Jedi-Bibliotech have found listings for The Force Awakens juvenile novel that seem geared to prepare kids for the new film by laying out the backstory seen in the original trilogy: Journey to Episode VII: Princess Leia Middle Grade Novel (September 2015, Hardcover, Disney-Lucasfilm Press, $12,99 USD, 9781484724972) Journey to Episode VII: Han Solo Middle Grade Novel (September…
Jason at Making Star Wars has just posted some really great details regarding John Boyega’s character in Episode VII. As he says, this is all informed speculation, but it does fit with what we know. Firstly, Boyega and Daisy Ridley are playing “Thomas” and “Rachel” respectively, the two characters involved in the open auditions back…
This morning all sorts of plot details regarding Episode VII are floating around. Remember, however, that nothing I post here will go beyond the (supposed) premise of the film… Firstly, Jeremy (a.k.a. Mr. Beaks) over at Ain’t It Cool News claims that “Han Solo is pretty much the main character of EPISODE VII, leading a…
What happened after the Ewoks sang “Yub Nub” and Luke burnt the body of the Darth Vader? Well, the Emperor was dead, the second Death Star was destroyed and many of the most significant capital ships in the Empire (e.g. the Devastator and the Super Star Destroyer Executor) went along with it. But, notably, Coruscant…
Anyone in the Star Wars fansite game has heard repeatedly about stormtroopers making an appearance in Episode VII. There were, of course, reports of Chewbacca fighting “old skool” stormtroopers in a second unit Iceland shoot, but I’ve also heard of stormtroopers appearing in other settings, including the massive Imperial-style hangar set (and yes, it is…
Before we begin, let me say that I will never spoil plot points from the actual movie. I don’t believe in ruining the experience for first-time viewers by revealing story elements which are intended to be witnessed as a film unfolds. The story’s premise, on the other hand, seems like fair game, as do pictures…
Latino Review has a lengthy post which somehow manages to combine the verbosity of Harry Knowles with the sort of barely contained loathing for J.J. Abrams that you usually only see coming from Devin Faraci. At the bottom of the article, after no less that 1300 words reminiscing about The X-Files and labelling Abrams a “troll”,…
Before we begin, let me just say that the following reveals very little plot detail—certainly much less than what you’ll see in the Episode VII trailer. However, it gives (unverified) details on some of the environments we’ll see and one (maybe insignificant) plot point. A poster at the IMDb message boards, which is not often…
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