Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz! Final Days of Episode VIII Filming and More.

Rian JohnsonThe Star Wars: Episode VIII filming is in its final days of filming, and there was an increased activity on Twitter with all kinds of exchanges between cast and crew. Read on for more from Rian Johnson, Mark Hamill, John Boyega, Pablo Hidalgo and more…

 

 

First some cool tweets from Episode VIII director Rian Johnson. He’s been very active in the last few days. Obviously filming is almost done. It’s nice to see the cast and crew are all in high spirits.

 

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/747894609649475586

 

This is the gif quoted in the tweet above:

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Isn’t it a bit late to get the first embroidered apparel for Episode VIII at the end of filming?

 

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/746468492610768897

 

 

Johnson says Episode VIII uses mostly 35mm anamorphic lenses, plus some Alexa and IMAX:

 

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/747295229850443776

 

 

His thoughts on The Force Awakens:

 

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/747669146721214466

 

 

Mark Hamill is still working hard:

 

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/748211067042529281

 

 

Lots of hugging is going to happen during the closing panel at Star Wars Celebration Europe. 🙂

 

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/748290969041264640

 

 

Han Solo director Chris Miller joins the party.

 

 

 

And now some cool images posted by Rian on Instagram:

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BG-DT2Cvlbt/?taken-by=riancjohnson

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHDdqoMB1Xl/?taken-by=riancjohnson

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHFeesAh7aI/?taken-by=riancjohnson

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHPNdA6BVIq/?taken-by=riancjohnson

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHPY2vRhQ5l/?taken-by=riancjohnson

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHSyfpEhRUn/?taken-by=riancjohnson

 

The last two images seem to imply that Episode VIII has almost wrapped filming. If so we can expect an official statement very soon.

 

 

John Boyega and Oscar Isaac have both become Oscar voters!

 

https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/748397370380066817

 

 

He still finds time to appear on stage as well!

 

https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/747424699664183296

 

 

Poe Dameron and Kylo Ren meet again… this time playing table tennis. 🙂

 

https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/747830214735060992

 

Is it too bold to assume there will be a scene in Episode VIII featuring Finn, Ren and Poe? Who knows…

 

 

A funny exchange between Boyega and Hamill:

 

https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/748121805127290881

https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/748123979886497792

 

 

 

 

Final days of Episode VIII filming for Mark:

 

 

 

Mark Hamill backs up the campaign to make Orlando victim Drew Leinonen the First LGBT Star Wars movie character.

 

 

 

 

Hasbro unveils two new figures that will be exclusive to Star Wars Celebration and SDCC.

For Star Wars Celebration we get a 6-inch Black Series Kylo Ren together with the melted Vader’s helmet.

For SDCC we get 6-inch Black Series Obi-Wan Kenobi together with Princess Leia’s hologram.

 

 

 

 

The guys from Promo Bricks uncovered the new 2016 LEGO catalogue with all upcoming sets. They even have a nice placeholder ad for Rogue One.

LEGO Rogue One

 

 

 

Samuel L. Jackson still thinks that Mace Windu is not dead.

 

 

And Pablo Hidalgo’s comment:

 

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748327425369477124

 

 

 

There is an all-new Cinestory Comic on Star Wars: Rebels that includes three episodes of adventure in comic-style screen captures from season one.

 

 

 

 

As you probably remember back in 2014 LFL Story Group’s Leland Chee posted the chronological order of all Star Wars: The Clone Wars episodes, and it looked like this:

 

 

It’s indeed nice to have everything clean and tidy with Rebels and all new upcoming Star Wars TV shows.

 

 

 

After months of controversy George Lucas announced that he is abandoning plans to build a museum showcasing his art collection in Chicago. Now Lucas will be trying to build the museum in California.

 

 

 

 

And now some new revelations from Pablo Hidalgo.

 

On the Arndt script:

Arndt

 

On the Old Republic:

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On the status of the Rogue One Ultimate Visual Guide:

 

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748876592009523206

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748877106176675840

 

 

On why Genndy Tartakowsky’s Clone Wars is not canon:

 

 

 

On if Lucas wrote a script for Episode VII:

 

https://twitter.com/AloBrickfilm2/status/748197314385305600

 

 

Pablo is part of a new cool looking 3D story: Be a Pilot in 3D!

 

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748352544250880000

 

 

On the Anakin force ghost idea from The Force Awakens:

 

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/689459961118650370

 

 

On a particularly “dumb” theory:

 

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748542852163117056

 

 

Pablo was part of the new book locations:

 

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748581414535258112

 

 

You can read more on that book at StarWars.com:

 

 

 

Pablo’s updated Celebration schedule. It really makes you wonder if they will show anything Han Solo related during that closing ceremony with Chris Miller and Phil Lord?

 

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748549289480183808

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748549399786233857

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748549478869766144

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/748549587212845060

 

 

Stay tuned for more next week.

 

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25 thoughts on “Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz! Final Days of Episode VIII Filming and More.

  • July 1, 2016 at 8:43 pm
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    There’s Rey’s Hammock in the AT-AT…

    • July 2, 2016 at 2:48 am
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      yep that’s where the magic happens lol

  • July 2, 2016 at 12:28 am
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    Someone tell Boyega not to get involved in the “Academy is racist” stuff. He’s too good to lower himself to that nonsense.

    • July 2, 2016 at 10:00 am
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      Well considering he originally said right after he got his Screen Nation Ceremony Award “To complain about what is going on is not going to benefit us,”
      “Be the change you want to be,”
      “Be the change. And continue and focus.” He pretty much got booed and bullied by a lot of “racist academy” people on twitter.

      He’s since been more quiet and not as vocal about it, which is a shame, because it’s good to see young stars standing up for what they believe in.

      I agree though, he shouldn’t even bother to get involved with it. He should focus on himself and be the best that he can instead of worrying about what other people think.

    • July 2, 2016 at 4:42 pm
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      The Academy IS racist.

      • July 3, 2016 at 12:22 am
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        Yeah, racist if the movies you’re making as a race are mainly about gangbangers/drug dealers, hip-hop/rap artists, and being slaves.

        Kind of hard to win academy awards when the movies that your race focuses on have been done to death.

        Plus, nobody cares about academy awards anymore anyway right?

        • July 3, 2016 at 12:42 am
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          Oh lord. Are you really attacking an entire race for making movies that represent their cultural identity? Guess white Italians should stop making gangster movies!

          • July 3, 2016 at 12:59 am
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            No, how am I attacking? I’m just saying they are making the same movies over and over again that don’t change the formula, or add anything new. It’s their decision to make whatever movies they want, but the academy doesn’t have to give them an award just because they are making movies about the same thing over and over again.

          • July 3, 2016 at 1:09 am
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            The Academy should be representative of all of Hollywood. All of Hollywood includes films made and starring black people. If NOT A SINGLE BLACK PERSON is nominated, there’s something wrong.

          • July 3, 2016 at 1:19 am
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            Not necessarily, blacks only make up 12% of the entire US population. Now apply that to Hollywood which is just in California, even if 12% of the actors/actresses are black. That puts a ratio of about 1 in 10 actors of being black and winning an award. Competition is fierce. The competition is even stronger when it comes to the movie awards themselves.

            The black movies very well could be excellent movies, but if other movies are objectively better then those ones will win.

          • July 3, 2016 at 1:35 am
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            That’s the problem, though. When movies like The Revenant or Trumbo are the ones getting nominations over talented black actors, it’s really hard for me to believe that someone sat down and picked those over the many great movies from black filmmakers. The Academy is taking the right steps here; they’re diversifying their voting base and making sure the movies that are nominated for Oscars are representative of the entire world. Because “Blacks only make up 12% of the US population” is not a valid excuse to have almost exclusively white nominees and winners.

          • July 3, 2016 at 1:40 am
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            And I’m saying the black actors and filmmakers may very well be talented. But being talented doesn’t necessitate getting a win.

            The Academy Awards judges shouldn’t have to mandatorily throw in black nominees just for being black, same with all of the other races. The white actors who won in 2015 won because they were voted the best of the best that year.

          • July 3, 2016 at 1:46 am
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            Did you read the breakdown of the Academy voting base that came out in 2014? 94% white, 76% male, an average of 63 years old. If you tell me that has nothing to do with the way the nominations have been recently, I’m very sorry, but you’re lying to yourself.

          • July 3, 2016 at 1:49 am
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            I heard about that, yeah. It might have some effect but there’s previously been years where black actors and actresses have won awards. It’s not like they just go well, this movie looked dumb, and I can’t relate, so I’m not going to count it.

            If they were truly racist they wouldn’t ever vote non white actors, and all non white actors would never win.

          • July 3, 2016 at 1:57 am
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            That isn’t how it works. I’m not saying everyone in the Academy voting base is racist. I’m saying the majority of the people who vote for the nominees every year are very out of touch, leading to the nomination of films, filmmakers and actors that do not represent the current state of Hollywood and are quite often, not good. Occasionally, a movie or a performance will slip through this system, but lately that hasn’t been happening. The Academy as a body is a racist system. Only four black men have won Best Actor. Only one black woman has ever won Best Actress. A black director has NEVER won the Best Director award, and a black writer has NEVER won Original Screenplay. If you’re telling me you think that eighty-eight years of Academy Awards ceremonies have yielded these kinds of numbers because black people didn’t deserve those awards, again, I’m sorry, you’re lying to yourself.

  • July 2, 2016 at 1:41 am
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    /Totally/ confirmed, mace windu never died. Fun stuff this week

    • July 2, 2016 at 2:31 am
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      he should have died. Enough of fake deaths ( Darth Maul, Boba Feet…)

      • July 2, 2016 at 4:29 am
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        He did die. Nothing has been changed in the CANON and Sam wants it that Mace lived and did nothing for decades?

        • July 2, 2016 at 9:55 am
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          He wants a bite of that Harrison Ford paycheck. 😉

          • July 2, 2016 at 11:06 pm
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            As if Sam isn’t getting money rolling in, he’s got work all over the place. He’s constantly doing films.

          • July 3, 2016 at 12:19 am
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            Yeah, he was no. 1 highest grossing then Harrison took that spot with TFA. He’s out to get that No. 1 spot again. 😉

      • July 6, 2016 at 10:38 am
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        Star Wars just needs to kill off characters that doesn’t have them falling off or into something where we don’t know if they died or not XD It happens way too often

  • July 2, 2016 at 7:00 am
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    So… the Sith ruled the galaxy for awhile. Sounds like a great period to set a movie trilogy!

  • July 18, 2016 at 6:26 pm
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    Hey my tweet is on here. Cool beans

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