The Force Awakens hitting theaters worldwide in less than two week, the hype machine is in full swing, and this weekend has brought us new clips, promos and featurettes. The movie opens in US theaters on December 18, 2015. When I was watching the reels in 3-D, there were a number of shots – and I know this sounds insane – that I hadn’t understood in the three-dimensional space quite the way I did when I saw them in 3-D. He was so great at the beginning because I was so nervous. He wasn’t surprised by Disney’s Death Star-sized plan to revive the franchise after acquiring Lucasfilm in 2012 for more than $4 billion.
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“I gotta go to the wedding”, he said.
I was further underwhelmed by the news that followed, that “Little Miss Sunshine” writer Michael Arndt was working on the screenplay.
But to make a long story short, the galactic pieces started falling into place.
Indeed Abrams took point by answering questions about his relationship with Disney as a director.
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Even with the dream team set, there was a bump. “All the scenes are actually in the movie”, Abrams said.
I’m not usually one to stand tall with George Lucas, who has – let’s face it – been on pretty much the wrong side of every Star Wars argument since 1983 (Ewok haters might say even earlier).
She added to the Daily Mirror newspaper: “I did drugs because they alter you in a way you can’t alter yourself if you’re not comfortable in your own skin”. I had never felt that before. “I didn’t have much to think about”.
According to Boyega, audiences will be glad they did not know more in advance. Mark Hamill’s a geek!
ABRAMS: You can not compare a traditionally projected image with a laser image.
So, there you have it. Lucas thinks the fans will like The Force Awakens, though it seems clear that Abrams’ spin on the franchise is not what Lucas envisioned when he dreamed his geeky dreams of Episode VII.
This was really important, that the movie, in a way, go backwards to go forwards. Kathleen Kennedy is quick to reveal that there are no Ewoks in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and we only have Harrison Ford to thank for that, as it appears it was one of his few stipulations for returning.
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“You are 100 percent right”, he says. It was the one that I put on a golf course that disappointed me. “That is going to be the tell tale”. I was just behind the camera, like ‘Daisy, good job!
