Video selfie from Abrams and Kasdan

It’s a simple gesture, but this video is pretty exciting nonetheless: Seeing Lawrence Kasdan with J.J. Abrams makes it all seem so… real. As if the table read wasn’t cool enough. Yes, it’s actually happening: the ever-likeable Abrams is working with the man who gave us Empire, Jedi and Raiders to bring us the sequel to…

Greg Weisman on Star Wars: Rebels (updated)

The Star Wars Youtube channel has just uploaded a new featurette focusing on Greg Weisman, one of the executive producers on Rebels: “Tonally, we’re really leaning towards A New Hope,” Weisman notes in the clip. “We’ve got a Rebellion that is not yet organised, is not yet the Rebel Alliance,” he adds. “One of the…

Rumour: Chiwetel Ejiofor cast in Episode VII?

Besides J.J. Abrams acknowledging the 4 Rules video, the other take away from the Telegraph article is the following tidbit: There has also been speculation that British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor may be taking a role after being seen waiting in the lobby of Abram’s office. That’s pretty shaky evidence for anything. However, Jedi News adds…

J.J. Abrams responds to ‘Dear J.J.’ video

About a month ago, a little video called 4 Rules to Make Star Wars Great Again did the rounds. The four rules were as follows: The setting is the frontier The future is old The Force is mysterious Star Wars isn’t cute We’ll get to those four rules in a second, but here’s Abrams’ response,…

Star Wars gag reel hits the ‘net

Here it is: the gag reel from the original Star Wars, straight from J.W. Rinzler’s fantastic Making of Star Wars enhanced ebook… (The stormtrooper entrance is the best thing you’ll see all week.) The ebook is chock full of great multimedia odds and ends like this. I’ll be reviewing the complete content down the line—stay…