth and final season will air in hour blocks, cumulating in a 90-minute conclusion on Monday, March 5 at 8:30 p.m.
In addition to a 40-page booklet, Target’s exclusive The Last Jedi Blu-ray will also come with a “Meet the Porgs” featurette.
Sadly, it doesn’t sound like the faux-nature documentary I’m hoping for, but hey: It’s early yet.
Some sad, scared little men edited almost all the women out of The Last Jedi. Their version is 46 minutes long, less than half the actual running length, cutting out most of Holdo, nearly all of Rose’s lines, and of course Luke milking the thala-siren. (No boobs allowed!) But the best part? The reaction of the actual men involved in the movie.
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In their 2018 media kit, Disney released a synopsis (but no photo) for Solo: A Star Wars Story:
Board the Millennium Falcon and journey to a galaxy far, far away in Solo: A Star Wars Story, an all-new adventure with the most beloved scoundrel in the galaxy. Through a series of daring escapades deep within a dark and dangerous criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his mighty future copilot Chewbacca and encounters the notorious gambler Lando Calrissian, in a journey that will set the course of one of the Star Wars saga’s most unlikely heroes.
Solo: A Star Wars Story releases in U.S. theaters on May 25, 2018.
yup, still coming out in May. We expect a trailer soon. (via)
The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson appeared on the Empire Podcast Spoiler Special to talk about the movie. It’s two hours long, so for those of us who prefer to read or are all podcasted-out for the day, Empire has helpfully written up some of the highlights. They include more about Luke and Kylo, broom boy, new Force powers, and the Rey/Kylo connection, but I’m sure there’s plenty more on the podcast.