Star Wars: Episode VIII Wraps on July 22!
Mark Hamill made an unexpected revelation today on Twitter. After being asked by a fan to say something about Episode VIII, the actor surprisingly revealed the date when filming is expected to wrap.
@HamillHimself can u tell us anything about ep8
— zoe (@PANAKINNN) July 2, 2016
It wraps on Friday July 22nd 2016 #LooseLipsSinkStarships #W8ForVIII #DontBeAHomer #PatienceMyPadawans #Rogue1Sooner https://t.co/92syo6m36d
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 2, 2016
That’s exactly 5 days after Star Wars Celebration Europe (July 15-17) and during San Diego Comic Con (July 21-24).
Many fans were hoping that Disney and Lucasfilm will save some Episode VIII news for their fans during SDCC, but seeing the wrap date, it seems highly unlikely. And remember, this year belongs to Rogue One. Episode VIII will have its con next year.
We might not get much Episode VIII coverage during SDCC, but after the announcement of the Future Filmmaker & Closing Ceremony panel at Celebration Europe, that’s the event that you should focus on for your Episode VIII and Han Solo update.
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I’m going to SDCC! Gonna get some cool rogue one stuff
HAve fun!
Me too!
Still can’t believe that the Mrs suggested I got the VIP pass, while her and the kids had the normal weekend passes!!! :p
This is all still sort of surreal. It seems like I just heard about the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm and the sequel trilogy announcement. Now E8 is almost done filming…
I’m sure there are reshoots scheduled sometime
next year. As with all the films.
“Wraps” means Principal Photography is over.
Yep.
C’mon man, enough with this emotional reminiscing stuff :-/
Nothing about what I said was emotional.
And nothing would be wrong were it emotional. This is a site where you have passionate fants discussing something that we enjoy, for many of them their whole lives. Don’t sweat it. Talk about you enjoy!
Whats the chance that some of the EpIsode VIII actors will be attending celebration?
I would say pretty good since they are filming fairly close by and at least some of the actors are from the area anyway. Looks good!
I’d think they’d want them at next years because that is the direct lead up to EP8
Do you think we will get an appearance by Ewan McGregor with an announcement that they are working on an Obi-Wan Kenobi movie(s)?
No.
I sincerely hope so.
I hope we do, too, but I wouldn’t bet on it right now.
This should look good enough, can’t wait how it will do for the 40th anniversary.
And on an unrelated note, Mark is now trying to become the next Phoenix Wright!
what will they be doing for more than a year?!?
Editing, scoring, putting the effects, those kinds of things.
I don’t think they needed that much time for TFA
They need. Snoke’s final look was decided two months before the release.
If they release memorial day 2017 the compete with the summer movies..
If they release on Christmas.. they compete with NO ONE.
The secret to James Cameron’s success..
Star Wars doesn’t really need to compete with other movies… at least not a star wars saga episode
If it follows the same standard as Ep. 7, we could get a title with the wrap.
And yet the movie is still a year and a half away?
More time to polish CGI.
Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of special effects, editing, sound design, scoring, etc.
And time for impromptu but “completely normal” reshoots…
It was due out in May and has kept the shoot schedule appropriate for that though. So it could be sitting in the can for 4 or 5 months at least .. They could put it out next summer if they wanted. The Force Awakens was different as JJ was behind schedule owing to delays in both getting a script together and the shooting.
Somehow I sense that this tidbit is bigger than anything we’re going to get this month at Celebration regarding VIII.
Definitely won’t be getting much, if anything at Celebration or SDCC regarding VIII. At most, maybe a title reveal but even that is unlikely.
We should consider ourselves blessed if the title is revealed this early.
I don’t think Celebration will do much at all with Episode 8. If anything, the focus will be on Rogue One. Celebration Orlando should be a different story.
Can’t wait for SDCC!
Great to see Episode VIII almost done filming. ^_^
I’ve been able to stay away from 99% of Episode 8 spoilers, so I’m really anxious to see a SW movie not knowing anything going in. I checked out many Episode 7 spoilers because I was so afraid after the PT disaster, so I wanted to get a sense of the story. I have total faith in the franchise for Episode 8 & 9 and can’t wait to walk into that theater next December and have no idea what will happen with Luke, Rey, Snoke, Ren, Leia, etc.
This kind of like TFA with principal wrapping. But as usual we don’t know the whole schedule, they can return for pickups and you guys keep your ears to the ground and let us know what else is going on to keep the whole train rolling?
As far as real juicy rumors, man we’ve been hitting a dry spell. If not for Johnson filming out in the open like this, we probably would not have known anything about the Ach-To filming or scenes. He easily could have kept the lid shut and we would have been grasping at straws mistaking stunt doubles for Adam Driver as a Resistance/First Order double agents.
The usual anonymous sources have been debunked faster than with TFA’s production as quickly as they come up with their lies. Such as our friend MrGhostFaceLives. I’m a bit skeptical about Luke facing off with the Knights of Ren on Ach-To. It kind of sounds too good to be true like Luke being a Dark Lord or the guarding the Tomb of Plagueis in Episode VII. A grain of salt to all the contradicting Rey Skywalker/She’s Not A Skywalker rumors. Disney reps could be denying everything to the hide the secret.
” It kind of sounds too good to be true like Luke being a Dark Lord or the guarding the Tomb of Plagueis in Episode VII.”
Those are the opposite of too good to be true.
Outside Rogue One, I do believe this is the SW film with the least amount of time worked on it. Especially since they are doing the saga episodes every two years now.
Granted the budget is probably enormous but I really hope this doesn’t equal a rushed production. I thought the three year cycle was perfect with one for conception, another for production, and the last for post but Disney wants fast returns on their investment not to mention we live in the golden age of ADD.
I think we’ll know more of what to expect after Rogue One is out and how well it turns out seeing as how it was made in half the time.
TFA’s script had troubles which is why Kasdan and Abrams took over and rewrote it close to the start of filming, so to say TFA was in the works longer is a bit untrue. Episode 8 was being written while episode 7 was filming, they even filmed a scene for it on a Skelling the summer before TFA came out. Now, episode 8 will also have 6 more months of post production than TFA did, which allows for more reshoots and script fixing to be done.
The only troubles were Arndt needing 18 months to write it.
I would echo some of what Brett Smith said, and wouldn’t worry too much about how much time they are or aren’t spending on each installment. I’m pretty sure they started working on Episode VIII before Episode VII was even completed. Furthermore, when you have all the troops in place, it’s much easier to keep the momentum going. I would imagine, behind the scenes work on Episode IX, little details we wouldn’t even care about, are being taken care of: location scouting, script treatments, casting along with other production details that are rather boring but when organized, dramatically speed up the efficiency of a project.