From January you will start to see the advertising partnership as well as the detailed “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” packages exclusive to Telkom.
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Back when George Lucas was still in charge of Lucasfilm, plans were being developed for a Star Wars TV show that would bridge the gap between the prequels and the original trilogy.
He said that one of biggest attractions to returning to franchise was reconnecting with his co-stars Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.
“It became very clear that if we were adhere to the Expanded Universe, it would have been a very tricky thing to navigate”.
In the almost four decades Anthony Daniels has been playing droid C-3PO in the “Star Wars” films, he’s never been able to do one simple task while in costume – until now.
Adam spoke to Screen Rant about playing the baddie and admitted: “I feel like I spent most of the movie trying to put out of my head the idea that I was in Star Wars.!”
But not so for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Abrams, who has already made sci-fi films such as “Star Trek” and “Star Trek Into Darkness”, also cited American cult director Terrence Malick, known for “The Tree of Life” and “The Thin Red Line”, as an important influence. However, throwing out all that fantastic story, regardless of whether or not Disney considers it canon or not, would be an atrocious mistake.
“President? Oh, I thought it was resident”, he said, pretending to be confused.
The films couldn’t be more different.
Abrams goes on to describe what makes DuVernay so ideal for the role and what he likes about her work.
“It’s not really based on action-adventure films from the ’30s-it’s actually more based on film noir movies from the ’40s”.
It would appear this new voiceover belongs to Andy Serkis’s Supreme Leader Snoak, who continues to be heard and not seen.
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Abrams also said that Leia was still “Force” strong in “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” and it was something that an was aan intrinsic piece of her character.
