Interestingly, three of the franchise’s past directors, including Phil Lord, Colin Trevorrow, and Christopher Miller, have admitted that they have yet to screen the movie. Lucas also went back and repeatedly tinkered with the Original Trilogy, saying the films weren’t what he wanted them to do.
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The Marathon Awakens, the event is being hosted at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas, and is described as “an endless, round-the-clock screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens until one final fan is left to claim their mantle of intergalactic super fan supremacy”.
It turned Ford, Fisher and Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) into stars overnight. During a question presented to Harrison Ford about his favorite scene in the film, he said it was a previously rumored scene.
He said: “Now I crash planes, I don’t fly them”.
“It s gratifying to be part of this”, he added. Hey, don’t judge. You know you’re thinking the same.
“And it s fun to play with these toys again”, he joked.
At Sunday’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens press conference, moderator Mindy Kaling was thinking the same thing. What has happened to Han Solo during that time?
Luke Skywalker is among the great unknowns of the new movie. Though the actor suggested that won’t be the focal point of the film, he did say that fans will get a sense of what’s been going on with the scruffy-looking nerf herder.
Take the new droid BB-8: there are five different models used in the film, including a classic Lucasfilm-style rod puppet. If it’s truly coming with The Force Awakens, expect it to be released online in about a week from now! This is only the tip of the iceberg, as I had the chance to talk with all the main players in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast this past weekend, and will be sharing our conversations with you in the days to come, leading up to December 18th.
Lin-Manuel Miranda praised Moreno as a pioneer: “She takes the stage, she commands attention, she speaks for us and she tells the truth”, he said.
Another movie mystery are Rey s roots.
Rey’s last name is unknown, leading fans to guess she may be Luke Skywalker’s daughter.
And according to another L.A. Times story, Kathleen Kennedy confirmed that the female villain in “Awakens”, Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie), will be in “Episode VIII”.
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Nyong o, meanwhile, will slip into the skin of pirate Maz Kanata, for which the actress used motion-capture technology.
