New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Rumors.
A few fans made promises that they would unveil some new information about Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens on their podcast, and they didn’t disappoint – a slew of information on the film has now made itself available via the efforts of the team at Star Wars Underworld. Take a look inside for new information on a bit of dialogue, Lupita Nyong’o’s role, and more! (Spoilers ahead.)
After a brief talk about the weather hijinks in Buffalo, New York, the crew went right away to describing the trailer based on the details that have surfaced so far. They then brought up information on how a recent rumor about the villain of the movie was verified by visual confirmation of both his appearance and his unique weapon. In case you haven’t seen it yet, he looks like this:
A good portion of the podcast was spent discussing recent information about the movie (some of which we have already covered), but new details was scattered throughout the podcast, such as the presence of a large green screen on one of the sets. The most interesting bit of information revealed was the line of dialogue that was discovered – it was a single sentence, but it carries quite a few implications to the plot:
Han Solo: Chewie, we’re back home!
Han says this upon walking up to the Millennium Falcon with Chewbacca. If you’re thinking what I’m thinking, this tells us one thing – Han does not start the movie in possession of his prized ship (possibly meaning that he’s piloting a Super Star Destroyer up until that point in the film, as some rumors have suggested). Who took charge of Han’s ship up until that point is unclear, but it’s interesting to hear that Han might have parted ways with his beloved ship at some point.
There is also some information on the character that Lupita Nyong’o is slated to play which might surprise you. Her character has the codename of “Rose”, and is actually a puppet character supported with motion-capture. While it seems weird that an Academy-Award-winning actress with no experience with puppets would be signed on to take this role, bear in mind that it’s still likely that she could appear out of costume in a cameo role (similar to how Ahmed Best and Anthony Daniels both appeared in the Cantina scene in Attack Of The Clones).
The site also noted that they have been authorized to release an image in about a week – so when that time comes, we’ll be sure to relay that information to you guys.
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.
To read or not to read? At this stage I’ve stopped reading spoilers. Kudos to me 🙂
Mod warning: anyone who thinks it’s clever to reply to this user (or any other user that wants to go into the movie without knowing crucial details on the plot) with the spoiler is going to have their post trashed. It’s happened a few times before, and it needs to stop.
Anyone who says Luke kills Han is in big trouble!
I don’t think you can call something a spoiler if it’s just a rumor. I don’t believe anything described above is confirmed. Possible? Sure. I could say SPOILER ALERT: A friend of mine works at Pinewood and told me that Luke is going to kill Chewbacca with a 5 bladed lightsaber while wearing a metal bikini. I think anything that’s getting out is getting out on purpose decoys abound. If you think any of these articles are spoilers why even come to this site?
If Luke wears a bikini in this movie….=mind blown
That would be a horrific sight lol
Would it be any different than Mark in: Jay And Silent Bob Strikes Back?
It’s just a stupid thing to go to a spoiler site posting comments under spoiler articles to say that he or she is avoiding spoilers.
Lupita is playing John Boyega’s sister that defected to the Rebel Alliance first. He is trying to get to her. Her first name is Nal. I worked at Pinewood and trust me, I’m serious.
Looking forward to the image
Looking forward to the end of your term!
I don’t like to inject politics into my escapes like Star Wars, comic books, music, etc but since you had to snark about the president and seem to enjoy Star Wars; George Lucas, Mark Hammil, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford are all unapologetic liberals.
George Dresses Proliteriate, votes for Socialists, tries to act Libertarian, but at the end of the day is just another confused Neo-Con, who worships Marxist views.
Carrie is liberal.
Mark means well.
Harrison could give a shit, he’s more of a conservationist.
And one day Disney could own everything.
Lupita will play Jara Jara, daughter of a well known and beloved Gungan.
MSW has descriptions of what her character may be like. Thankfully, her talents aren’t going to be wasted on a Gungan.
But you have to agree…. that was really funny….. 🙂
@Pomojema-You know that MSW, Jason Ward, bashed this site in a resent Podcast. I find what MSW did very distasteful, in my opinion. I personally go to ALL the Star Wars fan sites and find that, starwarsnewsnet.com to be one of the BEST out here on the front lines reporting on all things SW. Keep up the good work guys!
Oh when will this site start a Podcast? I would love to here from you all!
He is still salty over the Legacy comic/rumor similarities.
Not surprised Jason Ward bashed this sight, he will bash anyone along with other fans who don’t agree with him or questions his “scoops”. He told me once that other fans opinions didn’t matter in relation to them not liking his theories. Ward is only looking for attention and will say anything to just get attention and site hits
Starting to see Ward’s arrogance in his post.
Just re-read a post of his. I can really see it now. Welp, I was coming to this site more often because it’s great for Star Wars Rebels and its community 😀
He did? Meh, whatever. If he keeps spilling beans who cares really. We’re all in this to get spoiled by a movie, right? Putting your details together makes it easy to figure out whats going. “3 head are better than 1.”
HAHAHAH.
HAHAHAHA
That site rules.
Some of his buddies are pieces of work too. One in particular. I’ll leave it at that.
That’s because they are jealous that this site gets more scoops than they do. I gravitate between this site, MakingStarWars.net and TheForce.net and this site by far has the most updates and is always posting interesting stuff. I actually had someone on Reddit call me out and ask me if I had an affiliation with this site because all of the posts that I put on the Star Wars sub-reddit and I don’t. I just find that this site is the best when it comes to intriguing posts regarding the sequels. Keep up the great work!
The online community is kind of screwed up with all the site rivalries. It kind of reminds me of DC Comics/Mattel/Marvel Legends toy sites that fought one another back in the day. No, you don’t know what I’m talking about.
Cannot believe a single word of this. Sorry
Still seems a bit odd that a non family member would have control of the Falcon. Even if he does have his own SD, why dump the Falcon?
If true hope there is a decent explanation. Simply doing it for the sake of creating a scene where they get it back seems like kind of slap to the lore.
Fitting, as his last lin when seeing the falcon for the last time was “im afraid im never going to see her again”.
Want some spoiler: Leia tells Han “the dog or me,it’s your last chance”
Han signs the divorce.
Han grabs the keys of the falcon from the table and goes out Home. Looks at Chewie in the garden.
“Chewie, we are back home!”
That villain is goofy looking- like Jar Jar in a mask! And why would you have a crosspiece on a lightsaber?
I’m gonna be mad if the villain ends up with a stupid looking saber like that.
Does anyone believe that lightsaber is going to be in the movie??
That lightsaber is the dumbest thing I’ve ever seen. Agreed.
You know, I wasn’t going to post but I’ve had it. I know I shouldn’t be reading these sites, especially when I contributed to the conceptual development of the characters, including the Sith in the photo above, but it’s hard to not want to check in and see how the fanbase is reacting to stuff that has leaked.
First, it is REALLY hard to do anything new with the Sith. We tried so many concepts, and nothing ever seemed to stick. This is what we ended up with. Does it look awesome? No. Is the saber a little ridiculous? Maybe. But wasn’t Maul’s double-saber also goofy?
What do you want from us? It’s really hard to follow up Vader as a villain. But Episodes VII-IX were promised and we all had to come up with new adversaries. Not easy. Sorry you don’t all like it, but we did our best. It’s hard to imagine what would keep happening in this GFFA, but whatever, it is what it is.
Sorry for the rant.
It IS a tall order. Vader and Boba Fett are a tough act to follow for sure(Palps too for that matter). I for one like what I see. At first I thought Maul’s saber was dumb but it turned out ok on screen.
wow that wasn’t one huge lie or anything
Okay yeah, we’ll just believe that, anonymous internet person.
Here is the thing anonymous internet person. I don’t NEED “cool” things done to my sith. When I see star wars I want to say “look how interesting and compelling this character is” not “look how different and odd their weapon choice is”. Mauls saber was unique but believable. I could easily have my mind changed seeing it in action but on paper it just looks like he will stab himself. One thing I could see is that perhaps the crossbeams are not always on and they just flash on to block certain strikes and otherwise its just a normal saber. Trying to make strange ‘cool’ weapons instead of strange cool characters is what they do in bad anime. Don’t do that with star wars, its better than that. End of rant.
Well, then just wait and reserve judgement. The TPM folks experienced the same critiques of Maul’s saber. When I was in art school, I remember reading some of the comments shortly after the teaser trailer that it looked like anyone using the double-saber would most likely cut themselves in half using it.
For me, this was the hardest part conceptually with the design development. Finding a new enemy when 30+ years of backstory has passed is the most challenging thing.
Maul’s saber is needlessly different, too. The lightsabers are elegant as a simple hilt with a blade on one end. The cross saber pictured above is idiotic, and gives me no confidence the rest of the movie is going to be handled right. Less is more, and stuff like this has me worried the movie is going off the rails (IF it’s true.)
Its a lightsaber missile. Waves to Star Wars Sideshow Freaks forum. HI GUYS!! 🙂
How about in the future using pictures that are relevant to the article. I thought this was going to be something about Boba Fett. Now I feel duped.
Nothing new at all on some of them just rehashed old spoilers.
I’d still rather have Lupita be Asajj Ventress
Or is Asajj going
to be really alien looking?
If Han and Chewie don’t get ‘back’ the Falcon till near the end, then it’s probably pirates – they’re always hijacking ships.
The posture of the Sith lord with the oddball lightsaber looks female to me.
Christie, maybe?
Jason – you are right. Something is up with it?
There is a slenderness at the arms and shoulders, the photo is very feminine.
And there is something to the frindged cloak.
Strong arms but a women’s outlines.
I’d still rather see Lupita play a villain….
I still double facepalm whenever i see that abomination of a “lightsaber”.
Yeah I don’t care for this trend that each new movie has to ‘one-up’ the previous lightsabers. TPM we had the double blade, AOTC we had dual-wielding and baby saber for Yoda, ROTS we had grievous with 4 sabers. The standard saber is cool and iconic enough. No gimmicks necessary. It isn’t a big deal to me though truth be told…
EDIT: it just dawned on me though…perhaps Abrams wanted to go back to the less acrobatic “heavy” 2 handed fighting style with the sabers and this gives an excuse to do so. Hmmm.
The double-bladed saber and dual -wielding were both introduced in the EU, before the movies.
The EU doesn’t exist in this dojo.
Still say the Villain thing is false, a Revan look a like with a stupid weapon that would only be a hassle. Don’t really believe that Han lost the Falcon either.
The weapon is really tragic, fits more to medieval times in mother Earth than in a galaxy far away. And Lupita I´d like to see as Assaj Ventres (with a different mane for obvious reasons)
I’m starting to think Making Star Wars and Star Wars Underworld are unknowingly part of a conspiracy to spread disinformation. Their sources are legit but they are feeding them elaborate false info. Who’s a puppet?
Ben Kenobis hair was a puppet in ANH.
If this stuff is being fed, it’s doing more harm than good. Rumors like that cross saber make me not even want to bother with this movie, it’s so off-base for what Star Wars should be like. I thought this sequel was maybe going to ignore the dumber aspects introduced since the original trilogy…
So you would NOT go see a new Star Wars movie because you don’t like one of the weapons in it? I’m sure that stupid looking thing won’t be in it, but if it were going to be in it, that certainly wouldn’t keep me from going to see the film.
Spill the image now. If its something now, why not? Cease and desist. What’s more that can happen? JJ’s secrecy. Hahahaha
I AGREE! people saying/posting shit like, “Got some news about this, but can’t say what….” Or “Image to follow soon” are cockwads with no real info at all! It’s just a ploy to get more hits! I think a lot of what has been “rumored” is B.S.
Dialog and story. Decide this movie’s fate, they will. Search your feelings.
Then movie will make a ton of money, regardless. For me personally, a complicated mix of elements including how the OT characters are handled, the story, and the visuals will determine whether or not it “feels” like a worthy SW entry.
the perfect lightsaber for the self harming
IDK, the lightsaber LOOKS lame, but then again a good fighting style and a well-done voice can make a lot of things work better onscreen.
back in Empire’ Lucas and crew were all doubtful that a muppet as a Jedi master would work, I’m sure that if they had a starwars5news.com everyone would have whined and moaned and signed petitions against having a F*’ing muppet as Obiwan’s mentor. But then they made the puppet, it looked good, they cast the puppeteer, he felt the character.
It was only when Lucas saw Yoda pestering Luke ON FILM that he realized he just created an icon. Up to that point Yoda was a bad idea, but Lucas gave that bad idea a chance and that chance payed-off big-time.
IF this villain is real and is put on film in the finished movie, this lightsaber design just might work, it will probably be lame, but it MIGHT be cool if they do it right. I don’t judge a book by a single page taken out of context.
It shouldn’t be called a lightsaber though.
It should be a Light-claymore.
http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100511200226/deadliestwarrior/images/c/c7/Wallace.jpg
Yes, well, that’s Yoda’s case.
What about Jar Jar?
Jar Jar was on Rolling Stone magazine (??), but THAT aside, My point was that it could be lame, or it could be cool, or it could be lame. to answer your question with another question: What about the onscreen performance of that light-claymore in context? I don’t know if it’s lame or cool because I can’t judge it now, I haven’t seen it in action.
– Mythamuel btw, (^forgot to name)
Exactly. It’s all about the execution! (Of Han Solo)
Apples and oranges. Whether or not a puppet will work and be believable is a technical issue, the lightsaber with cross piece is simply a design choice. And in my opinion, one that feels wrong for Star Wars, particularly if they are hoping some of us will forget nonsense like that from the prequels and actually go see this movie.
That Sith looks like the spitting image of Darth Revan.
Yes. Good evidence it may be fake, and if it’s real it’s derivative as hell.
If this light saber is real, it’s possible the extra bits serve a purpose not yet realized by us speculators. Yes it looks lame but if given the right purpose, or used the right way in battle, it could be fine.
I wouldnt be suprised if the side blades rotate or something lol. Maybe they fold in and in a “cool” scene he presses a button and they pop out and ignite and we are supposed to be like “wwwwoooooooowwww, awesome!!” 😛
My problem is that a lightsaber should look like a lightsaber. This one doesn’t.
Damnit, why can’t Lupita just play the only black woman in the universe?
I’m a white guy and I agree. I thought she’d be an interesting new face in the galaxy. Hopefully the rumor is wrong or she also appears in human form!
SPOILER ALERT: A friend of mine works at Pinewood and told me that Luke is going to kill Chewbacca with a 5 bladed lightsaber while wearing a metal bikini!!!
You should write the sequels.
Well the image sure looks like Darth Revan
But why always try to top the old look for lightsabers with a new look?
You might as well have used a metal hilt for the light saber in the same design.
Highlander style lightsaber.
They don’t “always” try to do that. The original trilogy had real lightsabers, with a rock-solid visual identity in design, even though the exact styles (hilts) differed slightly. The “look at this crazy new saber type!” concept is just a more recent bad precedent set by The Phantom Menace and unfortunately aped by derivative fluff like SW Rebels (and God help us, maybe TFA now!?)
Lupita has a very unique face with striking features. Why waist that on a puppet/motion cap character?
I think there is a misinformation campaign afoot and most of these rumors are BS.
That medieval lightsaber is awful. Very unique star wars looking.
Un star wars looking that is.
Sorry, I’ve heard a lot of intriguing stuff. But I doubt they sign on an beautiful Oscar winning actress to play a freaking puppet.
Performance capture really does get the actor’s skill translated to the character though. Look at how well Andy Sirkis’ work was with Gollum and Caesar.
I think the claymore lightsaber looks cool.
Force help us.
Look at the picture of Lupita, she’s one beautiful black woman with eyes you could get lost in!!! There is no way in hell anyone making this would be stupid enough to waste her beauty and presence as a motion captured puppet. I for one, hope that she’s front and centre on screen as whatever role she has, she’ll nail it!!
As for the villain, the picture’s awful and doesn’t really give a good representation of the costume (if it is indeed genuine). The lightsabre though, is a dreadful looking weapon, just leave it as a normal one (but wait, we can stick two new bits to a normal one and sell millions of toys!!!).
I’m trying so hard to understand pomojemas reasoning. She’s “warning” people not to reply to that first idiots post about not wanting to read spoilers, after that person comes to a website called, “starwarsnewsnet.com”, clicks on a rumor and posts in the comments section about how they don’t want to read spoilers? Add to that if people reply to that idiot, that idiot would return to the site to read replies to their post. Pomojema’s decides this idiots movie experience needs to be defended and protected despite the idiot’s own actions, as they dance around spoilers. “Don’t make me look! I don’t want to see! I don’t want to ruin the movie! No spoilers!….whilst visting and posting on starwarsnewsnet.com?
is the photo actually meant to be a set photo, or is is captured off a screen, because i am pretty sure they dont use real lightsabers… so i have serious doubts that it isnt more than a fan ruse
Spoiler!
Gwendoline Christie was training for a Sith role that was meant for another actor.
That was an old rumour.
Guess this was true! 🙂