Not only did she bagged an Oscar for her very first feature film appearance in Steve McQueen’s “12 Years A Slave”, she has also been locked to one of the most popular franchises ever -“Star Wars“. We included some of Struzan’s Star Wars one-sheets in our post about his exclusive D23 Expo 2015 poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and we’ve even done a breakdown over-analyzing the components and composition of the new one-sheet.
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“I will say that because the world is a different place now than it was when [George Lucas’ first] movie came out, we can’t come out with the same thing and expect people to react as if they hadn’t seen it before”, Abrams told Vanity Fair in May.
Poster artist Drew Struzan is convinced die-hard fans will think Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens blows all other features in the series out of the water.
Official set photos have revealed Nyong’o covered in little dots, confirming that she’s playing an entirely CG character in The Force Awakens.
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Read the full interview with Struzan at Movies Weekly. I mean there’s the list of things that you know every Western must have. However, if Struzan’s this excited after only seeing half the film, that definitely kicks my excitement up a notch in turn.
We’re only a few months away from seeing the Millennium Falcon rise again in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, but for the most part, the actual plot of the movie remains a delightful mystery.
“To me [the poster] represents the film”. I got familiar with the characters, so I know what they’re portraying in their feelings. J before and so we started working on it and he showed me like half the movie and it was just…a wonderful film and I know it’s going to be grand. And the new poster for the film is saying a lot.
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The Force Awakens is the much anticipated continuation of the Star Wars saga that is scheduled for release later this year. So, of course, I’ve got to do it for George and I’ve got to do it for Star Wars.
