Science Fiction & Fantasy - News and Discussion

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. . . .


'Star Wars Episode VII - The Force Awakens' is scheduled for an 18th December 2015 release, and so far, two official trailers have been released by Disney/Lucasfilm:

Teaser Trailer #1 (28th November 2014)


Teaser Trailer #2 (16th April 2015)


Do you think the new films will succeed in pleasing all the fans?
All relevant comments, news, rumours, plots, theories and potential spoilers welcome

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It won't please all the fans, no movie ever has or ever will.

I think a lot of the fans of the expanded universe (I think that's the term my Star Wars mad Brother used) will hate the fact they're going to be ignoring it... Not to mention all the people out there that got their panties bunched up because there was a black Stormtrooper.

I do believe this movie has a hell of a chance at being the first $2Bn earnings movie. It will be the biggest movie of the year (and I say that after watching Avengers:Age of Ultron, which is a bloody good movie BTW).

I have to add, the fact that BB8 is a physical creation rather than a CGI construct is something that REALLY intrigues me. I'm honestly looking forward to finding out just how it works.

Just to end, I'm going to admit that the opening shot of the new trailer gave me goosebumps. That shot of the Jakku landscape, the speeder and THAT iconic music....

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The first Episode VII advertisement poster has been spotted in the Tokyo subway system.

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Looks like C-3PO will have a new darker replacement arm.

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I believe that both Avatar and Titanic have previously made $2Bn, although Titanic did get a re-release to help it.

I can't freakin' wait personally, the prequels left a bad taste in my mouth and if these go some way to rectifying that then i'm all for it. I think that Abrams was a poor fit for Star Trek but he looks like an excellent one for Star Wars.

Also, making the massively overcomplicated, tangled and often shoddily written expanded universe all non-canon was the single best thing Disney has ever done. So much of it was so very terrible.

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so guys if you had the choice sith or jedi?
for me its gotta be...sith*ducks*

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The cast of the new Star Wars film have posed for the cover of 'Vanity Fair' magazine
http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/201 ... fair-cover

[SDL]

*stares at Yoda Force FX lightsaber in the corner of the room*

Jedi for me.

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'The Force Awakens' merchandise is to go on sale in shops 4th September 2015!
http://www.starwars7news.com/2015/05/st ... ber-4.html

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May the Fourth be with you!

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Vanity Fair shoot video released on Star Wars Day.


New photos revealed on Vanity Fair's site: http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/201 ... al_twitter

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And there's apparently another big character being revealed at 4pm EST.

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And there's apparently another big character being revealed at 4pm EST.

Source?

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The vanity fair link here http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/201 ... _twitter#3 is stating that those who signed up to their newsletter by 8am EST will recieve an exclusive photo at 4pm EST containing 'One more big character reveal'

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Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osbourne, announces Star Wars Episode 8 will be filmed in the UK.

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Gwendoline Christie (the tall one from Game of Thrones) has been confirmed to play 'Captain Phasma', a Chrome Trooper.
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2015/05/04/s ... ain-phasma

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Madame Tussauds, London, has a new Star Wars exhibition. Opens Saturday 16th May.

http://home.bt.com/entertainment/star-w ... 3980751197
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/trave ... ondon.html
http://mashable.com/2015/05/12/star-wars-tussauds/

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The making of the Madame Tussauds Star Wars exhibition


VIP launch party for the exhibition

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How the new droid, BB-8 allegedly works (by fans)
http://www.howbb8works.com/

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Andy Serkis is to play 'Supreme Leader Snoke', a capture-controlled character in Star Wars Episode 7.
http://www.slashfilm.com/andy-serkis-st ... character/
http://www.starwars.com/news/capturing- ... -exclusive

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Interesting about Serkis, bro told me that he'd stated he wasn't a mocap character in this...

Pegg has (IIRC) backtracked and claimed that his comment was a joke, but a Craig cameo would be cool IMHO.

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Puzzlewood Forest (within the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire) reports a big rise in tourism since the forest was revealed to be a Star Wars Episode 7 filming location.
http://www.gloucestercitizen.co.uk/8203 ... story.html


TIE fighters spotted flying over Poole in Dorset http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/d ... ade_Poole/

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The Dam Busters (617 Squadron) a la 'Star Wars'


As you can see, George Lucas was very influenced by this classic WWII film

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And the other way around, Star Wars a la Dam Busters!