Jason at Making Star Wars has posted a very credible overview of Luke Skywalker’s arc in Episode VII, and all I can say is, “Wow!” Without giving anything but the premise away, it seems Luke has been absent for many years, and he is now a changed man. This is absolutely the Luke we know…
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…
Here it is: the complete Conversation with Mark Hamill from Star Wars Weekends, hosted by none other than the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi himself, James Arnold Taylor… And what’s the biggest news to come out of Episode VII? Only that yes, Luke Skywalker will have a beard…
Del Rey’s Star Wars Facebook page has posted a new excerpt from Kevin Hearne’s Heir to the Jedi, the upcoming novel set between Star Wars: A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back and told in the first person from the perspective of Luke Skywalker: There’s no one around to answer all my questions now that…
Over at Star Wars Union there’s a report from a German Hasbro presentation for retailers outlining Lucasfilm’s plans for Star Wars into 2020: Fall 2014: Rebels 2015: Episode VII 2016: Boba Fett 2017: Episode VIII 2018: Solo 2019: Episode IX 2020: Red Five Very interesting indeed. The Boba Fett and Solo spinoffs are not particularly surprising,…
First up, Star Wars Books & Comics points us to a new synopsis for Kevin Hearne’s forthcoming Star Wars novel Heir to the Jedi: The Galactic Civil War rages on after the destruction of the Death Star and Luke Skywalker struggles to learn more about the Force without the aid of Obi-Wan Kenobi—or indeed without…
Some fans are a little bit disappointed in the fact that no news was forthcoming regarding Episode VII on the one year anniversary of the Disney announcement. Bummer. But fear not! Star Wars mega-fan Charlie Owen has purchased an EditDroid Laserdisc full of raw footage of Luke and Yoda on Dagobah from Return of the…
The question that everyone’s still asking is why was Michael Arndt replaced as scriptwriter on Episode VII? The answer seems to be simpler than “His screenplay was a mess”—indeed, by all accounts it was a great Star Wars screenplay that delivered what most people would want. In short, the issue was that Arndt’s screenplay emphasised…
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