Two days to go: The Force Awakens and Twitter reacts

Are you ready to see what people thought of The Force Awakens? Quite simply: This is the STAR WARS movie you're looking for. #TheForceAwakens — Glenn Whipp (@GlennWhipp) December 15, 2015 Not going to say much till I see it again but rest assured THE FORCE AWAKENS is the best STAR WARS since 1983…maybe 1980.…

Three days to go: See J.J. Abrams on 60 Minutes

More new music by John Williams plus a glimpse of a scene between Rey and BB-8 can be found here: Tomorrow at 12:30 PM Sydney time, watch the red carpet premiere of The Force Awakens at StarWars.com! And then, Wednesday evening, we’ll give a spoiler-free rundown of what critics have to say about the next…

Four days to go: the writing process for The Force Awakens

In a Rolling Stone compilation piece, we learn the following from Kathleen Kennedy: We had discussions based off of George’s treatments, and then when J.J. and Larry came into the process, there were new ideas being discussed, which is normally what would happen in a development process. We didn’t have a script, we didn’t have…

Five days to go: IMAX, Driver and premiere preparation

With under five days to go until The Force Awakens opens in Australia, here’s what’s happening… First up, here’s an IMAX featurette: Secondly, while organising theatre for the military, Adam Driver was asked by a soldier if The Force Awakens is better than the prequels. His answer? “Fuck yeah!” (And though not related to Star…

Six days to go: Williams, Abrams and a Chinese trailer

Are you ready for even more great moments from The Force Awakens? Well, here’s the Chinese trailer: Meanwhile, J.J. Abrams has revealed that both Rey and Finn (or, at least, the concepts behind their characters) were two things that survived from the Michael Arndt draft. You can read more at io9. From Variety we learn that…

Nine days to go: Video, video and more video

Here’s a whole heap of Force Awakens tidbits to get you excited in this final stretch before the movie hits… First, here’s the TV spot featuring Nien Nunb in HD: And here’s a behind-the-scenes reel from Comic Con Brazil: You want more? OK, here’s a brief featurette on Rey: And here’s 22 minutes from the Force…

Almost there…

I tried to kick the blogging habit. I couldn’t. It is… too late for me. I accept my fate. And so here I present part one of The Countdown to The Force Awakens… Depending on where you live, we’re about ten days out from the release of The Force Awakens. I’ll be seeing it in…