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

[Ernest Rister]

Noticed something that might debunk the whole

[Show spoiler]"lightsaber floating in space

business. If you watch the behind the scenes ComicCon video and pay attention to the clapboards at the beginning...the shots of the First Order Stormtrooper are clearly marked as Scene 3. Obviously there is a difference between shots and scenes, but it's a good bet we're going straight to action. As in, boom, right from the outset,

[Show spoiler] we're getting the First Order Troopers. Opening crawl. Drop ship descending to the planet. Interior of Drop Ship.

That

[Show spoiler] floating lightsaber business

always sounded like a bunch of baloney.

[Richard Graham]

Never noticed until now, but C-3PO has the red arm.

[Deathbymonkeys]

Originally Posted by Richard Graham

Never noticed until now, but C-3PO has the red arm.

Or that they are on Yavin is more important to me.

[Ultra_Violence]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Is that Maurice LaMarche with him? Looks like John Barnes in the middle. (Only UK soccer football fans will get that one.)

I thought this too

[Riddler The Slag]

JJ Abrams broke his back on the set of TFA trying to lift the door off of Harrison Fords broken leg.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/31...-harrison-ford

[L-Rouge]

Originally Posted by Riddler The Slag

JJ Abrams broke his back on the set of TFA trying to lift the door off of Harrison Fords broken leg.

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/07/31...-harrison-ford

that is a nasty door!.

[aiman04]

A leaked photo has confirmed that Rey will

[Show spoiler]turn to the dark side following her grandfather's footsteps.

Huge spoiler, click at your own risk.

[Show spoiler]

You've been warned!

[Nada]

Not sure if this was posted yet, but it's very informative and interesting. I really wish Brad Bird had agreed to direct this film.

Star Wars - The Force of Abrams - YouTube

[punisher]

Jar Jar Abrams..LOL

[Fred Bang]

Originally Posted by Nada

Not sure if this was posted yet, but it's very informative and interesting. I really wish Brad Bird had agreed to direct this film.

Star Wars - The Force of Abrams - YouTube

Excellent vidéo. not sure how i feel about this. it will superbly directed for sure but I'm afraid only for the action scenes. in fact it's about my only fear.

[Nada]

Originally Posted by Fred Bang

Excellent vidéo. not sure how i feel about this. it will superbly directed for sure but I'm afraid only for the action scenes. in fact it's about my only fear.

Actually, I think the action scenes are his weakness. They're often just far too busy. The comparison to Fury Road is excellent. That's a film that's both chaotic and easy to understand, mostly because Miller spent time storyboarding and framing, whereas Abrams puts no preparation into his shots. Some directors can do that. Spielberg is notorious for letting the shots come to him when he walks on set and that's probably where Abrams got that technique from. The big difference though is that Abrams is definitely not Spielberg and he doesn't have the craft down a tenth as well as Spielberg does.

The shots on the deck of the Enterprise are great examples of how Abrams should shoot much of the film. The shots are patient and flowing and the blocking superb. If only he applied that same kind of thought to his action scenes...

[Fred Bang]

Originally Posted by Nada

Actually, I think the action scenes are his weakness. They're often just far too busy. The comparison to Fury Road is excellent. That's a film that's both chaotic and easy to understand, mostly because Miller spent time storyboarding and framing, whereas Abrams puts no preparation into his shots. Some directors can do that. Spielberg is notorious for letting the shots come to him when he walks on set and that's probably where Abrams got that technique from. The big difference though is that Abrams is definitely not Spielberg and he doesn't have the craft down a tenth as well as Spielberg does.

The shots on the deck of the Enterprise are great examples of how Abrams should shoot much of the film. The shots are patient and flowing and the blocking superb. If only he applied that same kind of thought to his action scenes...

maybe he'll restrain himself to respect the previous trilogy. who knows.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by aiman04

A leaked photo has confirmed that Rey will

[Show spoiler]turn to the dark side following her grandfather's footsteps.

Huge spoiler, click at your own risk.

[Show spoiler]

You've been warned!

Oh you.

[GLaDOS]

Originally Posted by Nada

Not sure if this was posted yet, but it's very informative and interesting. I really wish Brad Bird had agreed to direct this film.

Star Wars - The Force of Abrams - YouTube

See, this is why I'm skeptical about JJ Abrams directing this one. I'd rather have Brad Bird or Andrew Stanton take control of Episode VII instead.

[Fred Bang]

Originally Posted by GLaDOS

See, this is why I'm skeptical about JJ Abrams directing this one. I'd rather have Brad Bird or Andrew Stanton take control of Episode VII instead.

then again would Brad Bird share the same love and respect for the source material? Maybe not.

[peckinpah]

Originally Posted by Fred Bang

then again would Brad Bird share the same love and respect for the source material? Maybe not.

Better yet, would Bird have been smart enough to toss the Lucas outline/Arndt script? Less Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie AND a couple of 14-year-old lead characters? No thanks.

[Nada]

Lucas outline for the trilogy is still in play contrary to what you may have heard.

[JamesBenjamin]

Originally Posted by Nada

Lucas outline for the trilogy is still in play contrary to what you may have heard.

Lucas himself said they went in a different direction than his outline.

[Nada]

Originally Posted by JamesBenjamin

Lucas himself said they went in a different direction than his outline.

Bryan Young, who is close with Simon Kinberg, the producer of Rebels and one of the Anthology films, confirmed to him that Lucas outline is still in play.

Lucas said that because he thought it would be better for the film - to appeal to the minority of jaded cynics incapable of seeing the value in Lucas' Episodes 1-3.

http://www.bigshinyrobot.com/58402/d...ar-wars-ideas/

[MechaGodzilla]

As far as I understood it the only major change they made was giving the old gang bigger parts, but otherwise it still follows Lucas' outline.