Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz!
This week we have Mark Hamill’s surprising cameo in a British sitcom, some hints at the possible female lead in the Han Solo spin-off movie, first review of the novel Ahsoka, a very cool interview with Freddie Prinze Jr. on the new season of Rebels, several fantastic fan trailers and videos, and more…
First we start with Mark Hamill and his funny surprising guest appearance in Channel 4’s British sitcom Man Down. Check out his scene:
This isn’t a deleted scene from Star Wars, this is ACTUAL @HamillHimself in #ManDown.https://t.co/gzeBiJo7e9
— Channel 4 (@Channel4) August 17, 2016
Rogue One writer Gary Whitta has a super cool prop from the movie:
Perhaps the nerdiest thing I own – a jar of sand from the beaches of Scarif #RogueOne pic.twitter.com/nuMY0mIaai
— Gary Whitta (@garywhitta) August 15, 2016
Some interesting  backstory on Poe Dameron and his X-Wings from The Force Awakens via Michael Kogge’s Poe Dameron: Flight Log:
Didn’t I see someone asking @pablohidalgo the other day about Poe’s X-wing switch in #TheForceAwakens? Here ya go. pic.twitter.com/FgI6WWOH1l
— Florian B (@germanjedi) August 19, 2016
Han Solo directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord visit the Millennium Falcon on The Force Awakens set:
#TBT to TFA on the day @philiplord & I first set foot on the Falcon pic.twitter.com/PDMYX6m6T5
— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr) August 11, 2016
Mashable’s Jeff Sneider made an interesting comment regarding Devin Faraci’s article about the cultural representation in Star Wars films:
Is it possible to see Sana Starros in the Han Solo film?
For those of you who haven’t read the comics, Sana Starros is (via Wookieepedia):
A human female who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War. She claimed to be married to Han Solo, though he denied it, and regardless they were not on good terms in the time after the Battle of Yavin. She traveled across the galaxy in search of Han, from Tatooine to the Monsua Nebula, in order to confront him.
Canadian actress Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs revealed that she did get a chance for a second audition to play Rey during The Force Awakens Casting process:
Interesting. Indigenous Canadian actress Kawennáhere Devery Jacobs was called back to a 2nd audition to play Rey. pic.twitter.com/mNcE6B8bV2
— Mark (@quigonsmith) August 15, 2016
While some people think this is a good indication that Rey is not a Skywalker, because of the ethnicity of the actress, we have to keep in mind that this depends on the mother. So, even if we had Jacobs playing Rey, she could still be a Skywalker depending on her mother.
Check out this first brief review of E.K. Johnston new novel Ahsoka:
From KirkusReviews:
She is a Togruta who managed to survive the aftermath of Order 66, the Empire’s plan to eradicate all the Jedi. Ahsoka is forced to hide on planets in the Outer Rim, so as to not attract attention while she tries to reconcile her new fate without the guidance of her former master, Anakin Skywalker. As a Padawan left without counsel, Ahsoka must rely on her Jedi training to keep her true identity a secret. Taking on a new name, Ashla, she finds refuge and work as a mechanic on the farming moon of Raada. After the Empire makes a surprise visit in an attempt to occupy the moon, a failed resistance plan by farmers incites an Imperial attack on Ahsoka’s new friends, and she is forced to openly use her Jedi powers to temporarily save them. Now that the Empire is aware that there is indeed a Jedi still alive in the galaxy, they spare no expense to find her. Johnston offers up an emotional and exciting chapter in the Star Wars saga, filling fans in on what exactly happened to at least one Jedi that survived Order 66. The best revelations come when familiar faces treasured by fans appear from the shadows as Ahsoka’s allies, as the fight between Light and Dark continues.
New Rogue One coloring book is on the horizon. You would need a lot of grey for that Death Star:
Art of Coloring @StarWars#RogueOnehttps://t.co/gjBKVSnmCG#fbpic.twitter.com/ie7G1dI3Dq
— Stitch Kingdom (@stitchkingdom) August 19, 2016
Peter Mayhew wrote a touching farewell message to his old friend Kenny Baker:
In remembrance of Kenny…https://t.co/3vHlopDeoO pic.twitter.com/sSpVKHRcdk
— Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) August 15, 2016
Rich Williamson has cut together an amazing fan trailer showing what Ben Kenobi’s life may have been like after the events depicted in 2005’s Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. The trailer shows the famous Jedi master living his life of exile on Tatooine (seen in the original Star Wars film), while watching over a very young Luke Skywalker. A majority of the footage comes from Rodrigo GarcÃa’s film named ‘Last Days in the Desert’.
Another cool trailer from The Star Wars Alert. This time a mashup between The Force Awakens and Rogue One:
Also here’s a pretty cool Rogue One fan trailer using the Beastie Boys music:
Now this is a super cool bike. They should start mass produce those and sell them with the Scout costume:
Very cool fan movie, showing us that Stormtroopers are regular people fighting for a cause. The 12-minute short directed by Samtubia and Samgoma Edwards won a Filmmaker Select prize at the Fan Film Awards (via Yahoo):
Our friend Dash Star has posted his full interview with Freddie Prinze Jr. who voices Kanan in Star Wars: Rebels. Check it out:
The latest from Pablo Hidalgo.
On the rocket launcher and AT-ACT from the Rogue One trailer:
@SuperFryX We’ve never seen an AT-ACT in action before. We also don’t see how that shot resolves itself. Ask again in December.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 15, 2016
On the Story Group’s involvement with the movies:
@Naquicious We visit the sets quite regularly.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 15, 2016
Kylo’s shuttle from TFA still has no name:
@SLSurovec No, it has no name.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 18, 2016
On Muuns:
@E_Harz1138 Tim created the planet for his book. the EU made San Hill of the banking clan a “Muun”. Clone Wars kept that name.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 18, 2016
@E_Harz1138 In George’s mind, they come from Scipio. So that’s what we’re sticking with, though he didn’t mind enough to change their name.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 18, 2016
@E_Harz1138 He pointed to some art & said make it something like that. Weirdly, it was Neimoidian art so I’m dunno where the Muun thing came
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 18, 2016
The Episode III art suggested as a possible starting point for Plagueis in publishing. Not sure how it became a Muun pic.twitter.com/aWVw3jpQvx
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 18, 2016
On the EU and the Skywalkers:
@natteed Always? No. The Thrawn trilogy doesn’t work if it was public knowledge. Thrawn would never have trusted the Noghri to fetch them.
— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) August 16, 2016
On the Death Star dish being installed in Rogue One:
Stay tuned for more next week.
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The force is growing stronger in the franchise it seems. I’ll be glad anyways.
I’ve always imagined that the AT-ACT in the trailer snaps his head right back toward the Rebels after getting hit by that rocket launcher. People saying it’s funny that an RPG can take out an AT-ACT are being a bit premature, methinks.
And lolz at the people that don’t understand prototypes or acceptance/operational testing.
they also hit the walker right in its laser cannon which could be a weak point. they’ve already established in canon that walkers have multiple design flaws(like the leg joints that thane takes out in lost stars) so this isn’t a big leap for me at least.
Walkers were never actually practical. Why don’t they just hover 40 feet above the ground without the legs to take out?
I always imagined the power needed to generate that much anti-grav would require larger “engine rooms” and not allow for as much armor and troop capacity? (At least that’s how I rationalized it as a kid)
They are dumb b/c it’s not shown being taken out
Does the rocket do anything more than glance off the armor? Sure it gave the pilots a shake but there’s no way to tell from the shot in the trailer whether it actually did any damage.
We don’t see what happens as it cuts away right after impact.
Exactly
That interview with freddie was great, he always gives deep scoops on stuff!
Hamill is so thin now. Good for him.
This was the biggest part of the news for me. Seeing him in shape has me excited for episode 8. You could tell he was still a little pudgy in TFA, even with all that Jedi garb on, but the extra year and a half of working out seems to have really helped him before starting episode 8 (Not counting the ending reshoot in July of last year Johnson did)
That type of robe would make almost anyone look pudgy.
Because he totally wasn’t a little pudgy before filming his only scene (This is from when he arrived in Ireland to shoot I Skelling) http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/30/1406735768145_Image_galleryImage_Alan_Lewis_PhotopressBelf.JPG
Nice to see that I’m not the only one that wants a storm trooper movie. That short video was a good insight to what it could be, though I would want more focus on a group of troopers and their missions and not so much love story.
that synopsis for the ahsoka novel sounds boring. why not set it after she left the jedi order before the end of the war and have it run through order 66? that has a lot more meat on it. this just sounds like obi-wan 2.0 which i’m also not interested in(please don’t kill me).
Pretty sweet to see Qui Gon as force ghost. Always liked his character. Would be really cool to see him training Obi Wan again.
Quite well put together that Obi-Wan fan trailer, but I have my doubts that such a story could work as a full movie. This movie does not need to be made in my opinion.
Agreed. I’m one of the few fans who thinks the Han Solo movie is a better idea. Much as I like Ewan McGregor.
I’m looking forward to that movie. The more I hear about it, the more I like the sound of it.
In relative terms, of course 🙂
Check out new Obi-Wan movie trailer, Jacob Tremblay as young Luke. I know it doesn’t look the best,but it is about idea. I would appreciate if You check it out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9LU3iTNuQ4
If you open the tweet above, about the actress auditioning for Rey. It also mentions that Maisie Richardson- Sellers also auditioned for the role. Which we knew but don’t think it was ever confirmed. Also, Jessica Henwick (Jess Pava) , auditioned for the role and was 2nd choice.
I mean, Christopher Walken was up for Han Solo in the OT.
Was going to post this in the Cantina, but I don’t have new thread posting privileges, and it is unclear if it is fan made or Disney/LFL affiliated yet: Scum & Villainy Cantina, Hollywood, CA, an immersive Mos Eisley dining cosplay experience thing. Not a lot of info yet:
http://scumandvillainycantina.com
http://nerdist.com/a-star-wars-pop-up-cantina-is-coming-to-hollywood-exclusive/
I’m guessing this studio is involved:
http://www.tomspinadesigns.com/custom-sculpture/star-wars-licensed-characters/star-wars-alien-costumes-nerdist-west-coast-music-video/
“…despite the humid Yavin climate.”
I hadn’t caught any previous references to the Resisties using Yavin as a base – is that a first?
Poe grew up on Yavin IV with his parents. He probably just hid his X-wing there.
What I caught is that he went from Jakku to Yavin IV and then to Takadona. I always thought after he and Finn crashed on Jakku he hitched a ride to D’Qar and got his X-wing there. Then went to Takodana.
Oooh, yeah, probably best not to try and think about the time-frame involved there 😉
So, Ahsoka started hiding with the cover name Ashla? I know Ashla and Ahsoka are two diffrent individuals, but reading Ahsokas novel intro assumes to me that both must known each other pretty good. Otherwise she wouldn’t have chosen her name, would she? Now I am even more curious what Ashlas youngling life and maybe role as padwan in the Clone Wars could have been and although their relationship. Another similar question I am asking me since I watched Clone Wars was why Ahsoka and Shaak Ti never met together on screen or maybe got a mission only for Togruta. Furthermore what were the exact circumstances why Ahsoka was assigned to Anaking and not Shaak Ti besides her duties to oversee clone trooper training on Kamino. Was it because Ahsoka suited Yodas masterplan to protect/save/teach Anakin the best?
Like Obi Wan Kenobi and Ben Kenobi were so different…
I am not sure if we are talking at cross purpose. Wrote about two persons not one with diffrent names…
Fun fact: “Ashla” was the name of the light side of the Force in Lucas’ original draft.
Ah yes now I remember this term again. Sth. similiar to Ahsokas historical origin name related to buddhism (for me light side). Additionally in the same realm we got an ancient ruin of Lothal. I hope the novel will explore this part of Star Wars lore much deeper.
Sense I’m normally so positive… I’ll strike back with a negative comment for once!
That cover artwork for Ahsoka is awful! They really messed up her head. The rest is ok.
I have this weird feeling Mark Hamill will knock it out of the park in epVIII
Garry Whitta: “Perhaps the nerdiest thing I own – a jar of sand from the beaches of Scarif …”
Keep the jar tightly closed, Garry! That stuff is coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere!