Friday, April 29, 2016

Everything Wrong with Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Below might be either an annoying or amusing video for Star Wars: The Force Awakens fans. It kind of depends on deep your love of the film is as it breaks down all the major and minor problems with the film in an amusing fashion.

Thursday, April 21, 2016

JJ Abrams Hints on Who Rey's Parents Are Not

JJ Abrams has been talking here and there about Star Wars: The Force Awakens to promote the recent release of the movie on Blu-ray and DVD. As part of that he revealed a hint on who Rey's parents are not, reworking the key characters' relationship, and re-doing a familiar story.

On Rey's parents:
"Rey's parents are not in Episode VII. So I can't possibly say in this moment who they are. But I will say it is something that Rey thinks about, too. Obviously it’s not for me to talk about in this moment because this is [Episode VIII director] Rian [Johnson]’s story to continue now. The last thing I’m going to do is reveal something that he would be upset about. I want to make sure that Rian gets the courtesy that he showed me."

Finn/Rey relationship reworked due to Ford's leg injury:
"It didn't work at all. They were much more contentious. I didn't direct it right. It was set up all wrong. [I] was able to look at everything we'd done and rethink it and rewrite quite a bit of that relationship. So when we came back to work we actually just reshot, from the ground up, those scenes, and it was an amazingly powerful thing to get these two characters to where they needed to be."

Copying A New Hope:
“The weird thing about that movie is that it had been so long since the last one. Obviously the prequels had existed in between and we wanted to, sort of, reclaim the story. So we very consciously—and I know it is derided for this—we very consciously tried to borrow familiar beats, so the rest of the movie could hang on something that we knew was Star Wars. This movie was a bridge and a kind of reminder. The audience needed to be reminded what Star Wars is, but it needed to be established with something familiar, with a sense of where we are going to new lands, which is very much what 8 and 9 do.”

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Teaser Trailer

Here is the official teaser trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. It is set before A New Hope and is supposed to tell the story on exactly how the Rebellion was able to get hold of the Death Star plans that eventually leads to a certain man in black to chase down a princess above a desert planet.

Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Star Wars: A Familiar Hope Honest Trailer

The Screen Junkies guys have released their latest Honest Trailer with the target being Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Mark Hamill Glares For Force For Change

In a new video that somewhat mocks Mark Hamill's role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, he glares his way through a new charity campaign via Force For Change, this time through CrowdRise. The volume of potential prizes is much less but the grand prize is a trip to Ireland. See the video below for details, click here to donate.

Saturday, April 2, 2016

More Special Feature Teasers for The Force Awakens

As of yesterday Star Wars: The Force Awakens became available for digital download (for $20). Alternatively you can wait until Tuesday, pay the same $20 and get a physical copy of the movie and a digital code. The movie is available for pre-order now. In the meantime below are a few commercials promoting the special features of the movie. If in a mood for spoilers (of sorts), click here for a summary of some of the new info about the movie from the special features.