Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz: Episode VIII Filming Halfway Done. No Snoke in Rogue One and More!
This week we have some new photos from the Episode VIII filming. Some revelations on Rogue One, a small update from J.W. Rinzler and the Making of The Force Awakens book, and more…
Rian Johnson shared 2 new images from the Episode VIII filming on his tumblr account announcing that they are halfway through the shoot:
“Good. Bad. I’m the guy with the microfiber sham.” https://t.co/gN1yoWw1SU
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) April 28, 2016
Next is something really incredible. Our friend Krisitan Harloff from Collider Jedi Council has been immortalized in the upcoming novel Bloodline. Author Claudia Gray, who was recently interviewed by Harloff, named a planet from the Star Wars universe after Kristian – Harloff Minor. That’s right, now our buddy is officially Star Wars canon! Congrats! Truly amazing.
Holy crap!! Reading #bloodline and @claudiagray actually did it. I’m canon! pic.twitter.com/dEamzBDpV6
— KristianHarloff (@KristianHarloff) April 27, 2016
A BTS video from Ireland, which we continuously thought was the same as the one they released back in January. It’s a shorter cut of the video from January with 2 new brief shots of Mark and Daisy.
The guys from Jedi Bibliothek noticed that the upcoming book “The Making of Star Wars: The Force Awakens” was marked as cancelled on some sites. We contacted the legendary author J.W. Rinzler, who was supposed to work on that book for comment. Shortly after that he posted the following on Twitter:
TFA making-of? Thanks but not spokesperson (don’t work there anymore)-so please ask publisher @ABRAMSbooks & Lucasfilm. May say more later
— J. W. Rinzler (@jwrinzler) April 27, 2016
And he sent us a similar reply:
Thanks for writing to me but as I mentioned in my Twitter feed I’m not really the spokesperson. Perhaps there is someone at Abrams or Lucasfilm you can ask as I no longer work at the latter company.
The “Making of…” books are such an important part of the Star Wars franchise. J.W. Rinzler together with George Lucas is the mastermind behind all six books from the episodes so far. We really hope that Mr. Rinzler will be involved with the one about The Force Awakens, but it appears that at least for now, this is not the case. Looking forward to find out more on this in the upcoming weeks.
Are you ready for May 4?
May the 4th is one week today! Star Wars marathon? Stormtrooper snacks? Share your ideal Star Wars Day plans with ushttps://t.co/ZcT0PqTMCD
— Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK) April 27, 2016
Mark Hamill was at the UK premiere of Captain America: Civil War.
Marilou was #TeamIronMan I was #TeamCap After seeing spectacularly FUN super-hero smack down-We’re #TeamEverybody!!! pic.twitter.com/8XgQ6rBSet
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) April 27, 2016
Meeting #FantasticFans at the @CaptainAmerica UK Premiere last night was almost as FUN as the movie…ALMOST!#Gr8FUN https://t.co/jSYrHQVmW1
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) April 27, 2016
Great meeting elegant #ElizabethOlsen & rocking’ @Renner4Real @CaptainAmerica Don’t make us choose! #TeamEverybody pic.twitter.com/8YPBxWDoOO
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) April 27, 2016
Funniest superhero in #CaptainAmericaCivilWar?This guy! Amazing @TomHolland1996 New #SpiderMan & former #BillyElliot pic.twitter.com/X3UPDWD3WB
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) April 28, 2016
This is just too cool:
Star Wars fan’s Lego Destroyer is 32kg of awesome https://t.co/hoLHaRt67N via @TrustedReviews
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) April 28, 2016
More training from Daisy Ridley:
A video posted by @daisyridley on
Also Ridley’s stunt double Chloe Bruce shares new impressive video:
landed this move today. Wasn’t excited at all… Obviously! Haha 🙈😂 #bostaff #tricks pic.twitter.com/iTfLQewrxS
— Chloe Bruce (@ChloeDBruce) April 27, 2016
From Pablo Hidalgo:
On Prequel Trilogy Producer Rick McCallum:
@NX_starfighter He’s living the dream in Prague, producing independent projects.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 18, 2016
Probably Pablo’s 1000th comment on the Snoke is Plagueis theory:
@MarissaTalchi @Daniel_Outhier @PlanetSunset Oh there’s nothing stopping me from typing “Snoke isn’t Plagueis.” See, just typed those words
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 22, 2016
@pablohidalgo officially LFL hasn’t decided whether Snoke is Plagueis. But Abrams deliberately distanced TFA from prequels sooo unlikely.
— Daniel Outhier (@Daniel_Outhier) April 22, 2016
@Daniel_Outhier Well. You’re not right about the ‘deciding’ part. Snoke is Snoke. We’ve been over this.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 22, 2016
In case someone still thinks that Snoke is in the Bacta tank from the Rogue One teaser:
@SWHolo_Net@TAnders843 Snoke is not in Rogue One. Like, in any way, shape or form. This is a standalone movie.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 22, 2016
On how Kylo knows Rey’s name:
@YYoneva She’d already been interrogated by a mind probe at that point. pic.twitter.com/qMePfUzivg
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 26, 2016
On how evil is Kylo Ren 🙂
@michaelcgriff interesting. How many would he have to murder to meet the quota? Do family members score double points? 🙂
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 26, 2016
@jere7my @michaelcgriff He is known as the “Jedi killer” so, do with that info what you will.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 26, 2016
On debunking stuff:
@PlanetSunset it’s garbage. But don’t get used to me fielding such posts, because I’m sure one day something legit will show up.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) April 22, 2016
.@pablohidalgo @PlanetSunset For the record, the NYT could print a rumor that the opening crawl will be yellow & I wouldn’t confirm/deny.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) April 25, 2016
Stay tuned for more next week.
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Ooh, that video from Chloe Bruce looks promising. Maybe a tease of Rey’s double-bladed lightsaber…? Besides, that Lego Star Destroyer is fantastic!
Is it actually a bacta tank? Could it instead be the housing of one of the eight crystals that power the laser weapon?
Interesting.
A real making of TFA book would be amazing done like the OT ones. So much behind the scenes drama to mined there.
Yeah I’m wondering what scene was the one that caused Ford’s leg injury..
I’d love to hear Lucas’s ideas other than the rumored teenage cast and Jedi Academy ones.
It’s rumored that the pending legal situation regarding the UK production company might have caused some complications with “The Making Of TFA” release.
Great article, loved it!
Good to see that the Avengers are still in awe of Luke Skywalker 🙂
Speaking of which, I won’t spoil it, but there’s a classic Star Wars reference in Captain America: Civil War 🙂
Absolute gold!
Deadpool had a great Star Wars reference as well…excuse me…an ESB reference. 🙂
I can’t remember the Deadpool reference?
But I think everyone will love the Civil War reference 🙂
Good. Bad. Love it…Ash would show Snoke who’s the King, baby! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d73XkPQPKiY
The New Spider-man: Luke Skywalker Approved….#teamHamill 🙂
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