Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fisher
#7076
Re: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015, D: Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fis
SW.com: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Products to Arrive on ‘Force Friday,’ September 4
StarWars.com is thrilled to announce that Star Wars: The Force Awakens products will land in our galaxy on September 4, 2015, at 12:01 a.m. — “Force Friday” — with stores around the world opening their doors at midnight for a special celebration of all things Star Wars. It will be a day long remembered.
And a packaging shot:
![](http://i.imgur.com/k0mRWbql.jpg)
#7077
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Anyone know how far in advance Phantom Menace toys came out before the movie? This seems like a much wider gap from toy release to film release...I honestly didn't expect to see the toys until around Thanksgiving...or Halloween at the earliest.
#7079
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Episode II toy launch was April 23, 2002. Almost a month before.
Episode III toy launch was April. . . 4 (?), 2005. Around a month and a half before.
#7081
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Sweet, I've been waiting for that. Come to think of it, the previous Star Wars Vanity Fair cover with the cast fold-out may have been the last time I purchased a magazine.
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#7082
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
No Luke on the front cover. They are going to hold that image up until the film comes out.
#7085
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Daisy Ridley is a dead ringer for Natalie Portman. She has to be the daughter of Luke or
Leia.
Leia.
#7086
DVD Talk Hero
#7087
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#7088
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
I want a scene with Luke's robotic shvanz jackhammering away at a Twilek like Hulkbuster Iron Man's arm.
#7089
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#7093
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
#7094
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Video from behind the scenes of the Vanity Fair photos. Shows Adam Driver and Lupita Nyong'o. Also John Williams and I think Lawrence Kasdan. Very cool.
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/...ity-fair-cover
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/...ity-fair-cover
Last edited by windom; 05-03-15 at 11:53 PM.
#7095
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Sitting in an edit bay at his Bad Robot production office and pointing to a frame of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Abrams told Vanity Fair contributing editor Bruce Handy, "I have a thought about putting Jar Jar Binks's bones in the desert there. I'm serious! Only three people will notice, but they'll love it.
EDIT: Here are the the new Vanity Fair photos:
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/...cial_twitter#2
![](http://photos.vanityfair.com/2015/05/01/5543ca99db753b82389cbdc0_vanity-fair-star-wars-03.jpg)
Dashing Resistance pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac) stands alongside his trusty X-wing fighter.
![](http://photos.vanityfair.com/2015/05/01/5543ca9d801ffcbc36b341d3_vanity-fair-star-wars-06.jpg)
J. J. Abrams directs Actress Daisy Ridley for a scene in which her character, the young heroine Rey, pilots her speeder through a bustling marketplace on the planet Jakku.
![](http://photos.vanityfair.com/2015/05/01/5543ca99801ffcbc36b341a7_vanity-fair-star-wars-04.jpg)
A small galaxy’s worth of tracking dots affixed to Lupita Nyong’o’s face allowed artists at Industrial Light & Magic to transform her into the C.G.I. character Maz Kanata.
![](http://photos.vanityfair.com/2015/05/01/5543ca95db753b82389cbd94_vanity-fair-star-wars-02.jpg)
Galactic travelers, smugglers, and other assorted riffraff fill the main hall of pirate Maz Kanata’s castle.
![](http://photos.vanityfair.com/2015/05/01/5543ca95801ffcbc36b3417b_vanity-fair-star-wars-01.jpg)
Next-generation bad guy Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) commands snowtroopers loyal to the evil First Order on the frozen plains of their secret base.
![](http://photos.vanityfair.com/2015/05/01/5543d10edb753b82389cbe66_vanity-fair-star-wars-07.jpg)
Members of the brain trust behind The Force Awakens: composer John Williams, producer and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, co-writer Lawrence Kasdan, and director and co-writer Abrams, photographed at Bad Robot, Abrams’s production company, in Santa Monica.
Last edited by joe_b; 05-04-15 at 08:05 AM.
#7096
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
So who is supposed to be the main character in this film? The black guy?
#7097
DVD Talk Platinum Edition
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
yeah, the imax theater was packed every seat filled and people started cheering when Lucasfilm popped on the screen.
I was also pleasantly surprised to see a trailer for Spectre
#7098
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
I can't express how excited I am for this movie. I just never thought they'd get it right... but I really do trust JJ has command of this project and the visuals - so far - look outstanding.
#7099
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
The Oscar Isaac and Adam Driver shots look bad ass.
#7100
Re: Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (12/18/2015, Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fi
Ford will get top billing, I'm sure. It appears screen time will be pretty evenly split between Han, Finn and Rey... but I believe Boyega is credited first among the newcomers. That might be a contract thing because he's a more established actor (and a marketing strategy since Star Wars is so popular with little boys), but it sounds like Rey will end up being the "Luke" of this trilogy.
In spoiler news, MSW has a follow-up about the rescue attempt they wrote about last week:
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/05/st...-great-escape/
In spoiler news, MSW has a follow-up about the rescue attempt they wrote about last week:
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/05/st...-great-escape/
Spoiler:
Last edited by joe_b; 05-04-15 at 09:18 AM.