Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
→ The Dubrovnik shoot is done, but the Daily Mail still has pictures, while the Digital Nomads have more video.
→ John Boyega, who turns 24 today, stopped by the Empire magazine offices for his birthday, because John Boyega is a delightful human being.
Over the past arbitrary time period, Episode VIII started filming, Pablo started a Tumblr phenomenon by giving General Hux a pet, and The Force Awakens continued to rake in the bucks. But let’s get to it.
Spoilers ahead, as we all saw The Force Awakens a bunch more times, read all the tie-ins, and… Something about a holiday? Two of them, maybe? I don’t know. I’m very tired.
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The Force Awakens stars John Boyega and Daisy Ridley both posted Instagram photos of themselves with composer John Williams, and Boyega tweeted, too.
This past week, a few seconds of footage drove us nuts, we wondered just how much of a fanboy Kylo Ren is, how to pronounce AT-AT canonically, and some goofiness in first class.
Also, that’s not a planet, Grandpa Space Gun, ranting about Simon Pegg the right way, Hannibal jokes, the Han solo movie, the most inevitable parade and Gary Fisher (twice.)
These past few weeks, we’ve has SDCC (in real time) several reveals, and our first Episode VIII casting rumor. Plus, Slave Leia! Again! We really need a movie soon, guys.
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Yup, a little more board-clearing ahead of the big con. Hey, how about that Han Solo thing? Didja get all the fancasting out of your system? Please be sure you have all that fancasting out of your system, make sure your snark detector is in the upright and locked position, and… Go.
→ Star Wars Weekends are revving up at Disney World in Orlando, and there’s an Episode VII tee on sale there that actually features the new stormtrooper. It comes in men’s, women’s and kid’s sizes.
→ Rumor corner: What is the green planet? (I have some doubts, due mainly to a certain actor’s flippancy with something else that recently came up, but spoilers. Sigh.) On that note, it appears that TFA’s water scenes may have been filmed in England’s Lake District National Park.
→ Lucasfilm movies will be featured at D23 Expo this year. This obviously isn’t a surprise, and clearly The Force Awakens will be the priority, but it may be the first chance for something to go wide on Rogue One – though D23 is only two weeks after Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation drops on July 31, which could still be cutting it a bit close.
The Force Awakens star John Boyega returned to Twitter and Instagram on Thursday, where he revealed – after the fact – that he’d spent some time roving the convention while wearing a clone trooper helmet.
Who’s the lucky fan who got to duel with him, I wonder?
UPDATE: He wasn’t the only one…