Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz: New Lucasfilm Animation Show on the Horizon, No Han Solo Trilogy, Daisy Ridley With New Gig and More

rogue oneThis week we have lots of interesting topics to discuss. Read on for the latest development around Daisy Ridley, a few hints about new Lucasfilm animation show, some insight from Pablo Hidalgo on the rumor that there will be a Han Solo trilogy and more…

 

 

First we start with the development around the sad news that Daisy Ridley has deleted her Instagram account. This happened shortly after the actress posted a statement against gun violence after the Teen Choice Awards, which made some people leave not so pleasant comments to her post. Here’s what she said:

 

Thinking about how lucky I am like… Serious bit: as I sat in the audience yesterday tears were streaming down my face at the tribute to those that have been lost to gun violence. I didn’t get a great picture of the incredible group that came onstage but they were so brave. It was a true moment of togetherness. We must ‪#‎stoptheviolence‬.

 

Then came the backlash which we can’t quote here since the Instagram account is no longer active.

While stars often abuse their platform in the spotlight to push their own political agendas, we at Star Wars News Net do not believe that was the case here. Like all of us, Daisy is a human being and was simply expressing her own humanity in her post. Regardless of one’s stance on gun control or police brutality, any loss of life is a tragedy, and to berate someone for expressing their heartfelt sadness over such a tragedy is beyond comprehension. To put it bluntly, we are embarrassed for these thoughtless individuals and question their own connection to humanity.

She also got support from her colleague and friend John Boyega, who was asked by fans to convince Daisy to join Instagram again:

 

 

 

 

Later Daisy reactivated her account just to post one message and then deleted it again (via Imgur):

 

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And to support Daisy’s words it was just revealed that she signed to star in the post apocalyptic thriller Chaos Walking, directed by Doug Liman. (via Variety):

 

“Chaos Walking: The Knife of Never Letting Go,” published in 2008 as the first book in a trilogy, is set in a dystopian world where all living creatures can hear each other’s thoughts.

The book is centered on the only boy in a town of men, who makes a startling discovery that forces him to flee with only his dog in hand. With the townspeople in pursuit, the duo stumbles upon a strange and silent girl. They set off on a white-knuckle journey in which the boy must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.

 

Daisy has been a constant breath of fresh air on social media, and we are sad to see her close her account. While her response to the Instagram community about why she closed her account may have just been a way to smooth things over, we remain hopeful that she will return once again in the future to bring a little more sunshine to us all. Until then we can at least enjoy her posts over to her Facebook account, which is still active.

 

 

 

Animation TV writer and creator Jennifer Muro posted some curious tweets hinting at a future involvement with Lucasfilm. Later she removed some of them but you can see the text below.

 


Muro worked in the past on animation TV series such as Care Bears, Sponge Bob, Dora the Explorer and many more. It’s clear that her involvement with LFL will be for an animation project. Her tweet also confirms that it’s a new show, so we can exclude Rebels. Also making an animation show for Indiana Jones, before the franchise is reintroduced with the new movie doesn’t make sense at all. So our best guess is that she will be involved with new and different Star Wars animation show. Can’t wait for that!

 

 

 

We’re getting closer to the new canon novel about Grand Admiral Thrawn by Timothy Zahn due to release on April 11. 2017! Now you can pre-order the book.

 

 

 

 

The cover for Jason Fry’s Rogue One: Secret Mission fact book has been revealed:

 

 

 

Some Rogue One Black Series figures have been spotted. Here’s a first look at 2-KSO, Captain Cassian and a Death Trooper:

 

 

 

New fantastic The Force Awakens image by Andree Wallin, showing an early concept art of the Resistance base:

 

A super early concept of the resistance base hangar for The Force Awakens. #starwars #theforceawakens

A photo posted by Andrée Wallin (@andreewallin) on

 

 

 

After R2-D2 and BB-8, now C-3PO has a themed ANA plane:

 

 

 

The new Star Wars Insider is out, featuring an article on Rey by Tricia Barr:

 

 

 

 

LFL Story Group’s Leland Chee on “Your Snoke Theory Sucks”:

 

 

 

The latest from Pablo Hidalgo.

 

On if there is going to be a Han Solo Trilogy:

 

 

 

On who is the source of the stand-alone movies currently in development:

 

 

I still wonder if the third stand-alone movie is indeed currently in development, or perhaps they are waiting to see how Rogue One is accepted and decide which way to go after that. As you know the third “A Star Wars Story” movie is expected to be released in 2020 and it is supposed to be the movie that Josh Trank was hired to do.

 

 

On who is making the creative calls:

 

 

 

On who are the villagers at the beginning of The Force Awakens:

 

 

 

On the role of the original cast in The Force Awakens:

 

 

Well, this rule surely doesn’t apply for Luke. We will definitely see more from him in Episode VIII, but probably it won’t be too much. 🙂

 

 

On the fans’ casting desires

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On the progression of the design between the OT and the PT:

 

 

 

In case you’re confused, here’s an explanation (although I think it was pretty clear). 🙂

 

 

 

Special thanks to 1030th General Rieekan from the Cantina forums for always being an incredible help with the tweets!

 

Stay tuned for more next week.

 

 

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60 thoughts on “Star Wars Weekly Social Buzz: New Lucasfilm Animation Show on the Horizon, No Han Solo Trilogy, Daisy Ridley With New Gig and More

  • August 5, 2016 at 9:10 pm
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    Oh the lengths people will go to actually be offended. Isn’t school all about ‘self-love’ these days? How hasn’t that sunk in????

    • August 5, 2016 at 9:15 pm
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      Because why have self-love when you have a victim complex instead? It certainly works for SJWs.

      • August 5, 2016 at 10:27 pm
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        Social justice is one thing – that stuff is real.

        I’m talking about movies and the internet. It’s fiction, people. Fiction that hasn’t even been written about yet lmao (Snoke, etc.)

  • August 5, 2016 at 9:48 pm
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    People on the internet are the fucking worst. Good for Daisy.

    • August 5, 2016 at 10:21 pm
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      Except for you, me, Viral Hide, Crankypants and certain others. 🙂

        • August 5, 2016 at 10:27 pm
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          Come on, I never saw you make dick moves here.

  • August 5, 2016 at 9:54 pm
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    Oh God, I remember the Kenneth Branagh thing. Not that I think he’s bad (I actually recall enjoying that Frankenstein movie he did which everyone hated / laughed at). At the time Ewan was basically only known for Trainspotting and that’s a very different character.

    • August 6, 2016 at 2:20 am
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      Remember rumors that Jet Li was gonna be Boba Fett?

      • August 6, 2016 at 2:45 am
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        Gabriel Byrne. Christopher Walken. Sigh. Good times on AICN.

        • August 6, 2016 at 6:54 am
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          Wait a minute. You used to hang around on the AICN forums? Was your handle Mr Biddle by any chance?

          • August 6, 2016 at 10:14 pm
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            Yes, and no, in that order. I used to fight with “Hey, Yo! That’s so DRAVEN!” and was one of the victims in the mass banning for daring to criticize…who the hell was it who later apologized for the banning by saying he was sorry he hadn’t taken a baseball bat to us all? what, a year or so ago though – does that get me street cred?

          • August 7, 2016 at 2:02 am
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            A year ago is way after my time. I used to be on there in 1999 until they shut the forums down to move to another platform some time in the early 2000s at which point all the regulars set up a board elsewhere.

          • August 9, 2016 at 11:48 pm
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            Yeah, I started hanging out there in the run up to ’99 because they had the best TPM scoops, and I made the leap to the new platform, but the writing on that site, along with scoops, features, the general level of discourse, and basically the reason anyone goes to any website, has completely fallen apart – don’t miss it in the least.

          • August 9, 2016 at 11:50 pm
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            I haven’t looked at the site itself for years. I don’t think I even used to very much when I was active on the forums there.

  • August 5, 2016 at 10:00 pm
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    who’s this derek johnson idiot?

    • August 5, 2016 at 10:28 pm
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      Cut from the same cloth as that guy here who is all “BLOCKED FOR DISRESPECTING THE CREATOR” every time someone says anything remotely negative about the prequels.

      • August 5, 2016 at 11:14 pm
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        Well are you saying it’s karma?? ;P

      • August 6, 2016 at 3:16 am
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        Careful, or you’ll get “BLOCKED FOR DISRESPECTING THE PERSON WHO BLOCKS PEOPLE FOR DISRESPECTING THE CREATOR” 🙂

      • August 6, 2016 at 6:28 pm
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        Marsha, Marsha, Marsha

    • August 5, 2016 at 10:31 pm
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      He’s one of those precious flower millennials who has such a victim complex that he managed to turn Pablo’s perfect pictorial explanation into “hate”. He’s also a dope.

    • August 5, 2016 at 11:41 pm
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      Derek is the real definition of a troll. It’s funny everyone calls troll anyone that has a different opinion but they can’t recognize real trolls when they see them. Just look at his name and profile pic, it’s screaming TROLL. I can’t believe Pablo fell for it.

      • August 5, 2016 at 11:43 pm
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        ohhh, the irony….

        • August 6, 2016 at 12:41 am
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          Is he a troll though? I mean, I get the impression PS really means this stuff – he’s not saying shit JUST to piss people off. That exchange with Hidalgo on the other hand just screams “DELIBERATELY MISSING THE POINT!!!!!!” to me.

          • August 6, 2016 at 8:21 am
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            Yes, PlatinumStar comes across as a troll some days and other days not so much.

            A troll is someone who sows discord and starts arguments. Which is exactly what he does a lot.

          • August 6, 2016 at 10:11 pm
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            But it’s not JUST about starting arguments. It’s got to be deliberate, and have no other purpose THAN to sow discord. To me he reads like someone who is just honestly very, very angry at Star Wars, and needs the world to know about it. Also girls will not touch his pee-pee.

        • August 6, 2016 at 12:48 am
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          The irony is in your comment.

  • August 5, 2016 at 10:52 pm
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    Why is it all the production art I see for TFA is better than was actually in the film?
    Compare that to the old days when you could see a definite progression from art to screen.
    * Please don’t hate on me because I said something mildly negative about TFA.

    • August 5, 2016 at 10:54 pm
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      I was about to make the same comment, and I mostly liked TFA.

    • August 5, 2016 at 11:13 pm
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      Probably because the production art costs more money than the version in the film? The art is beautiful.

      • August 5, 2016 at 11:34 pm
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        LOL, like Disney was tight on budget for TFA?? They could have put 800 million in the movie and still get back on their feet. You can put as much money as you want on the movie, if the director is a talentless hack, it won’t change anything

        • August 5, 2016 at 11:40 pm
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          Ignorant user, go to IMDB where your comments belong.

        • August 6, 2016 at 12:40 am
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          I agree that the photography was mostly pretty mediocre. I can’t think of any really iconic compositions from TFA.

    • August 5, 2016 at 11:32 pm
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      because they hired JJ Abrams to make the movie

    • August 5, 2016 at 11:41 pm
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      Because the ships being in hanger would have been too close to the ships being in a hanger at the end of ANH. It would have involved the same shots.

      • August 6, 2016 at 12:38 am
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        So instead they gave us a war room that so easily could have been just off to the side in SW that pre-release many people assumed the film was returning to Yavin?

        • August 6, 2016 at 6:22 pm
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          Exactly, so people would have complained either way – case in point. No use complaining about art done 2 and half years prior to the movie.

          • August 6, 2016 at 10:08 pm
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            I’m just saying they clearly weren’t THAT bothered about repeating themselves.

    • August 6, 2016 at 6:11 am
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      All 7 Art of Star Wars Books feature art that looks better than their respective movies, from Ralph McQuarrie’s original concept paintings to Doug Chiang’s with the prequels. This is nothing new.

  • August 5, 2016 at 11:32 pm
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    A quick check at Jen Muro’s imdb page to see who she ais and OMG, she is known for “Care Bears: Adventures” and other very kiddy animated cartoons. Who else do you want to write for Star Wars? Way to go Kathleen Kennedy!

    • August 5, 2016 at 11:39 pm
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      Your time here is running out from your ignorance…!

    • August 6, 2016 at 3:05 am
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      Have you ever actually watched Care Bears? You might be surprised at some of the mature themes and nuanced characters.

      • August 6, 2016 at 12:07 pm
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        LOL, no I didn’t

        • August 6, 2016 at 10:16 pm
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          You should start. Like, I mean…right now. binge watch it in a single sitting. It’s that good.
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          (That should keep him busy for a while.)

  • August 6, 2016 at 12:17 am
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    Fools like @derekjohnsonsim give fans a bad name… Pablo earned his pay in that exchange…

    • August 6, 2016 at 12:37 am
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      What, you mean by not actually LEAPING through his monitor and strangling that dumbass?

      • August 6, 2016 at 6:26 pm
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        What do you mean by “dumbass”? Is that canon? Please stop hating on the prequels btw, I can’t take it any longer.

    • August 7, 2016 at 5:07 am
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      Man that guy is slow. Really the highest profile prequels defender ‘on the inside’ was agreeing with him and he turded out.

      • August 8, 2016 at 12:30 am
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        Probably because he’s a 12 year old or something. It’s a much less absurd reaction when you consider that possibility.

  • August 6, 2016 at 5:48 am
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    I wonder if Daisy Ridly would still want to ban guns if some creep broke into her living quarters and tried to hurt her? Seriously, woman are raped, mugged, and killed because they usually can’t defend themselves without a gun. That’s why its so important men and woman carry guns. Both of the presidential candidates have security men with guns. Its a necessity. I’m from the south and I can’t imagine what we would do without guns. Guns don’t kill people, people kill people. With guns we know how to defend ourselves. Our founding fathers realized the need for Americans to defend themselves. Taking away guns was one of Hitlers key moves in murdering 6,000,000 Jews. However, its so pathetic to troll sweet Daisy because of your views. I’ve always felt that Star Wars was kinda of a place where we could put our politics aside and just have fun with a unique story. Nobody deserves to be trolled like that….

    • August 6, 2016 at 6:07 am
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      Yeah, guns are doing a great job keeping America safe. That’s why we never have problems with mass shootings, ever, or gun violence in general. Nobody has ever said that guns kill people by themselves. Total straw man. Criminals, mentally deranged people and terrorists kill people when they have unfettered access to as many weapons as they can get their hands on with no form of background check and weak gun laws thanks to gun advocates who work so hard to keep it that way. Presidential candidates have armed security because they are under constant threat of assassination to a degree not comparable in any way to the average American.

    • August 6, 2016 at 6:23 am
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      A place to put our politics aside yet you wave your crazy flag for all to see?

      You forgot your Trump 2016 at the bottom of your post, bw.

    • August 6, 2016 at 6:37 am
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      “The south”, what a terrible excuse to impose your views on. I hate the term, and it has no place here, but I am from Texas and a staunch opponent of this “right to bare arms”. People with guns kill. People with guns have taken away friends and family. People with guns have committed massive acts of terrorism here in america. People with guns. Take away every gun. Because I would rather have my friend, or any child, over anyone’s right to wave a gun around to over-compensate. Our founding fathers lived in a different era, we live in a time of semi-automatic, fully-automatic weapons, easily hidden sidearms, And, above all, dangerous people. One day, I hope they do take your guns. I hope they take all of them. Because they can’t give back the people I’ve lost. But they can sure as hell take way what took them from me.

      • August 6, 2016 at 8:30 am
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        Well most of the gun deaths are suicides to be fair. They don’t tell you that though because they want you to be afraid.

  • August 6, 2016 at 8:49 am
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    Thanks the god there won’t’ be any Han Solo trilogy. I know Disney can’t be that stupid. One movie about him, good. But focus on him entire trilogy in universe so rich on stories like Star Wars is just foolish.

  • August 6, 2016 at 1:59 pm
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    Thanks for all of the info guys. It’s quite a bit.

  • August 6, 2016 at 10:59 pm
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    Animated Series: Please please let it be either Willow or Strange Magic!!!! 🙂

  • August 7, 2016 at 10:00 pm
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    Just to wade in with something (hopefully) entirely non-contoversial, I’m stoked AF for those new Black Series figs…anyone have more info on them?

  • August 8, 2016 at 12:29 am
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    Lol. The Derek Johnson guy is a classic example of raging fanboyism. hahaha

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