Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz. Episode VIII Wraps Filming and More!
Last week it was Star Wars Celebration, this week it’s San Diego Comic Con. It’s been busy and exciting days for all Star Wars fans. Check out all the latest Star Wars posts from the social networks…
First, Star Wars: Episode VIII has officially wrapped principle photography:
Final slate of the final shot. VIII is officially wrapped. Cannot wait to share it with you all! –@rianjohnson pic.twitter.com/l4Apk0Ro4i
— Star Wars (@starwars) July 22, 2016
Here is an awesome wrap-up video from Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016:
The best Star Wars selfie from Celebration Europe, thanks to Gwendoline Christie:
Thank you @starwars #StarWarsCelebration #RogueOne for having me moderate the panel!!!!!!!!!! It was INCREDIBLE!!💥🌟👌 pic.twitter.com/1OfcNWpLMk
— Gwendoline Christie (@lovegwendoline) July 15, 2016
Thank you all who watched #SWCE #RogueOne panel! You were so warm,supportive & fun! I’m still internally screaming!! pic.twitter.com/KeF8tvfZS0
— Gwendoline Christie (@lovegwendoline) July 17, 2016
Speaking of Gwendoline Christie, here’s our first look at Captain Phasma from Star Wars: Episode VIII 🙂
#SWCE gives us a first look of Captain Phasma in episode 8! pic.twitter.com/U30Ohpquiw
— TheMidichlorianCount (@TheMidichlorian) July 17, 2016
Donnie Yen spills the beans about the planet Jedah and its connection to lightsabers:
.@DonnieYenCT reveals connection between planet Jeddah & light sabers! #RogueOne #StarWars #SWCE pic.twitter.com/RhAxe6O3vk
— ExtraTV (@extratv) July 17, 2016
Guess who went undercover at Celebration Europe?
First it was Gareth Edwards…
You never know who is behind the mask at @SW_Celebration Europe. #SWCEhttps://t.co/GthRG2I5P4
— Star Wars (@starwars) July 19, 2016
…then new Han Solo himself!
Did anyone see Alden Ehrenreich, AKA Han Solo, go undercover at @SW_Celebration #SWCE?
Credit: @visionelie pic.twitter.com/Zss0j9rr2i— Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK) July 20, 2016
In case you missed it, here are a few behind the scenes shots from Episode VIII shown at Celebration Europe:
Some behind the scenes shots on #EpisodeVIII #SWCE pic.twitter.com/zTrTFAF03w
— ErikDavis (@ErikDavis) July 17, 2016
Rian Johnson on when he started working on the Episode VIII script:
@filmmaking18 Exactly 2 years ago, July of 2014.
— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) July 20, 2016
Han Solo: A Star Wars Story directors and Han Solo himself, having fun during their panel at Celebration Europe:
Thank you #StarWarsCelebration from me and @chrizmillr and Alden (And @rianjohnson with a guerrilla cameo ) pic.twitter.com/jlkQ418ctn
— philip lord (@philiplord) July 17, 2016
If you have hard times figuring who is the blurry guy in the back, here’s a better one:
A closer look at the balletic @rianjohnson classing it up as usual #SWCE cc @chrizmillr pic.twitter.com/cpCH1mmk2g
— philip lord (@philiplord) July 17, 2016
That’s right. That’s Rian Johnson. The best photo bomb ever! 🙂
Another share from the Falcon by Rian Johnson:
Daisy Ridley shared a cool photo from The Force Awakens:
#fbf 😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄😄🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🐫🐫🐫🐫🐫🐫🐫
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And more…
And some posts from John Boyega:
Star Wars celebration was crazy!
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Some tweets by Mark Hamill:
THESE memories will last long beyond a lunchtime-A perfect capper to my #EpicEp8Experience Thank you EVERYBODY!!! https://t.co/x2khlM0mmQ
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 18, 2016
“…zzzzz” (Actual photo of actual current activity from actual undisclosed location) pic.twitter.com/BBMnhhiyHV
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 21, 2016
#WhatAWeekend Lifelong Pals, Everything #SW & YOU! Intensity of so many emotions up close & personal #OverWOWhelming pic.twitter.com/mrBIQBP334
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 20, 2016
Small World #swcelebration Seems Garrick Hagon & I are “reunited” in #ArkhamKnight Is #BestBudBiggs a #JokerClone? pic.twitter.com/Fmq4lMUdE2
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) July 17, 2016
IGN has the Star Wars Rebels clip with Darth Maul from Season 3 that premiered during Celebration:
And now some posts from Pablo Hidalgo.
Great article about the movies that influenced director Rian Johnson and his work on Star Wars: Episode VIII:
I was hoping someone would write this article. Well done! https://t.co/UfmqjRIDIZ
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) July 18, 2016
I do hope our Space Bear Film Camp gets SW fans watching more old movies. Three Outlaw Samurai is so great. So’s Twelve O’Clock high.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) July 18, 2016
On Thrawn, the Ysalamiri, the new canon and more:
On Ahsoka and Darth Maul:
@ToniSherlock93 Former Jedi and former Sith work as well.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) July 18, 2016
On the cross guard lightaber:
@Slayers_Goku The cross guard was a utility to help vent excess energy. I’m guessing sabers stopped needing them.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) July 21, 2016
On the temple guards lightsabers:
@RogueDakotan @eleventhirtyate @GaetanoMedulla I don’t think those sabers are “theirs” in the same way a Jedi’s lightsaber is.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) July 21, 2016
On the Snoke stickers that were spread during Celebration:
1) The Snoke stickers are someone else’s joke.
2) Theorize all you want! It’s cool! Just keep it out of my timeline.
3) No, it *is* funny.— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) July 18, 2016
Even Rian Johnson got one:
.@rianjohnsonpic.twitter.com/TGpriXMntO
— Kristen Hidalgo (@manraysky) July 19, 2016
Stay tuned for more buzz next week.
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Gwen should host Celebration in Orlando! James Arnold Taylor and Wicket Davis are immensely talented but their hosting duties are pretty lacking.
Liked everything about her presentation except for the constant Woooooooooooooo!!! If she toned that down a bit, she’d be perfect.
This is the part I liked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFlXsZaQAOA
I thought Warwick Davis did a great job. Didn’t see JAT.
JAT hosting intro was pretty darn irritating and it seems like he is more interested in himself than the guest. Davis was just holding back.
About these jerks let us see the Trailer, that would be swell.
Weren’t you one of the constant bad mouthers when 7 came out on these threads? Why do you even care?
The “Your Snoke Theory Sucks” is awesome. I visit a very popular Yankees blog and they have a “My Trade Proposal Sucks ‘MTPS’ ” slogan that people use when making up a crazy trade idea.
MSTS: Snoke is just Snoke.
I know a couple of us have said it a few times before… but it’s crazy. We already own episode 7… 8 is wrapped and a movie about stealing the Death Star plans is hitting us in less than half a year.
I hope everyone keeps the excitement alive. I know nothing will top TFA’s debut because it was Star Wars reborn… but I’m still really interested to see where this goes. I hope they are bold with it!
Re: TFA “it was Star Wars reborn” “I hope they are bold with it”
While I enjoyed it, they definitely weren’t bold with TFA.
So here’s hoping they’ve changed direction & are being *bold* going forward.
Just glad it’s no longer in JJ’s hands.
I agree they weren’t bold. With the reborn statement I’m saying the hype level for Star Wars to finally come back to the cinema after so long… and it continued the story past the OT. That’s a kind of hype factor that’s hard to replicate. That’s why I’m hoping 8 and 9 surprise us by going a direction we didn’t quite foresee.
That’ll be hard considering we’ve theorized nearly everything under the sun 😛
Understood about the hype & return of the franchise.
As much as some were disappointed that they weren’t brave or overly original, personally I’m just happy that it didn’t *stink* & put a damper on plans moving forward.
Also agree on 8 & 9 – hopeful to be surprised. Similar to how many of us were so pleasantly surprised with direction taken with Empire following ANH.
Also hope the leaks aren’t as bad as Ep7 & we’ve left with true surprises when the movies release.
Mark Hamill doesn’t sound excited about it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghHgrjT_Hfk
Movie Maul: Looked badass, didn’t do much (none of it evil…Qui-Gon’s death was as an enemy combatant, no more, no less).
TCW/Rebels Maul: One of the best damn characters in the franchise.
Character development really does help; Maul has come a long way. ^_^
jedah has resorces for lightsabers… Ilum?
Graflex camera flash? 🙂
Ilum, the canon planet where jedi got their cristals?
Crystals? so difficult to understand?
Re: Jedah – resources, “a big…lightsaber”?
Don’t know if I misheard that, but when he’s talking about the resources for “a big” …pause…”uh lightsaber”, it made me think he was going to say “a big weapon”.
If the rumors about the crystals that are used in sabers being mined to be used for the Death Star’s weapon turn out to be true, his comment/slip could back that up as a movie plot point.
It’s not the theory that sucks