Star Wars Bits: J.J Abrams' Reaction To Harrison Ford’s Injury; Plus ‘Star Wars 1’ Easter Eggs, Han Solo Video Game
From the set ofThe Force Awakens, to its concept art and everything in between, it’s a busy day in Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following:
Talking to theHuffington Post,Oscar Isaacdescribed whatJ.J. Abramsdid on the dayHarrison Fordwas injured on the set ofThe Force Awakens. It’s a nice story:
JJ was in such high spirits, he was literally making jokes on the loudspeakers. We had a big schedule that day, but JJ stopped us all and he said, ‘Can everybody just stop and look at the moon right now?’ He said, ‘Look how beautiful it is, and how lucky we all are to be here.’ “JJ knows what’s important, and he reminded us it was a beautiful experience. He made it very personal.
MTVcaught up withEwan McGregorat the Sundance Film Festival and had to talk to him aboutStar Wars. He said he’s still heard nothing about returning to the franchise, and has some choice thoughts about Kylo Ren’s lightsaber.
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We know of at least oneStar Warsvideo game that’s in development, but there are others too. For example, we know that Visceral Games is working on something, but there’s no news on exactly what it is. Now,Star Wars 7 Newsreports a rumor their game follows a youngHan Solo. There are more details and quotes at the link.
Rumors started a while ago thatBillie Lourd, the daughter ofCarrie Fisher, was inThe Force Awakens. Now, we have yet another confirmation as her grandmother, the legendaryDebbie Reynolds, revealed that her granddaughter was in the film to theHollywood Reporter.
Jedinewsfound this cool little Easter Egg in the pages of Marvel’sStar Wars #1, which is onto a third printing. It’s General Grievous' bike fromRevenge of the Sith. Read more at the link:
And if you want to read more facts you didn’t know aboutStar Wars #1,the official sitehas an interview with the creators.
Off the heels ofStar Wars #1,Darth Vader #1is coming soon and is now over 300,000 preorders.ComicBook.comreported that news and posted a few new variant covers, of which this is the coolest:
Talking toDigital Spy, actressJessica Chastain(above) talked about her love ofStar Warsand all but begged to be in a movie.
This is kind of interesting.Making Star Warsposted an article about all the codenames used on the set ofThe Force Awakensfor different things. We’d heard of few of them, but some are new, and all relate to Disney.
Making Star Warsalso posted the second half of the Q&A withDave Filoni, Killian PlunkettandHenry GilroyaboutStar Wars RebelsandStar Wars #1. Read more at the link, and watch the video below.
Our friends atMaking Star Warsare at it again, describing what they believe is concept art fromThe Force Awakens. The first is a potential location in the film, maybe even the one they shot on Skellg Michael. There’s no guarantee its in the movie but, if it is, there are minor spoilers there.
Second,they have descriptionsof two new characters we haven’t heard from yet. One is an alien, the other is a large human. Read details at the link.
And third, they have a super intriguing description of an action scene, or at least the results of something, with Rey, some familiar vehicles, new characters, just a bunch of stuff. Again – not sure it’s in the movie but if it is, spoilersat this link.
