Star Wars Bits: Chewbacca Meets The Boss, George Lucas In Love, Casting Rumors, Legos
That’s not an official image, it’s an awesome fan made poster forStar Wars Episode VII. See the full thing below and read about the following in this edition of Star Wars Bits:
College Humordid a bunch of videos for Star Wars Day featuring famous musicians auditioning for the Cantina Band.
A rumored casting call has been making the rounds, originally posted onMovieCastingCall.org, for extras inStar Wars Episode VII. Some have questioned its validity but even if it’s fake, it’s pretty detailed and worth a read.
We’re all pretty sure we’re going to hear more actors cast inStar Wars Episode VIIin the coming weeks and two names that are still being rumored are two names we thought for sure had been ruled out.The Epoch Timesreports Zac Efron and Lupita Nyong’o are still up for potential roles, including Asajj Ventress for the latter.
This image from theStar Wars Instagramaccount, of Disney CEO Bob Iger and Chewbacca, is being touted as our first look at Chewbacca inEpisode VII. There’s no way to tell if that’s true or not but, if it is, he hasn’t aged much.
The wonderfulStar Warsthemed short film,George Lucas in Love, celebrates 15 years this year and is offering a special edition re-release oniTunes.
Empire has anextensive interviewwithStar Wars RebelsandThe Clone Warsexecutive producer Dave Filoni. In it, he talks about keeping the two separate and also his knowledge of what’s going on in theStar Warsmovies. He was asked about the overall Star Wars canon:
I am aware of things that are going on all over the Star Wars galaxy. The same story team that is working on collaborating with the creatives on the feature collaborates with me, so I have a direct link to everything going on, which is incredibly exciting and incredibly stressful because of all the secrets that we now carry inside our astromech units. You know, I think it’s important. I love working with creative teams that appreciate that and take the time to make it all happen, because you can imagine that it’s a tremendous effort to have all these stories going on the whole time.
MTV NewsandOld Red Jalopycreated thisStar Wars Episode VIIfan poster in the mold of Drew Struzan and Photoshop. Super cool either way.
We Love Fine revealed winners of theirStar Warst-shirt contest on the officialStar Wars website. You cansee them all here, but this was my favorite.
Spoke Artsold some cool limited editionStar Warsart by Ridge Rooms and Tim Doyle for May the 4th. They’re only on sale for a few more hours. Click here to see more.
Finally, this stop-motion animation of Lego minifigures building a Millennium Falcon is one of the coolest things ever. Thanks toJediNewsfor the heads up.
