SDCC: Complete Panel Presentation!

Comic ConThe only thing better than reading about the full Star Wars: The Force Awakens panel at the San Diego Comic Con is actually watching the whole thing for yourself. Flicks And The City have recorded a high-quality recording of the entire discussion!

 

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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.

108 thoughts on “SDCC: Complete Panel Presentation!

  • July 11, 2015 at 9:06 am
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    Am I the only one who thinks Adam Driver looks like he doesn’t really want to be a part of all this? He looks kind of bored or eager to be done. I don’t know it could be that he’s just intimidated and exhausted. But still… I get this “I don’t want to be here” vibe every time I see him.

    Again, it’s probably just him being tired from all the moving around.

    • July 11, 2015 at 9:28 am
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      Yeah he definitely didn’t want to be there, but who can blame him.

      • July 11, 2015 at 10:58 pm
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        God it’s so good to see the old hang back together again. Woooo!!! This is gonna be the greatest film of all time!!!!

    • July 11, 2015 at 9:31 am
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      I don’t think it’s so much “I don’t want to be here” as it is nervousness. This is a big crowd of very passionate fans. Add to that the NDA’s and the fact that it’s an open panel unlike at Celebration, and it would make just about anyone who’s never done this nervous.

      • July 11, 2015 at 10:01 am
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        I prefer to have a great actor on-screen who doesn’t give a jacksh*t of conventions than a bad actor trying to catch the attention of it all.

        • July 11, 2015 at 8:30 pm
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          exactly. like the decades of crap ford got for being a bad interview. NOT the most important thing about acting.

        • July 13, 2015 at 5:05 pm
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          True.

          When did Alec Guiness come out and say he thought the production Star Wars was an awful experience?

    • July 11, 2015 at 10:05 am
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      nahway he’s just hungover and cockblistered/grimmacing from the comicon fangirls

    • July 11, 2015 at 10:12 am
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      It means he’s a perfect choice for a villian.

    • July 11, 2015 at 4:07 pm
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      Strange, I get that vibe from Lupita, the girl playing Maz Kanada.

    • July 11, 2015 at 6:17 pm
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      He may just have a problem dealing with crowds. It’s just that I have this problem, and I felt familiar vibes from him.

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:03 pm
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      Well, ‘bored’ and ‘eager to be done’ definetly described Harrison Ford during the first three, so maybe that’s a good thing for the film 🙂

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:42 pm
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      Just in your mind. You need not worry. I did not see any dullness in him. Maybe it is just his persona, nervosity, or exhaustion of work…

    • July 12, 2015 at 12:22 am
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      No no, he’s just used to being an evil, terrible, brooding sith lord. All’s well. xD

      Also, he reminds me of how I act when on a public platform, so to speak. Very serious, matter of fact. But in person, he seems like a cool guy. It could just be a thing his brain does when in front of an audience. Happens to me all the time. ^^

    • July 12, 2015 at 12:31 am
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      Adam is probably thinking: “Damn, more than half of my time on the screen was that Hungarian stunt double… What am I doing here?”

  • July 11, 2015 at 9:39 am
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    Adam seems to have social anxiety, same as me, he’s the quite type. He’s apart of the biggest franchise on the planet right now. John Boyega is getting cooler every time i see him, i can tell he’s true nerd in all this, daisy seems sweet, oscar is rising star for sure.

    • July 11, 2015 at 10:06 am
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      *quiet

      • July 11, 2015 at 12:48 pm
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        Everyone knew what s/he meant without the typo correction. Best cheque over this message before I post it!

        • July 11, 2015 at 5:35 pm
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          *check

          You do know all this, bit by bit, contributes to the death of the English language, right?

          • July 11, 2015 at 7:20 pm
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            You do know commas don’t need to be used every five words, right?

    • July 11, 2015 at 10:10 am
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      Or he also, just like the other “baddies” have just realized that their careers are set in stone to a fanatic crowd… The more they listen to the OT cast the more they seem to squirm at the ideas that they, too, will be like them some day, and that their careers are over in a sense… But I mean that’s just what I picked up from their body language…

      • July 11, 2015 at 10:18 am
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        That their careers are over in a sense? What? Do you realize how successful of a career all three of them have had? Mark Hamill is one of the most prolific voice actors of all time. Harrison Ford has been a massive box office draw for his entire career. Carrie Fisher has directed and written films, and authored books. If that’s considered “career over,” then I’m sure they’re all fine with being in this film.

        • July 11, 2015 at 10:26 am
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          But they’re all known for Star Wars, really… Mark Hamill has a good voice acting career, I’ll give you that… And obviously Harrison had an acting career after Star Wars, but they can’t walk down the street without someone yelling out some Star Wars quote, I’m sure… That’s really what I meant. They will be forever known as this certain character from Star Wars… They know that millions of people will be talking about them over message boards like I am, and are probably just now sinking it all in…

          • July 11, 2015 at 1:58 pm
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            And without Star Wars, Harrison would have remained a carpenter, Carrie wouldn’t be as relevant at all today, and Hamill may have never become the voice actor we all know and love.

          • July 11, 2015 at 10:47 pm
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            I would love to leave this earth knowing I was part of the Star Wars legacy.. I’m sure they are too

        • July 11, 2015 at 8:52 pm
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          Let’s be honest. Outside of Star Wars, Fisher and Hamill haven’t really done much significant acting work in other films. Yeah, you can say that they’ve been successful in voice acting and bookauthoing fields respectively but it’s really only been Ford who’s had the stellar Hollywood acting career since Star Wars. Fisher, I can’t recall anything that she’s been in (besides a cameo in the Blues Brothers) nor recall any films she’s written and directed (yeah, that’s how unknown that tidbit of info is) and yeah, Hamill has been in a few minor roles but that’s pretty much it (like in that Kingsman movie); at best, they’ve played secondary characters but even then, not much. You knew where this whole notion of the “Star Wars curse” came from? From the OT where Fisher and Hamill were having a hard time landing significant acting roles in major blockbuster movies (and the only exception has been Ford).

          To say that Hamill and Fisher have had successful careers in the world of acting in blockbuster films is a false. You can say they’ve had successful careers in other fields of work but not in the field that should’ve become a natural step of them getting into like Ford (which I think speaks for their skills as actors and perhaps other circumstances).

          • July 11, 2015 at 9:59 pm
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            You can be honest all you want, but some diehards will never say it. I think ppl mistake fan appreciation with blind history revision. It’s ok to say an actor that has meant a lot to you and your childhood struggled after breaking out in legendary movies, and has even not been shy about admitting that him/herself. It’s ok to admit struggle and unfairness in Hollywood, but that you are happy that they seem to have pulled out of it doing great and making something of their life regardless.
            But no, we have to pretend everything is success and more success, and that failure is not an option, let alone admitting failure.

    • July 11, 2015 at 11:14 am
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      “oscar is a rising star for sure”. I just saw Ex Machina and I couldn’t agree more. He is awesome. Gleeson was very good too, but Issac is on another level.

      • July 11, 2015 at 5:45 pm
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        Let’s not forget his next role is Apocalypse in X-Men: Apocalypse. The dude is huge right now! I don’t blame them, he’s a fantastic actor. I LOVED him in Inside Llewyn Davis.

  • July 11, 2015 at 10:19 am
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    Just tired of hearing about practical effects. We get it, we don’t need it shoved down are throats anymore. They go on and on about it. At this point its more annoying than anything. I know they don’t have much else to talk about but they can do it in a way that doesn’t constantly mention that it is practical effects. That someone can touch it and its actually there. I get it already. Enough is enough.

    • July 11, 2015 at 10:42 am
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      Agreed. And I get that Abrams doesn’t want to reveal too much too soon, but it would’ve been nice for his actors to have a bit more latitude to elaborate on their roles. As great as it was too see the principle players (especially the legacy players) assembled on one stage, it was a little disappointing that they couldn’t offer anything substantial by way of their discussion. However, if that concert afterwards featured new music from EPVII, I think that would’ve made up for it.

    • July 11, 2015 at 3:27 pm
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      The advancement of practical effects is what is intriguing to me, not so much the use of. I don’t hate cgi, but it comes across as a lazy cheap way of doing things at times. I don’t care if they harp on practical effects. It doesn’t mean it’s going to be a good movie, but they are striving for continuity with the OT, and I appreciate the hard work.

      I’d rather hear them talk about practical effects than hear actors bitch, moan and shed tears over working in front of a green screen all day.

      • July 11, 2015 at 5:54 pm
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        I really don’t know why talking about the way they are approaching the effects is something to be offended by. Head scratcher there.

        I agree with the one poster it’s less about nostalgia so much as how we can further advance this craft that played so pivotally in the original saga.

        At least they are talking about how it plays into the story and how it has helped the actor’s performance, rather than how can we populate the frame with as many digital creations as possible. The approach is the effects have to mean something to the characters and sometimes the best way to do that is for them to see it and touch it and not discover later what it was they were seeing at the movie’s premiere.

        • July 12, 2015 at 12:50 am
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          I see the shade throwing and trolling in your post. You’re not as clever as you might think 😉

      • July 11, 2015 at 6:32 pm
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        Did you not see the video? There was plenty of green screen.

        • July 11, 2015 at 7:52 pm
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          Green/blue screen techniques have been used for years for compositing and set extension. I’m sure you can tell what they are doing here is different. It’s very like Christopher Nolan’s approach to filmmaking. If they can do it practically, then that’s the approach. If you saw any behind the scenes for the battle of geonosis or kamino then you can see the difference here. Hell, George even wanted the clone troopers to be digital.

        • July 13, 2015 at 5:19 pm
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          Well the use of CGI to make whole environments – Kamino is the egregious one, Geonosis, Mustafar (second half of the fight scene) – end up with really nothing added to the film.

          There’s a sense, and probably validated, that the environments created were something to credit the films and overshadow the stunted cardboard dialogue and odd actor reactions to cartoons they didn’t know were there. But, as we know from 50 years of prior filmmaking, that the effects of the background are cool, but its what’s going on in the scene that counts.

          There were no close in shots of Jedi fighting in these supposedly devastating battles – no intimacy like Leia-Han on Endor, or the trench exploding on Hoth. It was just a bunch of CGI ships, pilots, soldiers, dust, light shows, etc. that didn’t have anything going on.

          And that factory/foundry scene……….oh god I loathe that scene. And the Palpatine-Yoda face-off that had a total consequence of zero.

    • July 11, 2015 at 10:56 pm
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      It’s something that is important to a lot of fans. If they can’t talk about story, and can barely reveal anything about characters, then they are going to talk about production design and the special effects.. There’s nothing wrong with that. Plus, not everyone watches every single interview and event about this film, a lot of people are shocked to find out about this stuff. It’s not all about you.

  • July 11, 2015 at 10:21 am
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    I said it in another post, but I’ll reiterate here: I do believe that Adam, Domnhall, and Gwen (the “baddies” specifically) are visualizing their future during this panel…

    You have to imagine that John and Daisy are relatively unknown, so they are new to all of this spotlight stuff, but the “baddies” all have had other somewhat-popular acting roles and who knows where they were trying to go with their careers. It just sank in that they might be doing these Star Wars conventions for the rest of their life and that’s all they will be known for…

    In that respect it was hard to watch…

    Maybe it’s just me, but I was reading their body language too much, perhaps…

    Other than that, it was a great panel, and I don’t know how many dozens of times I’ve watched the behind the scenes video now…

    This movie is going to kick fucking ass…

  • July 11, 2015 at 10:26 am
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    Yeah Driver was definitely wtf am I doing here.
    the movie looks pretty epic and the cast do too!

  • July 11, 2015 at 10:55 am
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    Wow, I can’t believe the fanboys on here that bitch about the lamest shit. Upset about referring to practical effects? Really? It is actually a huge part of this production and if you are bored already then you have a for shit attention span.

    • July 11, 2015 at 11:02 am
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      Every piece of marketing material mentions the use of practical effects as if that is the most important aspect of Star Wars. Almost every question here or at Celebration seemed to mention how real it was. It was like everyone was told this is our marketing angle, make sure to mention practical effects. As if CGI and not the writing, acting and directing was the reason the prequels sucked.

      It is just grating at this point and annoying. The panel was still cool and the behind the scenes video was awesome but the constant mention of practical effects is annoying to me.

      • July 11, 2015 at 1:03 pm
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        And yet give two important characters the cgi treatment, so it’s bunkus. TPM had loads of practical effects, it didn’t make it a good movie.

      • July 11, 2015 at 3:42 pm
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        It’s only “grating” to hear about practical effects being used if you see it as a slight to the way the prequels were made (in the main). George was digital this, digital that.

        It was the story and acting that made those movies subpar, but the actors were acting against green screen a lot of the time so there is some connective tissue there.

        I don’t mind cgi so much but there were some things in the prequels that just made no sense to me. Why make the clones cgi? That’s one of those digital decisions that really is going to date those movies moving forward; if it hasn’t already.

        Yes TPM used a lot of practical effects and, to me, though weakest in narrative elements, it is the most visually striking of the prequels. That it was shot on film may have a lot to do with that as well.

        • July 11, 2015 at 6:36 pm
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          Actually it’s just ridiculous to hear them pat themselves on the back for using common film techniques as if it were some sort of revelation. We went to a real desert!!! We used real actors, real cameras, the cast and crew were paid with real money, not CGI money.

          • July 11, 2015 at 7:34 pm
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            Actually it’s a dumb ass thing to complain about.

          • July 13, 2015 at 5:24 pm
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            Ever heard the term:

            “suffer for your art”

            ???
            Its a thing, however silly or not, that we often appreciate. Nolan made a bit of a mess of the science in Interstellar, but the painstaking effort he put into trying to depict it and explain it does garner him credit for it.

          • July 13, 2015 at 7:11 pm
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            And having more practical effects in that crap fest didn’t help the shit story.

        • July 11, 2015 at 9:14 pm
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          This “dating” argument really has no substance. It’s a strawmans argument of folks just grasping for straws. Of course it’s common sense that every movie gets old, evident as the years go by and as you compare it with other movies (this goes for all movies, not just SW movies).

          Like if I, as well as many others, can’t tell that the OT are old movies. Yeah, the OT is so 2015, from the effects to the moviemaking techniques, it looks like a groundbreaking film of recent moviemaking magic #sarcasm

          By the way, I love the OT, but I’m not blinded by the fact that the do indeed look old. I do recognize that the effects used in those movie were groundbreaking for their time but that’s where it stops (their timeless for their story, not for the effects).

          • July 12, 2015 at 1:29 am
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            Maybe not dated, but looking back it seems like a dumb move to make the clones cgi creations. The tech wasn’t ready and it shows now because it’s been done better. It was the early stages of digital filmmaking as well. Shooting digitally at much lower resolutions then today’s cameras, AOTC almost looks like a step down from the TPM (shot on film), quality wise.

            There are many things about the OT that haven’t held up effects wise. But I would say there are just as many things they did then that still hold up quite well. But, perhaps I’m biased. I still think the production design (at least in execution) in the OT blows the PT away.

    • July 12, 2015 at 1:32 am
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      I agree. It really is a strange thing to gripe about. A lot of what they are doing is fascinating to me.

  • July 11, 2015 at 11:22 am
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    We should have been able to watch this live. People will go to Comic Con regardless of rather you can see all the panels online or not. All of them should be streamed at this point. People go for the experience of going and being there, putting them online wouldn’t effect my attendance when I can go. I have been 4 times and am going next year rather its online or not. They need to put the panels online already.

    • July 11, 2015 at 10:43 pm
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      Exactly. It’s fucked up to people who can’t go. It doesn’t effect it at all. I been 4 times too and never even been
      In hall H.

  • July 11, 2015 at 11:28 am
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    I wonder if that “Bobbajoe” creature is the same species as Master Sinube from Clone Wars.

    • July 11, 2015 at 1:37 pm
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      different species

  • July 11, 2015 at 11:55 am
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    Desert planet , Snowy planet, Forest planet in every movie is impossible. You have to rely on CGI to create other environment. How can you achieve Volcano fight without CGI.

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:15 pm
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      Hmmm…volcano fight without CGI? Well, you could build a giant volcano miniature at ILM, and shoot the errupting Mt Etna as background plates. But that’s just crazy talk.

  • July 11, 2015 at 12:16 pm
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    I believe the piano music at the beginning is part of a new theme. I also think it matches with the piano music at the start of the Vanity Fair video. they didn’t bring Gloria Cheng into the sessions just for her to play one note in the 2nd trailer.

    • July 11, 2015 at 3:46 pm
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      That music at the beginning is definitely not by Williams.

      • July 11, 2015 at 5:39 pm
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        and you know this, how?

        • July 11, 2015 at 5:48 pm
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          Because it’s a piece of music called epiphany from a documentary called Into The Shadow of the moon, produced by Ron Howard

          Nothing to do with John Williams

  • July 11, 2015 at 12:33 pm
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    LOL This is why GL moved on:

    Cross your fingers!
    Let’s hope this works.
    He may fall off the stage …
    He’s a little slow etc.

    It’s nice but you can see the time consuming limitations live on stage here.

    • July 11, 2015 at 6:38 pm
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      But hey, the movie is guaranteed to be great because puppets cast a real shadow on the set!

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:13 pm
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      You forgot “he looks like a reject from The Dark Crystal”.

      • July 13, 2015 at 5:27 pm
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        lol

        I used to love that movie.
        Tried to watch it recently and immediately thought the characters were going to give me nightmares. So I stopped it.

  • July 11, 2015 at 1:54 pm
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    That was amazing. Thank you for this video!
    “Starkiller” Base. Interesting.. I wonder if that’s actually the name of the Super Weapon as well.. Starkiller.
    God I’m so attracted to Daisy Ridley. And wow, Gwendoline is a giant! she looks like she’s as tall as Chewbacca! Ohhh wouldn’t that be a great duel.
    Btw… we need footage of the concert!

      • July 11, 2015 at 7:23 pm
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        Last time we had the DEATH star battle station, this time we have the star KILLER. battle station…Its completely different in every way lol

  • July 11, 2015 at 3:20 pm
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    Just fabulous… Wonderful to see Harrison Ford saying good things about TFA. That’s a solid guarantee that we’re getting a truly great Star Wars movie. I can’t wait. Thank you to this site for keeping us in the loop.

    • July 11, 2015 at 4:21 pm
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      I agree, everything that is leading up has been in great taste and well done.

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:12 pm
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      He said nice things about Crystal Skull, too. He also publically bitch-slapped the Beef for bad-mouthing the film publically, whatever his personal feelings about it, as being plain unprofessional. It’s product, and Harrison knows not beating up a film prior to release is part and parcel of his job. Wouldn’t read too much into that is what I’m saying.

  • July 11, 2015 at 4:55 pm
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    What happened to Harrison Ford’s Voice? He sounds like an old man. He didn’t sound like that in the teaser ?

    • July 11, 2015 at 9:19 pm
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      They’re probably using vocal effects to accentuate his voice for him to sound more familiar. Oh wait, they’re only using practical effects so nothing like that will be used 😛

  • July 11, 2015 at 5:11 pm
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    Did anyone notice the sombre look on both Fisher’s and Hamil’s faces when Ford was asked where Han Solo may end up?
    I’m also increasingly leaning towards Han meeting his end in this movie.

  • July 11, 2015 at 5:36 pm
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    I think Harrison got a little emotional when talking about star wars being his first movie, because in that moment he realised that TFA could well have been his last movie.

    PS IMAX cameras on daisy’s falcon cockpit.
    PPS the shot with Han,Rey and Finn seem to show them landing on the forest planet from trailer 1

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:08 pm
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      Except of course that he’s already got a number of films he’s signed on for. So…no.

      • July 12, 2015 at 12:30 pm
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        no i meant that he came pretty close to Buying the Homestead recently, and if he had his film career would have started and ended with SW.

  • July 11, 2015 at 6:05 pm
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    Regarding TFA, I personally don’t need another trailer.
    Information so far gurantee that this is beyond my standard.
    Besides, JJ said No to Darth Plaguies question.
    Is it another John Harrison thing ?

  • July 11, 2015 at 6:16 pm
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    I couldn’t attend it and then go with Stormtroopers to a John Williams concert bonus! S.D.C.C. Hall H must be great for not only Star Wars but the other comics-type favorites that I saw people dress up as. All video clips I saw on SDCC’s Star Wars panel were well presented; and, I did read live-stream while taking care of after-business week projects. I do have to say this: everything I saw with Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford was tearfully enjoying (I easily lost focus in the newer potential stars). The “where’s Chewie (or Peter Mayhew ANSWER: Behind the audience in the room)” must have been one of the best comedic jokes!

    J.J. Abrams led off reasons for everything in the Star Wars project (why us true fans want to get back to practical effects instead of CGI PT nightmares): “Because we love it and care about it much, we have not been blinded by that! You can’t just be a fan!”
    Daisy Ridley: “I hope my dress reveals my guns because I worked hard for these (and crowd roar)!”
    Adam Driver: “whether or not I am considered bad or right, a character may do bad things but they may think they are morally right (that’s even more evil)!”
    … and more goodies. LOOKED GREAT!

  • July 11, 2015 at 6:19 pm
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    I always thought that Harrison had signed on cos jj had promised to finally kill off his character but now I’m not so sure.
    I’m going against the grain here but there’s something in the look he gives when him and rey walk into the cockpit of the falcon,is it despair?and shock.
    I almost don’t want to say it out aloud…
    I never read it but I remember hearing about that EU book,ol’ fuzzball makes the ultimate sacrifice for Han’s kid?
    Maybe Ford will be in ep.8

  • July 11, 2015 at 6:37 pm
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    I just had a weird thought. What if there was too much practical effects? It might adversely affect the movie just like too much CGI. GL might be vindicated and he will laugh his ass off when watching in the theaters.

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:06 pm
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      With the massive amount of CGI already shown in just a minute or so of trailers, I don’t think it’s…ahem…much of a risk. “Practical practical practical” is nothing more than Disney having LFL blow smoke up the fans’ asses.

      • July 11, 2015 at 7:59 pm
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        Not really. That video shows the approach is vastly different to the prequels and it seems like every one involved has a conviction about it. It goes deeper than fan service, they are fans themselves and they want continuity to classic films that came before it.

        It’s ironic that some people think what they are doing is using outmoded techniques, when it is in fact newer technology that is allowing them to do what they are doing “practically”. Just because it’s not digital doesn’t mean it’s not being progressive or advancing cinematic technique. Star Wars films will always be cutting edge I that respect.

        • July 13, 2015 at 7:16 pm
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          Thank you for demonstrating textbook naivety.

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:09 pm
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      If you want to see what movies with all practical effects look like, just watch almost any movie ever made before 2000. I think you’ll find that there is no such thing as too much of a real thing when it’s up against cartoony digital effects for 83% of a film. No contest. A physical creature, properly made and performed, is just more believable.

      • July 11, 2015 at 7:15 pm
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        …and…

        I believe there will still be ample digital effects for a good deal of the film, particularly involving ships and planets.

        It’s good to use a variety of tools; practical, digital, optical- whatever suits the scene best.

      • July 11, 2015 at 7:22 pm
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        Horsehit. Pure. Horeshit. There are a handful of very well made films pre-digital that have convincing effects work. There are VASTLY more films pre-digital with effects that are obvious, clumsy, and unconvincing. You can’t hold up the best of practical vs the worst of CGI and draw any meaningful conclusion.

    • July 11, 2015 at 7:27 pm
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      It will be like Phantom Menace except the CGI will be better because its 16+ years later.

      Menace had loads of practical effects, people forget how real it was. Its the writing, acting and directing that will ultimately decide if Force Awakens is good, not the use, over use, or lack of practical effects.

  • July 11, 2015 at 6:43 pm
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    Thanks to post this, awesome, you`re guys doing a great job keeping us update, and it`s a great that we can watch this only a couple hours after the Comic Con, thank you.

  • July 11, 2015 at 7:08 pm
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    Kevin Smith -$10 000 Credits.

  • July 11, 2015 at 7:36 pm
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    Chewie with both arms intact, and 3PO with Red left arm. Nien Numb and Ackbar confirmed. Leia confirmed. Village Torching, castle rubble explosions. General Heathcliff Hux. We got a lot of cool stuff. No one seems to have mentioned the shot of the red soldiers running. can’t tell if they are from the Resistance or new Scout Trooper design. Also, I’m thinking that the shot of Poe being led to the brig by the stormtrooper, that could be after they’ve met and Finn hatches a plan to take them to the Hangar instead. Also the shot of the flaming TIE looks like a finished shot as well.

  • July 11, 2015 at 10:13 pm
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    So, no trailer and no film footage: ok I guess (I’ll take the BTS video though)

    More talk about practical effects: like it hasn’t been talked about for the umpteenth time (ok, we get it! Nothing wrong with that but it’s nothing new and I’m sure the movie will look great).

    Now, how about something else that’s new about TFA? Something that we don’t already know like an official synopsis and/or the opening crawl?

  • July 11, 2015 at 10:49 pm
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    I think we really deserved a trailer or clip also. It’s cool to see behind the scenes but I want to see more of the actual movie.

  • July 12, 2015 at 12:40 am
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    I wish instead of implying overuse of greenscreens was the worst thing to happen to the prequels, they’d also talk about how meaningless most of the lightsaber duels felt.

    Yes yes puppets are great but well paced, emotional saber duels with great dialogue were crucial to the OT.

    • July 12, 2015 at 1:08 am
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      I feel that there is going to be a lot of fighting in this movie, where by lightsaber, blaster or some other form, and some will be emotional duels and some won’t. Just read about the training that the actors had to go through (like Ridley) and about how some of the extras/secondaries will be showcasing their martial arts skills. So, while there could be duels with emotional weight, I’m not expecting for all to have this element.

  • July 12, 2015 at 3:50 am
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    I’m just going to come out with the following bold statement:

    Star Wars isn’t for you Gen X-ers and older folks anymore (particularly those that saw the OT as kids/youth when they were released in theaters). Heck, I’m not even too sure that Stat Wars is for us older Millennials either. All the direct marketing (not this talk about practical effects and whatnot) will be geared towards young adults and youth.

    This message is for you Gen X-ers and older folks: you are the reason that the Star Wars franchise can’t evolve (because you aren’t letting it); you are the ones holding the franchise back from evolving.

    • July 13, 2015 at 3:27 am
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      Its because of the so called Gen X and older that VII will evolve. GL tried to wow the younger crowd with dazzling ships and creatures video game style in the PT. Now this new trilogy will focus on storytelling, good scenes and meaningful dialogue. The Gen Xers knows that this movie will focus on the new fans, hence the young cast. Someday you may be told that your generation held back a movie from evolving.

      • July 13, 2015 at 7:23 pm
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        How do you know any of this? Have you seen the movie? What great story are you talking about? What great acting? I just love reading all of the b.s. circular reasoning on these boards.

        • July 22, 2015 at 6:24 am
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          Look I’m going on faith that it will be a good movie. Why don’t you address the OP’s sad drivel about TFA not meant for GenX? It seems like JJ is aiming for both both demographics as demonstrated by the casting. Circular reasoning my ass

    • July 13, 2015 at 5:40 pm
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      I’m actually offended by this.

      Ask a lot of older fans about the Clone Wars and Rebels, I would warrant that plenty of them did like both series, especially Clone Wars (Rebels is still new) which redeemed the PT in a way.

      As an older millenial, with GenX siblings, I can say for a personal fact, that my older brother and sister are completely on board with Rebels after the Season 1 finale and Season 2 opener.

      For many GenXers, Clone Wars and Rebels are what they were able to bond with their children through – explain who Obi-Wan is to them, and to explain the evil of Palpatine.

      Yes, a return to practical effects is partly fan service, but its also a return to an emphasis on acting opposite tactile aliens, a use of natural light and dust and smoke. Instead of creating main characters with CGI and hoping they’ll look credible, we’re using motion capture – a marriage of the two mediums that has created fantastic characters in recent years.

      There are reasons why they’re using practical effects, and its not just fan service to older fans.

  • July 12, 2015 at 11:49 am
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    yawn!!! sorry youngster I fell asleep reading
    your…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

  • July 13, 2015 at 1:06 am
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    Harrison Ford’s haircut is pretty short now. They’re meant to start shooting VIII in a couple of months, and I notice Hamill and Fisher have maintained their appearance for it.

    But Ford hasn’t…

    • July 13, 2015 at 3:17 am
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      Carrie hasn’t maintained her role. She gained her weight back

  • July 16, 2015 at 7:22 am
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    When Harrison said he read the script and it had some intriguing plot twists that made him sign on I’m pretty sure that means Han’s death….I might be reading into that a little but it sounds like he just confirmed he was so excited because Han dies.

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