Star Wars Bits: The Opening Of ‘The Force Awakens’ Plus Legos, Comics And Fan Trailers
We start at the beginning ofThe Force Awakensand end in a bigger fantasy world in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following:
Making Star Warshas been a major source of information on the plot – or more specifically the rumored plot – ofStar Wars: The Force Awakens. Earlier this week they ran a super, major spoiler that knowing will ruin your enjoyment of the film. We don’t link to that one (but it’s out there). Instead, we want to point you to almost the opposite post.
Their source has given them a good idea of howStar Wars: The Force Awakensbeings. Now, if this is true (and it sounds very similar to rumors that have been going around) it is also aspoiler, but it’s much less of a spoiler because it’s the beginning of the movie, not the end. Reading this gave me chills and an idea of what to expect on December 18. We don’t know if it’s true but, either way, don’t read unless you are okay with spoilers. If you are,I highly recommend it.
Star Wars Weekends 2015are coming to Walt Disney World in Florida andStarWars.comrevealed the official poster.
A Kickstarter has been bought to our attention for a film calledRise of the Empire. Directed byRichard Lowry, it promised to be “the ultimateStar Warsfan film.” The pedigree is solid and idea is good too. They want a pretty high production value so the goal is expensive but hopefully, it’ll be worth it.Head here to read more.
Gary Whittais promoting his debut book,Abomination, and has of course been asked about theStar Warsstandalone which he wrote the first draft for. We’ll have our interview with him soon but, for now, here’s what he said about it toYahoo Movies:
Comic Book Resourceshas a fascinating interview withKieron Gillen, the writer of the new Marvel Star Wars comic book seriesDarth Vader. How do you make an evil, iconic character whose fate we know the star of a story? Find out in that interview.Inside the Magichas a funny article that’s called “Star Wars: The Force Awakens toys at New York Toy Fair 2015 all looked strikingly similar.” The joke is, nothing was revealed, instead it was empty boxes with the Force Awakens logo on it. Check out the images at the site.JediNewsnoticed that a few Amazon sites are listingThe Art of Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakensfor release on November 2. This is notable only because that book will pretty much be the ultimate opening of Pandora’s Box in terms of spoilers. Even more than the toys in September.IO9has an interesting article aboutAlex Ross’s variant cover forPrincess Leia #1, seen above and revealed byComic Book Resources. Notice something? Princess Leia isn’t on it.StarWars.comhas a write up on theLEGO Star Wars Character Encyclopedia: Updated and Expanded, which will be released on April 28. That’s cool alone but they also put up some photos of the exclusive white prototype Boba Fett minifigure that’ll come with the set. Here are the photos, head to the link for more.
The comedy team,The Warp Zone, did this great sketch showing what happens when a Jedi and a Sith talk about the new cross guard lightsaber held by Kylo Ren inStar Wars: The Force Awakens:
I didn’t want to like this, but I did, so we’re posting it here.The Unusual Suspecton YouTube took theStar Wars Trilogyand edited into the style of the trailers forAvengers: Age of Ultron.
And while we’re on the topic of fan trailers, here’sAlex Luthor’s take onStar Trek vs. Star Wars.
