Update! The Wednesday Tease – ROTJ Theatrical Trailer Released. Disney Tops $4 Billion at the Global Box Office. Star Wars’ Plans at Tomorrowland, Possible 3D Release Dates for Episode 2 & 3 and More.

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Waiting for the next Empire Strikes Back teaser to be released. While we wait check out these stories from today…


Update!

So for the first time in 8 weeks the chain of events has been broken. They were supposed to release something related to The Empire Strikes Back but instead they skipped it and released ROTJ trailer.

The trailer leading into the theatrical release of Return of the Jedi featured clips from some of the most iconic scenes in the saga, which could explain the masses of people camping out to see it first.

                  


I don’t want to get your hopes high but with this process now going random it’s possible that something different could be released on December 18 (again Wednesday) exactly 2 years before the Episode 7 release. Who knows, we’ll find out in 3 weeks time… 😉
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According to the schedule of a particular cinema in the Netherlands Episode 2 and Episode 3 will be released in 3D in December 2014 (via JediNews):

 I’ve got another tidbit of news. Pathé is a large chain of cinemas in The Netherlands and whilst browsing their website I stumbled across something interesting. It was something I haven’t come across anywhere else, so the first thing I did, was call to confirm it. And they did. On the website they have Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith listed for December 31st, 2014, both movies in 3D!

I just don’t understand why both movies are listed on the same date. Take this with a huge grain of salt.
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Rumor that Star Wars Tomorrowland plans are put on hold:

From micechat.com:

 Originally the plan to add Star Wars to Tomorrowland was going to be divided into two phases; a first phase involving some placemaking and a replacement for Captain EO to be finished prior to the 60th Anniversary, and a second phase kicking off in late 2015. The second phase included the Speeder Bike E Ticket ride, Ewok village and forest where Autopia currently is, a Millenium Falcon walk-thru where the PeopleMover platform is, tearing out the decaying PeopleMover tracks and moving the Astro Orbiter up on top of the Space Mountain concourse, and turning Tomorrowland Terrace into an interactive Tatooine Cantina restaurant show. All of that is now on hold indefinitely. Although Anaheim gets off a bit easier with its Star Wars plan on hold, as the plans for many of these Star Wars elements coming to Disney Hollywood Studios in WDW have just been cancelled outright.

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Two Star Wars: Rebels promo images:

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Top 10 Yoda quotes from StarWars.com:

10. “When nine hundred years old you reach, look as good you will not.” Return of the Jedi
09. “Truly wonderful, the mind of a child is.” Attack of the Clones
08. “That is why you fail.” The Empire Strikes Back
07. “A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defense, never for attack.” The Empire Strikes Back
06. “Adventure. Excitement. A Jedi craves not these things.” The Empire Strikes Back
05. “Judge me by my size, do you?” The Empire Strikes Back
04. “Fear is the path to the dark side…fear leads to anger…anger leads to hate…hate leads to suffering.” The Phantom Menace
03. “Wars not make one great.” The Empire Strikes Back
02. “Luminous beings are we…not this crude matter.” The Empire Strikes Back
01. “Do. Or do not. There is no try.” The Empire Strikes Back

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A thorough Episode 7 open audition experience from huffingtonpost.

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Yesterday Disney crossed the 4 billion mark at the global box office.

As of yesterday, Walt Disney Studios has earned over $4 billion at the global box office in 2013.
— Box Office Mojo (@boxofficemojo) November 27, 2013

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As it always happens before the Wednesday tease StarWars.com changed their cover photo on Facebook.

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20 thoughts on “Update! The Wednesday Tease – ROTJ Theatrical Trailer Released. Disney Tops $4 Billion at the Global Box Office. Star Wars’ Plans at Tomorrowland, Possible 3D Release Dates for Episode 2 & 3 and More.

  • November 27, 2013 at 5:11 pm
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    Not too happy about how those stormtroopers look. Hopefully that’s just for the sake of that particular image and not how they’ll be in the show. All of those additions to the Tomorrowland theme park sound absolutly awesome!! Glad they’re sticking with an OT theme.

  • November 27, 2013 at 5:15 pm
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    Ewoks suck

    • November 27, 2013 at 5:19 pm
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      Maybe not the best part of ROTJ, but perfect for a children’s theme park, though.

    • November 27, 2013 at 6:26 pm
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      Ewoks are fine. Nobody would have complained if they were goblins or something. Just because they are cute and fluffy means they should be useless?? No. The point of ewoks is that you don’t expect them to be such a primitive and dangerous species. Nobody complained for two movies about how useless stormtroopers were, the only reason the ewoks take a hit is because they cute, and it’s popular to do that. People talk about the ewoks like they had magical powers or something. No, they just helped the rebels ambush a load of storm troopers. That’s it. The word ‘ewok’ wasn’t even mentioned in the film. They’ve just become such a stupid over-the-top ‘disaster’. Calm down folks, ewoks are fine..

    • November 27, 2013 at 6:51 pm
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      I never said Ewoks were necessarily a bad thing, I just said they weren’t the best part of ROTJ. However, I really don’t think any of your comparisons are relative at all. First of all, Ewoks were George Lucas’ way of toning down episode 6 to be more geared toward a child-demographic. In Lucas’ original story, Endor was supposed to be the indigenous home of Wookiees. The battle for the shield generator was intended to be an all-out bloodbath. When Lucas rewrote his story after realizing that his audience was no longer 18-35 year old males, he decided to make some changes, hence why we now have Ewoks. THAT is why people don’t particularly like them, because whether the battle ended up being pretty cool anyway, it was still a bunch of teddy bears throwing rocks at trained imperial stormtroopers. Their inclusion to the story made it a lot less logical for the rebels to be victorious. I mean, an army of stormtroopers with AT-ST’s against a small band of rebels with some fuzzy little primitive stuffed animals? How is that at all challenging? If it had been Wookiees, that’d clearly give stormtroopers a lot more to deal with, but since Ewoks were used instead, the troopers look like complete imbiciles with shit accuracy. It was just a bad move on Lucas’ part to make that change. And how the fuck can you say stormtroopers are useless? They are infinitley more essential to the story than Ewoks. Why would the rebels be intimidated by the threat of the Empire without an army of their magnitude? You really don’t seem educated enough on the subject to be making statements like that.

    • November 27, 2013 at 7:46 pm
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      1/2
      um, I was actually talking to the guy who said “Ewoks suck”… lol. But anyway, you’re actually just ignoring my points. Firstly, I never mentioned why Lucas involved them. Yes, I know why Lucas involved them. He actually originally planned a space battle envolving the wookies. Which that actually sounds horrible. But, anyway, the ideas and the concept of the story, and then the actual storytelling, are totally different. The storytelling that made it into the film meant the ewoks were, as you say, teddy bears. The ‘battle’ had a lot of comedy moments. It wasn’t really a proper action battle, like, for example, the one on Hoth. It was really actually just a distraction. The actual goal wasn’t to defeat stormtroopers or anything, it was to defeat the shield generator. The ewoks just helped the rebels attack the stormtroopers on endor, while the main priority could go ahead- Han and Leia get into the shield generator. People view the battle on endor as the real actual battle that mattered and where the consequences were really important.
      “it was still a bunch of teddy bears throwing rocks at trained imperial stormtroopers. Their inclusion to the story made it a lot less logical for the rebels to be victorious.”
      You’re right. They’re just teddy bears throwing rocks. Which reinforces my point. What do you expect them to do? Have superpowers? The problem is the stormtroopers, not the ewoks, they were useless. They had armour and they were still useless. The ewokes were fine, they outnumbered the idiotic stormtroopers hugely. and there were loads of rebel troops anyway. Look at the other two films, situations where there’s sometimes 10 or more stormtroopers shooting at Leia, Han, Chewie, 3PO and R2, yet they NEVER got hit. Yet once in a while one of them would turn around, and it one shot, they’d get a stormtrooper.. But anyway, back to the endor battle. You’re completely missing the point. ‘victorious’?. The battle has loads of comedy moments in, the battle and result are not really supposed to be taken so seriously. I mean there was wicket wacking his face with his own rock, a random ewok just pelting a rock at an AT-ST for no reason. It exaggerated the fact the ewoks didn’t really know what they were doing, it was just a diversion. But then they actually got their act together and started using spears, and then using logs to crush the AT-ST’s, then with help from the rebels, it did actually get more believable as a battle to sattisfy people who wanted action (But people choose to nicely forget that part of the battle…). But yes, as I say, the real aim was to destory the shield generator, hence the actual battle going on in space could persue and they could blow up the death star. While Vader and Luke could destroy the emperor, hence taking a pretty big blow to the empire. THAT was the important stuff. Yet people take the role of the ewoks so seriously, like this was supposed to be the genuine battle between the rebels and the empire. I’m sorry if the ewoks are dissapointing to watch, but as you say, they’re teddy bears. They’re pretty useless to be honest at the end of the day. They’re just a primitive species that ganged up with the rebels. You could even go a bit deeper into the meaning, showing the willingness and comoradary of the rebels and ewoks, could overthrow evil. But I don’t think we’ll go any deeper. People obviously just want a believe action sequence in a battle rather than the possibility of anything else going on behind.

    • November 27, 2013 at 7:48 pm
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      2/2
      “And how the fuck can you say stormtroopers are useless?” … are you joking?” … umm, are YOU joking?? haha, It’s a running joke how useless they were. I think one managed to shoot Leia in the arm in Return of the Jedi.. but yes apart from that they had pretty useless shots, and their armour was useless.
      “Why would the rebels be intimidated by the threat of the Empire without an army of their magnitude?” I’m talking about their uselessness, their incompetence, what they did. The same with ewoks, you’re focusing on what’s on paper, rather than analysing the way everything unfolds. On paper, ewoks are ridiculous, if you think about it objectively, rather than the actual direction of the action sequences in terms of the presumption that it’s supposed to be some realistic battle between teddy bears and an army, it does actually make sense. On paper it shouldn’t work. You can saying “NOBODY LIKES EWOKS” “HOW CAN TEDDYBEARS OVERTHROW THE EMPIRE” or whatever, actually incorret statements, but focusing on the storytelling rather than the concept, and accepting it for what it actually is, you’ll find it works.
      PHEW. Sorry for the rant, explanations take a lot more work than something very detailed like “Ewoks suck” haha

    • November 27, 2013 at 8:56 pm
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      Boy oh boy, more educated than I thought. You prove your point well, however my opinion has not swayed. The troopers may have been portrayed as being aimless, powerless automotons, but I still believe the Empire would have been nowhere without their armies. The Empire swept across the galaxy forcefully recruiting hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men to join their ranks. That fact makes them intimidating to the audience. Their numbers make them much more powerful and threatening to consider as an antagonistic force.
      I also believe that the wookiee battle on Endor would have been a much better direction for the story to be taken in. The fact that the Ewoks are cute and no one would have expected them to be a threat means nothing. They exist in Star Wars because they’re cute and for no other legitimate reason. Every other purpose for their presence in the movie would have been made much better through the original outline for the plot. They’re not necessary at all.

    • November 27, 2013 at 9:03 pm
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      Also, I’m not sure I understand your point that the battle of Endor, the most climactic battle in the trilogy, was supposed to be comedic. “The battle has loads of comedy moments in, the battle and result are not really supposed to be taken so seriously. I mean there was wicket wacking his face with his own rock, a random ewok just pelting a rock at an AT-ST for no reason. It exaggerated the fact the ewoks didn’t really know what they were doing, it was just a diversion.”
      What do you mean the battle and its’ result weren’t supposed to be taken seriously? What else was it supposed to be taken as?? It’s the defining moment whether or not the rebels will defeat the empire once and for all. Everything rested on Han, Luke, Leia and their small battalion to bring the shields down and, in turn, destroy the death star and the empire. WHAT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT?

    • November 27, 2013 at 9:03 pm
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      That battle would have been so much better if they left out the comedic element.

    • November 27, 2013 at 9:45 pm
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      I actually think that the battle of Endor needed its comedic elements. We have the ultimate evil vs good fight inn space, and between Vader Luke and the Emperor. To balance it with some comedy, not to make the Endor battle to dark and serious, might perhaps have been a stroke of genius from Lucas.

    • November 28, 2013 at 12:36 am
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      1/2 “The troopers may have been portrayed as being aimless, powerless automotons, but I still believe the Empire would have been nowhere without their armies. The Empire swept across the galaxy forcefully recruiting hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men to join their ranks. That fact makes them intimidating to the audience. Their numbers make them much more powerful and threatening to consider as an antagonistic force.”
      Oh yes I totally agree. I never denied that, I never even touched on it. The empire was incredibley scary and threatening. They blew up a planet just to make people scared of them. But, my point is, as stormtroopers themselves, they were numpties. I mean one accidently hit his head on a door In a New Hope, and George Lucas went back and added a clonky sound effect to it. Stormtroopers are a laughing stock to be honest, but as a number, and the empire as a unit, of course they’re terrifying. I never denied that.
      “The fact that the Ewoks are cute and no one would have expected them to be a threat means nothing.” What?? It doesn’t “mean nothing” at all. It means a lot. Being cute is something we hadn’t experienced in star wars. It made a HUGE impact. Plus, it created this false illusion they are probably cowards in battle and not willing to actually put up a fight. If it were a a heard of wookies that found Leia, Han, Luke, you would think- oh my goodness, they would be great in a battle and half expect it. Instead, you don’t suspect ewoks are capable of anything. And as I say, it turns out that it doesn’t even matter. They could be pink, have three arms, be tall, able to fly. It doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter that they’re ewoks. It wouldn’t matter if they were wookies. It’s not the point. They ambush a load of stormtroopers with the rebels. That’s it was is important. It’s not important how, or how well they are at knockin’ ’em down. It’s simply the fact they are playing the role or helping the rebels. Yes, having wookies would have been more credible and more serious. But as I say, why is that a good thing when the fighting doesn’t actually matter? We’ve have countless battles before, and even at this exact moment in time of the film anyway. The death star assault, and Luke Vs Vader. They’re both serious. Why not have one that’s a different tone? It is star wars after all. Some of my favourite moments are the comedic parts.

    • November 28, 2013 at 12:36 am
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      “What do you mean the battle and its’ result weren’t supposed to be taken seriously? What else was it supposed to be taken as?? It’s the defining moment whether or not the rebels will defeat the empire once and for all. Everything rested on Han, Luke, Leia and their small battalion to bring the shields down and, in turn, destroy the death star and the empire. WHAT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT THAT?”
      EXACTLY! YOU SAID IT YOURSELF! “Everything rested on Han, Luke, Leia and their small battalion to bring the shields down and, in turn, destroy the death star and the empire.”
      YES. THAT’S MY POINT. Everything rested on HAN, LUKE, and LEIA’s ANTICS, AND THE DEATH STAR ASSAULT. Nothing, absolutely nothing, was important about what was attacking and distracting the stormtroopers and how it was done. Yes the battle was important to the overall story because it was a vital distraction. It was not important to the overall story as a battle that would effect the defeat of the empire. The SHIELD GENERATOR would effect the defeat of the empire. The ewoks had nothing to do with that. That was Han, Leia, 3PO and R2. The ewoks distracted the enemies. It doesn’t matter they’re ewoks. They could have been mutant ants, a heard of rancors, big alien unicorns or something. I don’t know. It doesn’t matter! It’s not literally a battle against the entire empire, against a fleet of ewoks. It’s really just a bunch of stormtroopers guarding a shied generator, which the ewoks strike on with rebels, and then all hell breaks loose, and as it leads into the woods, Han starts trying to get into the shield generator. The actual stormtroopers, who they were fighting (in this case, ewoks), what happened to them all, what they physically did in that battle were not important at all. Hence they could add comedy moments in. This will sound weird, but it’s not an actual battle that will effect the outcome of the empire. BUT, it’s just simply the fact it takes place in the first place in which it’s important. If anything, having the ewoks be limited meant they could have added more tension, showing that Han only had limited time before all the rebel/ewok forces ran out and they would get descovered/captured/killed. BUT, instead, they went for cutesy star wars comedy stuff. What is objectively wrong in that? The tension was already their in both Luke VS Vader, AND the death star assault. (You’re thinking- will the shield generator be down before all the rebels ships blow up, so they can destroy the death star), so in the third plot, the endor battle, it fit well that there were hints of comedy (ewoks breaking havoc) and even romance (I love you, I know, between Leia, and Han).
      We’re supposed to care about the shield generator, luke and vader, and the death star assault. THAT’s the battle’s we are actually focusing on. The battle on endor was not the ‘battle with ewoks and stormtroopers’, it’s the ‘assault to blow up the shield generator’. We don’t see the battle because it’s a really bloodythirsty fire fight with tension. It didn’t need to be. That was happening elsewhere. We saw the battle because it was a chance to add action sequences that didn’t happen in space and ships, and that it had comedic moments in. Silly comedy moments in the action was actually kind of clever, because all the action didn’t matter how it developed. It’s how Han is getting on trying to get into the shield generator, that we care about. I agree with Kerot “I actually think that the battle of Endor needed its comedic elements. We have the ultimate evil vs good fight inn space, and between Vader Luke and the Emperor.” It’s tricky to explain. But It’s just such a shame that so many people miss the point with those scenes.

    • November 28, 2013 at 7:12 am
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      I agree. It is the same with the final battles of The Phantom Menace … the Gungans Vs the Battle Droids is a lighter counterpoint to the more serious space battle and the Jedi/Sith duel. George Lucas likes us to see the wider perspective and appreciate that everybody has a part to play, not just hardened warriors. War affects us all when it forces itself upon us. The peace-loving Ewoks and Gungans wanted no part of the Star Wars but both were convinced (or coerced) into joining the fight for freedom.

    • November 29, 2013 at 7:20 pm
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      Very well explained. I completely agree. Didn’t consider some of those points before but when looking at all three battles happening simultaneously when reaching the climax, the comedic element is certainly necessary. When making that juxtaposition, the comedy really does balance out the intense drama and edge-of-your-seat anticipation we’ve all experienced during the final battle between father and son in the throne room and the rapidly-paced space battle taking place in between. It, in a way, enhances that anticipation by taking periodic breaks to offer some comic relief so that when the viewing audience returns to the other battles with a fresh mindset, ready for the film makers to paint that picture for them once again. “To balance it with some comedy, not to make the Endor battle to dark and serious, might perhaps have been a stroke of genius from Lucas.” @Kerot, after having just re-watched Jedi, I can certainly see things this way now. If the Wookiees had been used instead of the Ewoks, the battle of Endor would have been almost overwhelming for the audience to comprehend whilst also trying to focus on what truly important to the plot. Very well said, indeed.

  • November 27, 2013 at 7:51 pm
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    “I don’t want to get your hopes high but with this process now going random it’s possible that something different could be released on December 18 (again Wednesday) exactly 2 years before the Episode 7 release. Who knows, we’ll find out in 3 weeks time… ;)”
    I did think they were going to release something on the 18th when they announced the release date, but now knowing that it’s a wednesday too. ..oh no my hopes are gaining again haha

  • November 27, 2013 at 8:13 pm
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    One of my friends was born May 25 they are a really good friend

    • November 27, 2013 at 8:26 pm
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      It’s actually my mum and dads wedding anniversary.
      .. um but what’s may 25th got to do with anything?

  • November 30, 2013 at 12:11 pm
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    Like all good fantasy storytelling the Ewok/Stormtrooper battle has it’s roots in reality. The Empire/stormtroopers could easily be seen as the US (well equipped, lots of soldiers) while the Ewoks (untrained, badly equipped against a superior force) could be seen as the Vietcong. Endor is the Empire’s Vietnam. The reason’s the Ewoks triumphed is surely down to the fact it’s their forest, it’s a battleground they’re used to fighting in.

  • November 30, 2013 at 7:56 pm
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    Tomorrow Land? Didn’t Star Wars take place a long time ago? 😛

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