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Saturday, 13 January 2018

EPISODE VIII: WHAT HAPPENED NEXT...

SPOILERS! On Skellig Island in late 2015, before The Force Awakens had even been released, its original finale scene between Rey and Luke Skywalker, previously handled by J.J. Abrams, would be partially reshot to create continuity with the start of VIII. Interestingly, a specific prior moment in the VII script with Luke and Rey was removed, at Rian Johnson's request, because it clashed with his upcoming work on VIII, and linked to Luke's Jedi powers. Additionally, Abrams version had BB-8 go to Ahch-To instead of R2, the latter replacing the former via ILM wizadry. This also was changed in request by Johnson- definitely the right creative/character move.

As Rey keenly hold his father's lightsaber out to him, The Force Awakens ends with Luke's face clearly trepidatious, or moved, or at least aware of something. Yet, The Last Jedi doesn't continue from that. In fact, many worldwide die-hard SW fans felt understandably shocked and betrayed when Luke throws the lightsaber so casually over his shoulder-actions which they felt were greatly out of character for the Classic Trilogy hero created by Lucas and brought to life by Hamill...

On location at Skellig Island.

It's also never explained in VIII why Luke is wearing his "Sunday Best" Jedi robes at the end of VII when the island's harsh living conditions went against this in VIII. Unless, speculation-wise, he knew that company linked to the Force, or at least Han or Leia, were coming to visit him...

More on the Luke/Rey scenes for The Last Jedi:

https://www.christiantoday.com/article/star-wars-news-daisy-ridley-reveals-her-issues-with-the-last-jedi-script/123191.htm

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-mark-hamill-luke-skywalker-rian-johnson-a8129596.html

https://www.geek.com/movies/mark-hamill-rian-johnson-talk-skywalker-differences-more-star-wars-news-1727359/

http://www.jedinews.co.uk/film-music-tv/articles/mark-hamill-reveals-original-force-awakens-ending/

More on the two-day Skellig shoot for The Last Jedi, and other filming in Ireland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=pa1VP5uE5cU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdYD-dNzjdI

Thursday, 11 January 2018

EPISODE VIII:THE MYTH BEARERS...

At Pinewood Studios, London, writer/director Rian Johnson, his long-time producing partner Ram Bergman and Keeper of the STAR WARS Franchise in Kathleen Kennedy go through a sequence being filmed for The Last Jedi set on the Resistance cruiser Raddus. Impressed with Johnson's creativity and amiable personality, it wasn't long before Kennedy would offer him the keys to the creation of an all-new trilogy, featuring all-new heroes and villains, coming by 2020/21, beyond the legend originally created by George Lucas.

Will the trio's future endeavours live up to the standard bearer that is the original legacy?

Time will tell...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-rian-johnson-kept-his-star-wars-script-from-leaking-online-1515689397

http://www.digitalspy.com/movies/star-wars/news/a847691/star-wars-the-last-jedi-ending-scene-broom-boy/?utm_content=buffer7455a&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=maintwitterpost

Thursday, 23 March 2017

ROGUE ONE: THE GREEN DEATH!

Jedha has been targeted and now the power of the Death Star's primary weapon, even at reduced power, is unleashed- Kyber crystal generated energy speeding out from the space station, supervised by a pair of Imperial officers, played specially in ROGUE ONE by two unique cameo stars: THE LAST JEDI's writer/director Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman!

Look out for more cameos and special saga related Easter Eggs dotted throughout the film, many revealed in the upcoming Blu-ray release of ROGUE ONE, available in the UK from April 10th, 2017.