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

[rickah88]

Oh wow, good spot!

This is me right now:

[brps3]

If you read the books some systems do remain loyal to the Empire. But its very disorganized with Imperial leaders often fighting each other.

Is Carrie going to be in it? I heard shes having some health problems that could put a wrinkle in that.

[TheAtomizer]

Originally Posted by brps3

If you read the books some systems do remain loyal to the Empire. But its very disorganized with Imperial leaders often fighting each other.

Is Carrie going to be in it? I heard shes having some health problems that could put a wrinkle in that.

Is that the weight issue that's going around about her? I've heard something but I wasn't sure what it was, never read into it really

[husker5]

Originally Posted by Silo5

Thanks for the info.

**It's getting ridiculous around here that someone can put information/speculation involving the actual movie and all anyone else around here is continue bickering about "George Lucas ruined my childhood" or how he ruined the OT/PT.

How many times do we have to go through this with these threads?!!? Get over it! The movies are what they are and nothing is going to change that. Are your lives so deprived that it has to revolve around this tired topic?

Either post something related to Episode VII or create your own bashing thread elsewhere. Those of us that come here looking for information related to Episode VII are getting tired of this nonsense.**

THANK YOU! Well said!!

[BozQ]

Thank you! It's also a reason why I hate coming to this thread. But I'm quite content in just waiting for the movie to be released.

In JJ Abrams I trust!

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

Especially when they say in Star Wars how the regional heads will maintain control - each area has their own mini emperor while Vader and the Emperor deal with the bigger picture. I always thought that the ending was more that the evil force controlling everything was gone so now others will start to openly fight and overthrow the people controlling their area - it is the start of the overthrow, not the end. That's going to be the biggest issue here - how much of it makes sense and how much of it is carry over from Jedi. When you were ending it on Jedi, you could say that they overthrew the empire and that was that because that was where you were ending the story. Now that isn't the end so you need to make some sense of it. My worry is that if they got rid of the original writer because he was going too far away from what they wanted and JJ is intent on bringing back as many of the original stars and ideas as he seems to be, are we going to end up with a case where we are looking at the movie and going "but that makes no sense".

You bring up some good points, let's hope they make this feel like a logical continuation of where the original trilogy left off.

As for the bolded part, you're right, a potential "danger" of Abrams being as huge a fan as he is could be that he lets his love for the OT cloud his judgement. To be fair though, that already happened with the PT. Too much fanservice where Lucas insisted on revisiting every possible character and location from the OT, which makes the galaxy feel very small when they've all met each other and been to the same places, and also leaves some things not making a whole lot of sense.

Originally Posted by aiman04

It's the foot of an AT-AT! Check also the lines on its sides.

Very interesting. AT-AT's are cool, and it'd be fun to see them again, but I do wonder if it makes sense in-universe? I mean, looking at the PT the Republic's machines of war kept changing, until in ROTS they started resembling what would, 20 years later, become what the Empire uses throughout the OT. 30+ years after ROTJ, would the same stuff still be in use?

I guess one could argue that, if we're dealing with remnants of the Empire, they wouldn't really be able to design and build too much new stuff and it'd make sense to make do with what they had.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by aiman04

It's the foot of an AT-AT! Check also the lines on its sides.



http://www.unleashthefanboy.com/news...m/98140#!EseK8

Nice!

Considering that this film will be set 30 years after ROTJ, I'm guessing that there will be Imperial remnants spread throughout the galaxy which would explain the AT-AT.

[Kryptonic]

It'll be nice to see the good old AT-AT on the big screen again.

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

It'll be nice to see the good old AT-AT on the big screen again.

Hope we get some chicken walkers too.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Hope we get some chicken walkers too.

Haha! AT-ST I believe they were called, although I like 'chicken walker'.

[klauswhereareyou]

Time to dig the old Micro Machines out of storage!

[srinivas1015]

AT-AT in a desert??
My childhood's coming back...

[klauswhereareyou]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

AT-AT in a desert??
My childhood's coming back...

Rookie 1....are you ready.

[The Fallen Deity]

Originally Posted by srinivas1015

AT-AT in a desert??
My childhood's coming back...

I loved playing that game when I was a kid.

[aiman04]

Disney’s Alan Horn on Mastering the ‘Star Wars’-ian Look’

Some scenes for “Star Wars Episode VII” have already been shot in the Middle East, Disney chairman Alan Horn confirmed, while principal photography is slated to begin in May at U.K.’s Pinewood Studios.

“We did some second-unit work in Abu Dhabi,” Horn said, speaking at the Bloomberg and Tribeca Film Festival Business of Entertainment Breakfast Tuesday in New York. “We have to give that the ‘Star Wars’-ian look, if I can use that as an adjective — we need to go to these places.”

Horn said casting is “almost complete,” as he indicated two weeks ago, but that Disney is not prepared to make any announcements yet.

“I’ve learned to be very careful about ‘Star Wars,’” Horn said. “If I say, ‘There will be no skateboards in ‘Star Wars’… that gets headlines.”

Variety has reported that “Girls” actor Adam Driver was in talks to play the villain, while actors being considered for the lead role include Ed Speleers, John Boyega, Jesse Plemons, Matthew James Thomas and Ray Fisher.

Horn said Disney has not determined the final budget for “Star Wars Episode VII.” It will be in the range of “large, tentpole kinds of movies” in the neighborhood of $175 million to $200 million.

“We need to give the audience … essentially a full meal in return for their affection for and devotion to this property,” he said.

Horn is no stranger to big budgets: Before joining Disney in 2012, he was president and COO of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which under his tenure released the eight-film “Harry Potter” series, “The Dark Knight” and other pics.

Horn said later this week he will fly to London to discuss production design and screenplay with director J.J. Abrams.

“Star Wars Episode VII” is scheduled to premiere Dec. 18, 2015. Disney plans to release the next two “Star Wars” films in 2017 and 2019, but Horn said it has not been determined if those will also have December preem dates. Studio also plans to release two “Star Wars” spinoff movies, in 2016 and 2018.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/st...bi-1201160927/

[Delta09]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Disney’s Alan Horn on Mastering the ‘Star Wars’-ian Look’

Some scenes for “Star Wars Episode VII” have already been shot in the Middle East, Disney chairman Alan Horn confirmed, while principal photography is slated to begin in May at U.K.’s Pinewood Studios.

“We did some second-unit work in Abu Dhabi,” Horn said, speaking at the Bloomberg and Tribeca Film Festival Business of Entertainment Breakfast Tuesday in New York. “We have to give that the ‘Star Wars’-ian look, if I can use that as an adjective — we need to go to these places.”

Horn said casting is “almost complete,” as he indicated two weeks ago, but that Disney is not prepared to make any announcements yet.

“I’ve learned to be very careful about ‘Star Wars,’” Horn said. “If I say, ‘There will be no skateboards in ‘Star Wars’… that gets headlines.”

Variety has reported that “Girls” actor Adam Driver was in talks to play the villain, while actors being considered for the lead role include Ed Speleers, John Boyega, Jesse Plemons, Matthew James Thomas and Ray Fisher.

Horn said Disney has not determined the final budget for “Star Wars Episode VII.” It will be in the range of “large, tentpole kinds of movies” in the neighborhood of $175 million to $200 million.

“We need to give the audience … essentially a full meal in return for their affection for and devotion to this property,” he said.

Horn is no stranger to big budgets: Before joining Disney in 2012, he was president and COO of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which under his tenure released the eight-film “Harry Potter” series, “The Dark Knight” and other pics.

Horn said later this week he will fly to London to discuss production design and screenplay with director J.J. Abrams.

“Star Wars Episode VII” is scheduled to premiere Dec. 18, 2015. Disney plans to release the next two “Star Wars” films in 2017 and 2019, but Horn said it has not been determined if those will also have December preem dates. Studio also plans to release two “Star Wars” spinoff movies, in 2016 and 2018.

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/st...bi-1201160927/

Awesome!

[aiman04]

Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan Star Wars 7 casting announcements will come soon, but I'm told that Disney will hold the title reveal until Comic Con. Worked for Marvel...

https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/sta...76211646664704

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan Star Wars 7 casting announcements will come soon, but I'm told that Disney will hold the title reveal until Comic Con. Worked for Marvel...



https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/sta...76211646664704

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by aiman04

Kyle Buchanan @kylebuchanan Star Wars 7 casting announcements will come soon, but I'm told that Disney will hold the title reveal until Comic Con. Worked for Marvel...

https://twitter.com/kylebuchanan/sta...76211646664704

And so it begins...

[octagon]

Originally Posted by rickah88

And so it begins...

He said on the 277th page of a year and a half old thread