Andy Serkis’ character has been named and confirmed to be CG via performance capture, thanks to a new article on StarWars.com. Yes, Serkis is playing Supreme Leader Snoke! OK, divorced of context it sounds a bit hard to take seriously. The name “Snoke” doesn’t immediately strike fear into the average person. But there’s a simplicity to it…
Today Gary Whitta, the first writer on Rogue One, tweeted the following: Writing an episode of @StarWars Rebels while my daughter sits in my office in Rebels pajamas, watching Rebels. #StarWarsRebels — Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) May 26, 2015 It’s most likely a Rebels episode for season 3, which should start in late 2016. What else are we…
From Making Star Wars we have two minor (but exciting!) updates regarding the next two chapters in the Star Wars saga. Firstly, John Williams will begin scoring The Force Awakens next month: apparently the rough cut of the film is approaching the point where it’s starting to settle into an approximation of what we’ll eventually…
There’s been a Korean webcomic running (called Story Before the Force Awakens) which retells the story of the original trilogy. So far it seems to be up to the rescue of Princess Leia aboard the Death Star. What’s particularly nifty, however, is that the first two chapters portray Luke’s life in the decade or so leading…
Vanity Fair have yet another interview up, this time with Pablo Hidalgo. Here’s what he has to say on his role in the Lucasfilm story group: Now we’re at this new point in our history where we’re going to have a very production-focused future with [Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy leading the way. And if we’re going to…
Vanity Fair have updated again with a couple more interviews, this time with The Force Awakens costume designer Michael Kaplan and composer John Williams. Here’s Kaplan discussing how he immersed himself in the Star Wars aesthetic the new stormtroopers: …I went up to George Lucas’s archives—huge building—and just spent a day going through sketches and…
A couple of excellent articles have been posted in the last couple of days regarding the 40th anniversary of Industrial Light and Magic and Kathleen Kennedy’s approach to making the new Star Wars movies. Both are worth reading in full, but here I want to focus on the comments about the prequel trilogy. Kennedy brings…
Last night on Youtube, something mysterious appeared. It’s not spoilery, but it does have quite an impact. Enjoy! Update: Well, it’s gone. Here are a few screenshots:
Vanity Fair have posted an extended interview with Lawrence Kasdan, and if you want more reason to be positive about The Force Awakens, this interview gives it in spades. Kasdan talks about his relationship with George Lucas, how he seemed to be one of the few people to be able to “get into [George’s] head”…
Jason at Making Star Wars has posted some cool details based on concept art for Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One. In particular, it all revolves around this line from Darth Vader in Star Wars: A New Hope: “There’ll be no one to stop us this time.” Here’s the full exchange: Second Officer: Lord Vader, the battle station plans are…
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