Star Wars: Episode VII Set Evacuated Due To False Fire Alert. Has Harrison Ford Wrapped His Scenes?

Pinewood Studios

The Sunday Express reports that the set of Episode VII was evacuated on October 11 due to a false fire alert in one of the other studios at Pinewood. Another report on the web suggests that Harrison Ford has wrapped his scenes for the movie…

 

From Sunday Express:

The highly-anticipated blockbuster, Star Wars: Episode VII, is being filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, but the shoot was disrupted over the weekend (11-12Oct14) when a TV chef working on a neighbouring set triggered smoke detectors.

 

Editors at the Sunday Mirror report the cook, Tom Kitchin, triggered the alert as he was working on a dish for a TV show, causing chaos for the cast and crew on the nearby Star Wars set.

 

A source tells the newspaper, “It was complete bedlam as the fire alarms in the studio went off but we didn’t realise they would automatically set off the alarm system throughout the entire building where other people were filming too. The whole Pinewood complex was shut down until security had isolated the cause of the problem. Everyone had to go outside and wait until we got clearance to continue filming. Star Wars is in one of the other studios at the moment so they must have wondered what was happening.”

 

Harrison Ford

Nothing groundbreaking here. In another news Harrison Ford was spotted in London looking great as always. The fact that he is still in the UK should probably mean that he is still not wrapped on Episode VII filming but according to the Dailymail he actually is.:

 

From Dailymail:

Harrison Ford enjoyed an evening out in London over the weekend. The Indiana Jones legend looked smart in a blazer, shirt and jeans combo upon arriving at the May Fair Kitchen in the posh neighbourhood.

 
The star has now wrapped his scenes for Star Wars: Episode VII, the first film to be made by the franchise’s new owner Disney.

 

Not sure where their info come from so for now take this with the usual dosage of salt.

 

Also one of our sources told us that an official announcement of the end of filming is very unlikely but we can surely expect pick ups and reshoots as with any other big movie.

 

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40 thoughts on “Star Wars: Episode VII Set Evacuated Due To False Fire Alert. Has Harrison Ford Wrapped His Scenes?

  • October 12, 2014 at 9:04 pm
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    The cook was named Tom Kitchin? These jokes just write themselves.

  • October 12, 2014 at 9:04 pm
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    (Quick word of warning – any “FIRST!” comments will be trashed; they don’t contribute to the discussion.)

    • October 13, 2014 at 12:06 am
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      Not to mention the fact that the vast majority of the world realized that “FIRST” was stupid back in about 2003.

  • October 12, 2014 at 9:26 pm
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    That might be the worst pic I’ve seen of Harrison.

    • October 13, 2014 at 5:24 am
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      I loved it! I hope his hair is that long for the film. I think he could of rocked a beard as well for this Episode. No! A Goatee! That would have been cool no doubt.

      • October 13, 2014 at 1:38 pm
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        Meaning he looks frail. Worse than my late grandfather did before his stroke at 80.

  • October 12, 2014 at 9:33 pm
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    So wait JJ and Co. are so secretive they’re not even going to announce when filming has wrapped? How is that harmful to anything? So Harrison Ford wrapped his scenes, but Mark Hamill did not I guess that means… “Absolutely Nothing!”

    Say what you want about the PT v-logs and the spoilerish info they gave away and least Star Wars fans were in the loop as to where the cast and crew were during filming. As a fan you had the option to watch if you want to or just avoid the videos in case of Spoilers. But this is ridiculous.

    Beyond the release date and the cast what exactly do we even know about the film? Can we even trust the leaks? I’m not mad I’m just frustrated at the lack of any real information. At this point during the making of the PT we had at least a basic idea of where the films were going yet no clue about what happens in the films themselves (okay most of them).

    Is it Dec 2015 yet?

    • October 12, 2014 at 10:45 pm
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      I really do hope the leaks/plot info that we’ve been getting so far are somewhat bogus. I don’t like the fact that so far they’ve just been rehashing the defunct EU materials to a tee..i.e..dark empire and legacy vol2. To me it’s kinda lazy creation. I hope to see something new in the new films.
      J.J.A films I would say so far have been somewhat secretive on this kind of info, so I’m glad we aren’t getting the entire scoop.

    • October 13, 2014 at 1:36 am
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      The Fantastic Four production is worst. They release nothing about the movie, not even a synopsi. And everyone is bashing the movie for the changes they did, like the black Human Torch and we know nothing about. At least, Lucasfilm gave us the synopsis, or almost that. We know that the movie is set 30 years after Return of the Jedi and it’ll have a new trio of protagonists and the return of the original cast.

      • October 13, 2014 at 3:28 am
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        Hello people? “Myster Box Abrams.”

        • October 13, 2014 at 6:26 am
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          Hey I get the mystery box, and I want to be blown away by Ep. VII. I would love to go into it completely surprised by everything, but the problem is that they take it to far. My problem is not really the mystery box its how far they push it that drive me crazy. To me announcing that the filming is complete and that in a couple mouths the crews comes back for pickups and reshoots is not a spoiler, but rather a sign that Ep VII moves in to Post-production full time. Which is a good thing.

  • October 12, 2014 at 10:00 pm
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    I hope they made Harrison sign a contract that states he can’t bite the hand that feeds him anymore…

    • October 13, 2014 at 6:44 pm
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      If you’ve read anything that Harrison Ford has said about this script, the producers and director then you would realize how naive this comment is.

      • October 14, 2014 at 11:02 am
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        What did he say about anything other than clapping his hands together and rubbing them saying it’s all good. Yes he is not nibbling those hands yet, but give him time. When asked in the future about the role when all is said and done. It will be like,” I don’t really care!”

  • October 13, 2014 at 12:24 am
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    I hope this doesn’t mean Han gets killed off…..

    • October 13, 2014 at 12:42 am
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      He better die or I will be pretty pissed off to be honest. This is Han Solo. A wonderful personality to a main trio but sadly that main trio is not front and center anymore, and his character is not exactly a hugely important political figure to the galaxy (Leia) or the last of the Jedi or anything (Luke) .. He really needs to go out guns blazing and have epsiode vii give a fitting sendoff to a great character. He should NOT be dead weight for another 2 films that don’t need him anymore and waste storytelling potential with his death.

      • October 13, 2014 at 1:45 am
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        I see where you’re going. The ONLY way I’d agree with Han dying off is going out in a blaze of glory. Han and Chewy save
        the day and takes half the empire with them. It has to be HUGE!

      • October 13, 2014 at 6:46 pm
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        If he does die I hope it’s not in the act of saving characters that come off as punks. Imagine if Indiana Jones had does saving Shia Labeouf! Now that would piss me off.

        • October 13, 2014 at 10:02 pm
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          Very true. But Princess Leia or Luke Skywalker sacrificing themselves for Shia would piss me off even more.

      • October 14, 2014 at 2:55 pm
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        “He better die or I will be pretty pissed off to be honest.”

        I would be plenty pissed off if he did die. In my opinion, the character means to much to be relegated to such a minute role of returning just for the sake of putting over new people. I can only speak for myself, but if Han were to get killed it would make watching the originals so unbearable that I would have to go through denial, and forever think of the saga as just a six-parter, and render the new films non-existant. I would imagine there must be other people who feel that attached to certain characters, as well as that is the whole point of watching film, reading books, etc.

        I would never want to see Snake Plisskin, John McClane, Indiana Jones, James Bond, Harry Callahan, etc. get killed off as they are heroes who rise above, and forever come out on top. Immortal, iconic characters… and the same goes for Han Solo. It would feel awkard as heck to sit through the OT, see Han overcome all because of his character’s luck and then fast-forward thirty years to where we catch up with him only for it to be curtains. Not just that, but I am more of a fan of legendary actors such as Harrison, Mark, Carrie, etc. as I find them to be much more interesting than alot of the newer talents who can come off as being rather generic oft times, so without their big personalities it would be a much smaller Star Wars universe.

        In my opinion, as great as Star Wars is, Star Wars NEEDS the original trilogy cast just as the EU did. Just as video games have. Just as toylines have. Harrison/Han is Star Wars, and to kill the character… I think such would be a situation where you might not realise what you have until it is gone in that there will be future stories where Han, Luke, Leia, etc. will be names on peoples’ minds, wherein they will think how cool it would be to see their one-of-a-kind personalities interact with new situations in new environments, and disposing of them would take away from those possibilities.

        • October 15, 2014 at 6:45 pm
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          I totally agree. Perhaps Han and Leia will go into some sort of exile or retirement from the Rebellion instead of dying….

  • October 13, 2014 at 3:35 am
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    Forget Harrison Ford, isn’t ALL filming supposed to resume soon?

    • October 13, 2014 at 6:33 am
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      It’s been resumed for a while.

  • October 13, 2014 at 5:56 am
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    LOL more picky fans…. LMAO

  • October 13, 2014 at 2:13 pm
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    Harrison wad seen in london. SO WHAT! He was probably just buying a new han solo outfit cause his old one is too worn out. The spoilers of episode 7 are coming too frequently for my liking.

  • October 13, 2014 at 2:32 pm
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    If Han gets killed off it better not be the likes of Captain Kirk in “Generations”. What a wasted death scene.

  • October 13, 2014 at 2:44 pm
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    Han dying in Ep.VII is too expected. Mr Ford has been setting them up for that way too long for them to just do it. If they’re smart, they’ll do something totally unexpected, or at least kill him off at another time, (i’m thinking midway through ep IX, seeing as the big 3 are supposedly signed on for ALL 3 films.)

    But then again, think of one way to start a re-hashed Galactic Civil War: kill Leia.
    Now that could potentially be huge.
    I think grief-stricken Han Solo is way more interesting than dead Han Solo, and Ford is definitely capable of any acting required

    • October 13, 2014 at 4:36 pm
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      Agreed. I would certainly prefer watching a vengeful Solo in action over a roaring Leia.

    • October 13, 2014 at 5:21 pm
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      ‘Too expected’ doesn’t mean it’s a bad thing. You still like the character. You’re still routing for the character. The impact of Han’s death won’t be because it’s a surprise. It will be an impact because it’s closure to such a brilliant character. I mean I’m expecting a lightsaber fight but that won’t diminish the impact of it.

      • October 13, 2014 at 6:54 pm
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        I’ll agree with you that the expectation of Han’s death wouldn’t hurt it’s long term value/impact. However, it would not have the shock value upon initial viewing that Leia’s death would have.

    • October 13, 2014 at 6:49 pm
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      I agree, Leia’s death has a lot more potential. Plus they can keep using Harrison, the most talented actor of the bunch.

      • October 13, 2014 at 7:51 pm
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        Well that comment couldn’t be more wrong

        • October 13, 2014 at 8:36 pm
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          I’m much more interested in seeing what they do with Leia in this trilogy than Han. I’m so sick and tired of hearing these jerks who casually want to kill off such an iconic female character just to advance the story. Meanwhile, they probably all want Han and Luke to at least have significant supporting roles.

          • October 13, 2014 at 9:48 pm
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            Wow. ‘Leia’s death has a lot more potential’. That’s just incorrect. You might as well claim 1 + 1 = 3. I mean if you really think that, then good for you. But you’re wrong. The only thing that makes for better storytelling by killing Leia is the fact she is Luke’s brother. (But even that’s pushing it in terms of reason as Han isn’t exactly hated by Luke either.) But apart from that, Han’s death has so much more reason. People who seriously think killing Leia over Han is better, particularly with points like ‘they can keep using Harrison, the most talented actor of the bunch’ actually hurt my brain, sorry.

            October 13, 2014 at 20:36 PM

            YES. Somebody around here knows what’s up.

  • October 13, 2014 at 3:02 pm
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    A slight fire-alarm malfunction, but everything’s okay now, fine, thank you, how are you?

  • October 13, 2014 at 3:10 pm
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    I think I should like to see Luke and Leia “ascend into the Force” TOGETHER near the end of IX.

    They entered the world together, and they should leave it together. Luke might even be given a line to that effect.

    • October 13, 2014 at 9:18 pm
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      Just as long as there’s not any incestuous undertones to such a scene. The Lannisters send their regards.

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