Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz!
It’s been quite a busy week, so let’s get right into it…
First some photos from Mailn Head, where some action was taking place today. Special thanks to Twitter user cora for the photos:
@StarWarsNewsNet some photos I took today from the filming in malin head pic.twitter.com/7WxDW6pDRk
— cora (@coraspov) May 13, 2016
Belfast Airport welcomes the cast and crew in Ireland:
May the force be with you #star wars. Welcoming the cast and crew to NI pic.twitter.com/3thPRGCPOW
— Belfast Airport (@BelfastAirport) May 13, 2016
For the photos of the stars’ arrival click HERE.
It appears that BBC is at Malin Head and we could expect some nice reports in the following days:
The #StarWars VIP’s just passed & waved. Buzzing in #MalinHead #Donegal pic.twitter.com/ilfpgSu0G7
— Martina Gardiner (@martinagardiner) May 12, 2016
Ali Farren plays host to @Elaine_McGee10 and hopefully a few Stormtroopers in #malinhead #StarWars pic.twitter.com/CFuvV9Ory5
— BBC Radio Foyle (@BBCRadioFoyle) May 13, 2016
We made it to friday @bbc5live Breakfast talking rising school expenses. Fly tipping & #milleniumfalcon in #Donegal pic.twitter.com/f9AEpyk5jL
— clare mcdonnell (@claremcdonnell1) May 13, 2016
A fantastic in-depth documentary about Bioware and how they were creating the Star Wars video games:
Luke never ever seeing his friend Han again was something that really bothered me the most after TFA. Really sad:
Probably the saddest thing on the Internet! pic.twitter.com/YGcquFhIlU
— Star Wars Life Daily (@SWLifeDaily) May 8, 2016
Mark is sad too:
Please don’t do this to me. https://t.co/w9sKDQjEgM
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) May 8, 2016
Brother and sister reunited in London:
Cuddling with my #SpaceSis can be tricky as Gary seems to consistently come between us! #DevotedDog #NoTonguesPlease pic.twitter.com/V3zMge1xGd
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) May 8, 2016
Happy Birthday Domhnall Gleeson!
HappyBirthday 2 criminally-talented Domhnall Gleeson! Wanted to surprise U-so waited a day when U wouldn’t expect it pic.twitter.com/B7CikkDbMX
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) May 13, 2016
Good news fro Bloodline coming from Claudia Gray herself:
Thanks to all you Star Wars fans out there, BLOODLINE debuted at #5 on the NYT bestseller list! Let’s celebrate! 🍾
— Claudia Gray (@claudiagray) May 11, 2016
More training from Daisy. Just how physical is her role in Episode VIII? 😉
John Boyega at Cannes Film Festival:
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Pablo Hidalgo has been pretty busy this week. Lots of new revelations from him.
What is a Social Weekly Recap without Pablo addressing some Plagueis theories? This is big:
On George Lucas:
@pablohidalgo Pretty sure he doesn’t consider Rey or Kylo Ren or anyone after he sold LF part of his universe either…
— JediLukee (@I__Jedi) May 11, 2016
@I__Jedi and you’d be surprised. The quest of a young woman to find her place in the Force is the story he left.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 11, 2016
@I__Jedi no, it was a starting point for TFA. And it evolved the way treatments always do.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 11, 2016
@NX_starfighter I would guess once the trilogy’s done. But that’s a guess.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 10, 2016
@areyoubadenough He checked out the comics. He was far more visual. As far as I know, he never read any of the novels.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 10, 2016
@TrentonJBurton Jacen and Jaina never existed in George’s storytelling, even in treatment form.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 10, 2016
@Sorriso_gotik @TrentonJBurton No. George never thought of Mara as being part of his universe either.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 10, 2016
On if Mace Windu could be alive:
@RaisingHope96 Mace died in Episode III. Condolences.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 6, 2016
@TrentonJBurton @RaisingHope96 Maul wasn’t saved by a bunch of fans. 🙂 he was saved by George.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 6, 2016
On one of the reasons they are doing the young Han Solo movie:
@ALupi15 also “George wanted it” kinda means something too. 🙂
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 6, 2016
On Han and Leia’s relationship in The Force Awakens:
@maribfcosta Han’s on tour. I don’t think they’re living apart.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 6, 2016
@maribfcosta they’re busy folks. But they’re not split if that’s what you’re asking.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) May 6, 2016
Stay tuned for more next week.
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pablo confirmed that the story of a young girl who finds her way in the force was left by george.. and people still think rey isn’t a skywalker? are you kidding me..
It’s not that… It just seems too obvious.
Maybe that’s not the twist, maybe it’s something else. People weren’t even looking for a twist when ESB came out, now they look for it all the time.
I think part of the problem is that audiences will be actively looking for a good twist in this new trilogy at some point, and if they end up not doing a twist then that will piss people off. Likewise, if they end up doing a twist that isn’t clever, creative, or is too different from what they were expecting but different in a negative way, audiences will be pissed off.
I feel like any of these new Star Wars movies have a damned if you do, damned if you don’t outlook ascribed to them.
because there are whiny fans that make problems out of everything.. why can’t we all just enjoy the films?
That would be too easy for everyone in the fandom. now wouldn’t it. 🙂
No matter what they do, it always pisses people off. Some people being pissed off by SW is granted.
Well they shouldn’t, they are just movies and stories.
Maybe the twist is there is no twist, what looks too easy looks that way because it is in fact, true.
My favorite was Mark Hamill posting the no underwear in space stuff xD
You forgot when Pablo straight up said that Snoke isn’t Plagueis.
denial… the first step. all the stubborn plagueis supporters are still holding onto the idea.. even though it has been said in black and white that it isn’t true…. xD
Of course it’s not true. Snoke is the reincarnation of Yoda!!! XD
nailed it
That’s almost as stubborn as all those fanboys who insisted that the desert planet in TFA was Tatooine despite evidence pouring in from MSW and this site suggesting otherwise. (Remember that guys?)
Thing is, in the end, it may as well have fucking been Tatooine. Exact same environment, living conditions, etc etc, all minus the bustling starport towns which I’m sure were on Jakku somewhere.
It’s funny how Disney gets the license and promises new Star Wars by giving us TWO new Tatooines.
Thing is Jakku was a dunes and and flats, Tatooine was dunes, flats, and very rocky areas. We didn’t see any real rocky areas on Jakku. (Doesn’t mean there couldn’t be, just we never saw them.)
i haven’t read it but in the art of the force awakens book, there is concept art depicting jakku as a water planet with old battle remnants sunken underwater.. imagine how cool and DIFFERENT that would have been.. imagine a star wars world living on a water planet.. would have made the first 30-40 minutes of the film so much more interesting..
I didn’t think there was all that much evidence that it wasn’t Tatooine until Abrams said it was Jakku at SW Celebration April of last year.
Look again, there was tons of evidence more than a year before the film’s release. A lot of it was reported in Making Star Wars.net, as mentioned in my last comment. I might also add that most people scoffed at this site and said “You’re crazy, it possibly cannot be anything else other than Tatooine!”
Nobody ever said a planet name, though.
Wow this was a nice recap. I’ve been slacking a bit on keeping up with Star Wars. Pablo answered so much!
That TOR documentary is pretty awesome. I just wish I could believe what they said about “things you should do if you want to get into game development”, because all I’m thinking is “you guys are under the EAmbrella, that’s an example of what NOT to do”.
Since George Lucas brought Darth Maul back from the dead, maybe Disney/Lucasfilm will one day decide to bring back one or a few of the following: Boba Fett, Mace Windu, Darth Plagueis, Darth Vader, Emperor Palpatine, Padme Amidala Naberrie, Obi-Wan enobi, Qui-Gon Jinn, Lor San Tekka, one of the Order 66 victims. Or maybe they will all stay dead. The point is that they could do it if they felt like it. The future is mysterious…
I wasn’t convinced it was the Falcon before, but now I am, as seen below.
Sorta looks like Cloud City or Tipoca in the first even though it’s clearly not.
I find it funny that The Falcon was only built a few times throughout the OT, but it seems like the Falcon has been built like 12 times so far in the ST, even though Episode IX hasn’t even started filming yet.
Always found it ironic that Lucas’s biggest haters are now the most ardent supporters of the Han Solo film.
I haven’t seen anyone super excited for it.
They are an extreme minority but they are out there. It has a more uphill battle than TFA, I think most got onboard with VII after the entire OT cast came back and the trailer came out but this film needs a miracle to get everyone interested.
Great article, I appreciate the effort you put in, some really interesting stuff here, thanks!
Pablo Hidalgo might be the most patient person ever.
What’s the canon definition of “patient”?