EXCLUSIVE: Mark Hamill Reveals Planned Slipstream Sequel! APRIL FOOLS!

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A few days ago, a bird of ours met with actor Mark “Luke Skywalker” Hamill on a very secret discussion. Predictably, he told our source nothing about The Force Awakens, but we now have exclusive confirmation that a sequel to Steven Lisberger’s cult-classic movie Slipstream is in production!

 

 

Really, this is a development nobody saw coming – not even Mark Hamill, who expressed cautious optimism to returning to play the role of Will Tasker.

 

“I really didn’t expect this movie to get a sequel, but I’m certainly glad to be a part of it. Look, if Harrison Ford can do a sequel to Blade Runner, I can do this!”

 

Filming does not begin until late 2017, due to the script currently being incomplete and scheduling conflicts with the creative team. Other actors from the original film – like Bill Paxton and Ben Kingsley – are expected to announce their involvement with the film very soon. On what little word our source heard about the plot, it appears as though the movie takes a route similar to J. J. Abrams’s 2009 Star Trek movie and resets the continuity via a time-travel plot. Like Tron: Legacy, a sequel to one of Lisberger’s other movies, the movie will be directed by Joseph Kosinski.

 

 

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Slipstream: The Ancient Fear may not come out until 2019 (Kosinski will be directing Tron: Ascension, its sequel, and a remake of The Black Hole between now and then), but our source, who has contacted several other people involved at Lucasfilm, has also told us more rumors regarding the Star Wars franchise in general to tide us over.

 

  • Secret Stars will be Marvel’s big 2016 comic event, unleashing over two dozen Star Wars miniseries over the course of the year, to tide comic fans over while the All-New Marvel Universe is gestating.
  • Understanding that he’s well past his High School Musical phase, director Gareth Edwards hand-picked actor Zac Efron to star opposite to Felicity Jones in Rogue One.
  • Coming after this is the second spin-off, Jar Jar’s Big Adventure,  from director Josh Trank, who has cast Michael B. Jordan to portray a younger version of the character through motion-capture technology (Ahmed Best’s involvement is uncertain).
  • Kevin Smith will be the director of the third spin-off movie, which is currently under the working title of Droids: R2-D2 & C-3PO Strike Back By Chasing Tusked Whomp-Rats.
  • Episode VIII will feature shot-for-shot remakes of crucial scenes from The Star Wars Holiday Special, as director Rian Johnson aspired to make a movie better than the aforementioned television movie.
  • Right now, Episode IX is set to be directed by Michael Bay, who elected to split the movie into two parts to avoid making the movie too dense (that is to say ‘complex’, and not ‘stupid’) for audiences; George Lucas allegedly commented that Bay’s decision was not a poetic one, but hopes that it will work, nonetheless.
  • Star Wars: Trade Negotiations will be an animated series that serves as a prequel to Star Wars: The Clone Wars, set to begin production after the first half of Episode IX is released.

 

However likely or unlikely these rumors are are up to you. As it stands, I say – forget Star Wars, bring on the Slipstream sequels!

 

 

APRIL FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS!

 

 

George Lucas Laughing

 

As some of you nearly everybody in the comments section figured out after a while almost instantaneously, this was my little April Fools Day gag that I’ve planned for a little while. I wanted to stay away from an obvious headline like “Jar Jar spinoff announced” – which is why I picked Slipstream as the subject matter – and instead decided to save that for the body. I didn’t want this to be mean-spirited at all, either. Aside from the story clearly becoming more playful as a punchline, a big tip was hidden within the first letter of every sentence: when put together (with a little punctuation), you get “APRIL FOOLS, SUCKERS! HA!” (Not calling any of you suckers, you folks are wonderful people.) Oh, and the URL (which I’m surprised nobody noticed) is a Star Trek quote.

 

What amuses me to no end is how a certain important website picked up on my prank, completely unironically, if fleetingly. Take a gander for yourself:

 

 

 

April Fools Wiki

 

 

We were briefly famous on Wikipedia! Not bad for a little furball of a joke. (Anyway, Marvel, if you read this, would you seriously consider doing a bunch of Star Wars miniseries in 2016?)

 

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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.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

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.

73 thoughts on “EXCLUSIVE: Mark Hamill Reveals Planned Slipstream Sequel! APRIL FOOLS!

  • April 1, 2015 at 8:00 am
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    What a lovely, lovely day. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

      • April 1, 2015 at 12:58 pm
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        On an unrelated note, I am so ****ing hyped for that movie that it’s not even funny. I still need to watch the old trilogy of films in that series, and I wish that I had done so earlier in my life.

        • April 1, 2015 at 1:39 pm
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          Hmmmm Mad Max without Max… or with a different Max…

          • April 1, 2015 at 4:27 pm
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            I know, I’m a huge Max fan…from the beginning. I was pretty bummed to lear that it’d be without “Max”, but I’m gonna give it a go and see how it fares…

          • April 1, 2015 at 5:04 pm
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            It’s obviously a different max, but I’d honestly prefer it this way because we all know Mel Gibson is in no place to play Max at this point. If it’s better than Thunderdome, I’m sure it’ll be good.

          • April 1, 2015 at 9:07 pm
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            Hmm, Mel Gibson… followed by Tom Hardy. At last, Hollywood makes a good replacement casting decision!

          • April 2, 2015 at 6:50 pm
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            I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing Chris Pratt take on the roll of Dr. Jones.

      • April 1, 2015 at 9:06 pm
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        Jesus, that looks God-awful ….

    • April 1, 2015 at 6:34 pm
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      looks like a good bunch of April fools day stuff

  • April 1, 2015 at 8:04 am
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    You guys don’t waste a damn second hahaha

  • April 1, 2015 at 8:04 am
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    Has the April Foolery awakened?

    • April 1, 2015 at 8:05 am
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      YESH, THE FIRE RISES.

      Seriously, though – no, I’m not making this up. This is some major information we’ve been sitting on for a few days.

  • April 1, 2015 at 8:25 am
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    Hey, I wanna see the droid movie! :p 😉

    Happy April Fools Day!

  • April 1, 2015 at 8:30 am
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    April fools!!

  • April 1, 2015 at 8:48 am
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    I actually own a copy of Slipstream somewhere … it’s collecting dust next to my Star Wars Holiday Special VHS tape. I’m waiting on the announcement today that the Storygroup has decided to canonize said holiday special!

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:09 am
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    I love the name of the studio:
    Entertainment Film Productions.
    Has “class” written all over it ….

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:18 am
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    It’s not even April 1st yet where I live, you guys really should have waited couple hours so the whole world could enjoy your joke without getting confused 😛

    • April 1, 2015 at 9:57 am
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      I don’t know what you’re talking about. This source has given me every reason to trust him, and I will stand by his information no matter what.

    • April 1, 2015 at 11:24 am
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      What are you doing? Trust him! Trust him!

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:28 am
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    Yes, Slipstream! You guys rock! I love you for this post!!!

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:44 am
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    Best.April.Fools’.Day.Joke.Ever.

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:44 am
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    Lol this made my day!

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:50 am
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    Hey, guys – there’s a hidden message in the text somewhere. Can you find it?

    • April 1, 2015 at 10:21 am
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      Suckers indeed lol

      • April 1, 2015 at 11:57 am
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        You’re warm, but that’s not all of it…

        • April 1, 2015 at 2:40 pm
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          April Fools Suckers. First letter of each sentence.

          • April 1, 2015 at 6:34 pm
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            A little more…

          • April 1, 2015 at 7:05 pm
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            APRIL FOOLS SUCKERS HA!

          • April 1, 2015 at 11:20 pm
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            Righto!

    • April 1, 2015 at 10:23 am
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      Nice bullet points. 😉

  • April 1, 2015 at 10:00 am
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    Bravo bravo!

    Why it took me so long to get that it was an Aprils Fools joke is because im a slow learner. What triggered my alarm was Slipstream: The Ancient Fear. That really woke me up to my foolishness. Lolz

  • April 1, 2015 at 10:47 am
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    Mark Hamill always seemed tot look the age he is now in that poster. I’ve heard it’s a prequel and he’s playing a younger version of his character.

  • April 1, 2015 at 10:49 am
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    Michael Bay directs a star wars movie? I don’t normally worry about who is directing what, but I really don’t like the sound of that, Star Wars for me goes beyond the Blockbuster name tag, I just hope he doesn’t try to sensationalise episode IX that would be totally Dire

    • April 1, 2015 at 1:42 pm
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      Yup… you got it

    • April 1, 2015 at 3:01 pm
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      you serious?

  • April 1, 2015 at 10:50 am
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    Haha, you guys actually had me fooled there! I didnt question this news at all until I read “Slipstream: The Ancient Fear”. That’s when I realised this was a joke… and a damn good one!

  • April 1, 2015 at 11:32 am
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    The Ancient Fear lol!!! 😀

  • April 1, 2015 at 12:08 pm
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    Ha! – I actually believed the Zac Efron story for a split second before reading the other ones:}

  • April 1, 2015 at 12:18 pm
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    Good stuff, nearly as good as the floating hand thro space and Luke is only in the movie for 10 seconds April Fools…..

  • April 1, 2015 at 12:18 pm
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    Hamill looks like Simon Pegg in Spaced

    • April 1, 2015 at 4:14 pm
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      I was just about to write that.
      I heard a rumor today that Simon is playing Duke Skywalker, son of Luke!

  • April 1, 2015 at 12:34 pm
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    nah, this must be april fools. Hints: Jar Jar spinoff, the improbable titles to the films, the michael bay splitting up the last episode idea…. i don’t believe it

    • April 1, 2015 at 12:56 pm
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      I don’t understand the skepticism surrounding this post. Jar Jar is the key to all this.

      • April 1, 2015 at 2:48 pm
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        don’t worry, it made me laugh enough

  • April 1, 2015 at 12:43 pm
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    It’s all real, it’s on the official site

  • April 1, 2015 at 1:08 pm
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    Shit, ya got me!

  • April 1, 2015 at 3:17 pm
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    LOL….I love this one day of the year.

  • April 1, 2015 at 3:18 pm
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    The news about this sequel is not encouraging at all. Supposedly the protagonist has a three-pronged weapon that is very different from the weapons that are usually used.

    There is an uproar over practicability. Many are claiming the use of the weapon makes no sense.

  • April 1, 2015 at 3:48 pm
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    Weak sauce

  • April 1, 2015 at 4:13 pm
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    I bought it hook, line, and sinker until I read “Slipstream: The Ancient Fear” and then I looked at the date on my computer. Very good one.

  • April 1, 2015 at 4:19 pm
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    I just hope Jason and Jimmy Mac of RebelForce Radio don’t complain again about “immature” April Fools jokes. I love those guys, but that rant about April Fools they went on still leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Especially given the “awesome, awesome” April Fools jokes they did when doing the Force Cast.

    • April 1, 2015 at 6:35 pm
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      Care to enlighten me?

  • April 1, 2015 at 4:22 pm
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    Why this? Everyday is April Fools Day here

  • April 1, 2015 at 4:59 pm
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    Nice!

  • April 1, 2015 at 5:41 pm
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    April Fools! Who’s the fool? the fool or the fool that follows! NZ time Thursday 2nd April…. around 3.38 AM,

  • April 1, 2015 at 6:15 pm
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    Good one. After I read it I was like no way this is real. Can you imagine if they did any of that? That would be awful. April fools!

  • April 1, 2015 at 6:25 pm
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    I can’t wait for the Jar Jar comic. One word for anyone doubting it “suckers”.

  • April 1, 2015 at 6:53 pm
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    What about Carvette Summer sequel? LOL

  • April 1, 2015 at 7:01 pm
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    Well done sir

  • April 1, 2015 at 7:30 pm
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    as soon as i got to zach efron…

  • April 1, 2015 at 7:55 pm
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    April Fools!

  • April 1, 2015 at 8:26 pm
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    Hahaha you guys got me good with this, I was about to go on a rant on how delusional Mark Hamill was etc. Genius.

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:08 pm
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    Mark Hamill has a twisted sense of humor… I like him.

    • April 1, 2015 at 10:10 pm
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      “It’s like Blade Runner but without the cool stuff.”

  • April 1, 2015 at 9:54 pm
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    It’s on wikipedia it must be true

  • April 2, 2015 at 12:03 am
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    I knew it was fake as soon as I saw Zac Effron or however it’s spelled. He was rumored to be i 7 so you had to throw him in. JK I knew it was fake as soon as I saw The Ancient Fear I’m sure I’m not the only person who heard that rumor of a false name for a movie coming December 18,2015.

  • April 2, 2015 at 4:56 am
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    Trade negotiations… Lmmfao!

  • April 2, 2015 at 5:31 am
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    After I saw the jar jar binks big adventure, I almost hurled my laptop across the room quoting Darth vader: “NOOOOOOOOOO!!”

  • April 2, 2015 at 6:44 am
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    Imagine if they revealed that the entire sale to Disney and Episode 7 production was just the buildup to the biggest April fools gagg ever.

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