Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[imsounoriginal]

Has there been any word on a deluxe or 2-disc version of the TFA album coming down the road, or is the version that releases next week all we're getting for the foreseeable future? I don't wanna buy the version that's about to come out if a better one is on the way.

[AvengingCursader]

almost here! Just one Question ?

Soon I'll get the answer I seek lol

[Himmel]

Did anyone notice at the end of the trailer... Finn has to back up in order to counter Kylo's swing i mean Drivers a beast.

[bruistopher]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Has there been any word on a deluxe or 2-disc version of the TFA album coming down the road, or is the version that releases next week all we're getting for the foreseeable future? I don't wanna buy the version that's about to come out if a better one is on the way.

Target apparently is dropping an exclusive album cover and special cards next Friday. Not sure about bonus tracks or not.

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

If you want an HD version of the "Chinese trailer,"

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) | Official Japanese Trailer #2 [HD] - YouTube

However, it does have subs on it

I can't wait!!!

[italy12]

Originally Posted by SethRex

Thank you so much! I finally got the poster I was looking for, thanks to you!

These are not the posters you're looking for. Move along, move along.

[Elandyll]

Originally Posted by AvengingCursader

almost here! Just one Question ?

Soon I'll get the answer I seek lol

Gotta love Mark Hamill hehe

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by ChristmasFnatic

So anyone here cosplaying or wearing Star Wars shirt when you watch the movie?

I might go dressed up in a Chewbacca onesie.

[Megalith]

Sorry, but these new trailers have confirmed that Kylo sounds autistic.

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by Megalith

Sorry, but these new trailers have confirmed that Kylo sounds autistic.

Well he has been described as mentally unstable....would be interesting to have a disabled villain. Don't think that has ever happened before.

[klauswhereareyou]

Are the Ewok films still canon???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvY969cKzyA

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by Leonidas_King

When I went to see Krampus over the weekend I saw this sign in Customer Service where no one is allowed to dress up or have any masks or what not on the day of the premiere (or through the entire theatrical run). I think this is a good measurement for the safety of everyone. With so many tragedies taking place in theaters lately they do need to do things like this. There is always that one nut out there.

There have only been three theater shootings. The first incident in 1989 during Harlem Nights shown in Detroit. The second being 2012 theater shooting of The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado and the third being the most recent shooting of this year in a showing of Trainwreck in Lafayette. Which is not as you call it, "so many tragedies" when it's only been a few.

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by jayman3

There have only been three theater shootings. The first incident in 1989 during Harlem Nights shown in Detroit. The second being 2012 theater shooting of The Dark Knight Rises in Colorado and the third being the most recent shooting of this year in a showing of Trainwreck in Lafayette. Which is not as you call it, "so many tragedies" when it's only been a few.

Lives were still lost, so yes, there were quite a few tragedies. And two of those three incidents were in the last three years, so there is a risk. Better to be safe than sorry.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Episode III filmed in Australia? It really surprised me when Kathleen Kennedy said "all six" had been shot in England.

Originally Posted by Dotpattern

Elstree Studios is in England.

Episode II and II were shot at Fox's Sydney studios if I remember. They left England after Episode I.

[chip75]

Loved the newest trailer from the Far East. Quick thought about Finn and the Stormtrooper ... I wonder if that weapon is designed for lightsabers or it's just one of it's attributes? It's a cool shot, but I can imagine First Order accountants questioning the inclusion of a lightsaber blocking weapon when there haven't been any Jedi sightings in years. It wouldn't be in cost-feasible!

[MechaGodzilla]

Variety: Film Score Icons Williams, Morricone and Horner Loom Large in Oscar Race

Williams, 83, touts a record 49 Oscar music nominations (and five wins, for such classics as “Jaws,” “Star Wars” and “E.T.”) and may well earn a 50th for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” his seventh score for the franchise.

“When we did the first film in London, we all thought, that’s a nice little film,” Williams says. “It captured the world’s imagination in a way that I certainly couldn’t have anticipated.”

For the new edition, Williams has written a handful of themes for characters including Rey (Daisy Ridley), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) and Poe (Oscar Isaac), along with “a major march piece” for the Resistance and a choral motif for Snoke (Andy Serkis) based on a Kipling poem translated into Sanskrit.

And while “there are a few short references” to themes from earlier films, nearly all of the two-hour-plus score is new, Williams says. The recording process was “very luxurious,” he adds, with 12 sessions scattered over a five-month period between June and November.

This is the first “Star Wars” score to be recorded in L.A. “Originally we were going to London, and do it all in the space of two weeks’ time, the way we’ve always done George’s (Lucas) films. That would not have worked in this case, because J.J. (Abrams)’s editing process is very different.”

The composer began work last December and basically continued all year, completing the recording in mid-November. His 90-piece orchestra recorded 175 minutes of music, he says, although nearly an hour of that was discarded, modified or rerecorded as Abrams re-edited the film. Snoke’s theme was recorded by a 24-voice men’s chorus.

Williams says the decision to do another “Star Wars” film was basically simple: Abrams asked him, and he said yes. Abrams — who only heard Williams demonstrate two early themes last December, leaving dramatic and musical decisions up to the composer — “was very enthusiastic about everything,” Williams says.

A "few short references" to past themes but mostly all original music? Intriguing. Now I'm even more curious about the First Order and whether they'll be accompanied by the Imperial March or a new theme of their own.

Also, a men's chorus for Snoke's theme? Shaping up to be Palpatine 2.0 indeed.

[Gamma_Winstead]

Originally Posted by chip75

Loved the newest trailer from the Far East. Quick thought about Finn and the Stormtrooper ... I wonder if that weapon is designed for lightsabers or it's just one of it's attributes? It's a cool shot, but I can imagine First Order accountants questioning the inclusion of a lightsaber blocking weapon when there haven't been any Jedi sightings in years. It wouldn't be in cost-feasible!

You're talking about the same group that has made three planet sized super weapons. I don't think they care about cost.

[BluePhirePB]

Soooo ... when is the publication ban for this film lifted?

[jayman3]

Originally Posted by BluePhirePB

Soooo ... when is the publication ban for this film lifted?

After it has been released in theaters. Reviews probably won't come out until over the opening weekend.

[chip75]

Originally Posted by Gamma_Winstead

You're talking about the same group that has made three planet sized super weapons. I don't think they care about cost.

I'm just curious where the idea came from, we seem to have gotten to a point where the Jedi have once again fallen into legend, so it's odd that they make a weapon to counter an attack. I'm wonder if it has any other uses, maybe it's used for crowd control or something similar?

If I remember weren't the original Stormtroopers going to have laser-swords? I'm not sure if Ralph McQuarrie's artwork had them or not ...

[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by chip75

I'm just curious where the idea came from, we seem to have gotten to a point where the Jedi have once again fallen into legend, so it's odd that they make a weapon to counter an attack. I'm wonder if it has any other uses, maybe it's used for crowd control or something similar?

If I remember weren't the original Stormtroopers going to have laser-swords? I'm not sure if Ralph McQuarrie's artwork had them or not ...

aren't they supposed to the same things Grievous' droid guards were using?