unamochilla2

Supposedly, Williams has already written the main themes and the majority of the score.  It has been said Williams will return to London in the summer to record the score with the LSO.  Will be interesting if this is true since Williams hasn't left the US since 2005.  He is also going to score Spielberg's new flick, which is set to be released in October, but it's unknown when/where it will be recorded.

It would be really disappointing if Luke had less than 5 minutes of screen time.  Seems like a lot of fans are looking forward to his return.  I guess we all assumed he would take a Kenobi type of role.

He's in stable condition now.  His son tweeted, "At the hospital. Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man."

http://variety.com/2015/biz/news/harrison-ford-plane-crash-1201447290/

Harrison Ford is in critical condition after crash landing a plane in Venice, Calif. on Thursday, according to several reports.

The 72-year-old crash landed on Penmar Golf Course after something apparently went wrong with the small plane, per reports. Ford was transferred to a local hospital in critical condition with head injuries. The actor was the only one aboard the plane and the only person who sustained injuries.

Ford reportedly walked away from the crash, and was later attended to by two physicians who were on the scene.

Ford is an avid pilot, and has crashed planes before with minimal injuries.

TMZ was the first to report the news about Ford.

Handman said:

How about this image posted on the official Star Wars facebook page of a shot notorious of being tampered with?

https://www.facebook.com/StarWars/photos/pb.169299103121699.-2207520000.1424647918./883115828406686/?type=3&theater

I've never seen this photo... Why is the landspeeder upside down?

Nocturnaloner said:

More fuel for the fire:

The details on this, I stand by. Generally speaking, I’m pretty up front with what I don’t know or if I don’t know if something is concrete. What I’m discussing today is from my most trusted source and friend. The vast majority of the accurate reporting we’ve done on Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been thanks to this friend.

You really might not want to read these spoilers if you’re on the fence. This isn’t rocky. This is verified as having been shot at Pinewood. These are scenes and the documented players in them. This information is very accurate and very broad. It isn’t from the script. This is the first spoiler I’ve had where I’ve known it was so apparently accurate I was floored by it. If you’re cool with it and know you’re going to watch this movie 100 times a year and the first time doesn’t matter, but the longevity of the piece, like myself, sit down because you’re going to have a heart breaking day.

I’ve never jumped on this rumor because it seemed too easy. It also seemed all too likely. This is sort of a given but uttered as an assumption. We’ve seen people guess this without any inside information at all and it has made it nearly impossible for me to ever take any of it too seriously on the rumor-front.

Today that has all changed. For me, I am now in the camp about this being true. A source that has been proven not once or twice, but hundreds of times has documents proving this prevalent rumor. If there’s anything more to it, I can’t say. I’m only sticking to the documented facts on this.

 

The facts are this was shot at Pinewood:

• This sequence takes place on the ramparts of The Evil Castle.
• Han Solo is hiding.
• He decides to reveal himself to Kylo Renn.
• Finn, Rey, Chewbacca and BB-8 stop in their tracks.
• They watch as Han Solo confronts Kylo Ren. Kylo Rnn silences the conversation forever.
• Chewbacca lets out of a barrage of angry roars and laser blasts.
• Kylo Ren flees the scene.
• Explosions.
• Stormtroopers file in and Finn and Rey are forced to flee.
• More explosions.
• BB-8 and Chewbacca flee to the Falcon.

Han Solo is never in a scene after this. Those are the facts.

More words from another "trusted source."  Where are the documented facts that is this true?  Who verified these scenes were shot?  Unless if this guy has seen the footage, I don't believe it.

Mithrandir said:

I don't know what would be stranger, if the information being true, or Abrahams loosing his time sending phony information. At the end of the day it's just a movie, like Mark Hammill, the most centered guy ever on this saga, said.

I'm not sure if it's so much loosing time but rather protecting the actual plot details and other sensitive information from being leaked.

SilverWook said:

There is a grand tradition of deception and misdirection in the production of a Star Wars film. Dave Prowse was given phony dialog to say on ESB, and there were fake script pages on Return of the Jedi.

It's not a stretch to imagine J.J. doing this one better, and shoot fake scenes.

I have no doubt that Abrams is playing with us. It's worth noting many of the rumors starting rolling out after photos\concept art were leaked, interviews were given and official news released.  It's as if people are trying to connect the dots with what known information is out there.  The rumors even got the names of some of the characters wrong... unless if the officially released names are aliases, which is another rumor.

SilverWook said:

These alleged plot leaks are all bupkis until we see some more footage anyway. ;)

The Plagueis rumor has been around since last year, too.  Also, isn't Plagueis plot originally George's idea?  I thought it was reported his treatments weren't going to be used for the ST... aside from OT characters returning, of course.

Some of those rumors are repeats from last years rumors, but altered slightly.  I hope Luke isn't in hiding simply to protect some ancient Temple that only one guy knows how to open.  After all the wrong rumors about the teaser (right down to the music), I'm not taking all these "in the know" rumors seriously in the least.

Kabal said:

unamochilla2 said:

There are a lot of "older" fans who love the PT and more than the OT.  I know a guy who is turning 40 soon and he's obsessed the PT, specifically Darth Maul.  He even has a tattoo of Maul on his shoulder.  He likes Maul simply because he looks cool and has "epic" lightsaber moves.  He doesn't see a thing wrong with either the PT or the OT, but prefers the PT over the OT.  And, yes, he grew up with the OT.

In my opinion, it's fine to love the PT. It boggles my mind, but it doesn't infuriate me. Each to their own, I guess.

What I really hate is when people start bashing "prequel haters", as if there were no objective reasons to consider the PT inferior to the OT.

darth_ender said:

When I first opened this thread, I thought, "Cool."  Then I read the replies and realized I had gone to the Jedi Temple Forums.

I don't know what the Jedi Temple Forums are about.

I probably wrote too much in the original post before I got to my main point - the idea of making a crowd-funded "purist" fan film to show what may have happened before the OT. I would like to keep this thread focused on this idea from now on.

By the way, no one has answered my initial questions yet: Has this idea been considered by anyone who has the time and ressources to put it into practice? Would it be feasible from a legal point of view?

From what I've read, Adywan has some interesting plans for the PT including filming some new scenes.  Unfortunately, his PT won't happen for many years, but I'm sure it will be worth the wait.  But I'm assuming his PT will not be intended to replace the actual films, but rather exist as fan edits, much like his Revisited versions. Only Disney and Lucasfilm have the power to replace the PT and it's very unlikely they'll do that.

There are a lot of "older" fans who love the PT and more than the OT.  I know a guy who is turning 40 soon and he's obsessed the PT, specifically Darth Maul.  He even has a tattoo of Maul on his shoulder.  He likes Maul simply because he looks cool and has "epic" lightsaber moves.  He doesn't see a thing wrong with either the PT or the OT, but prefers the PT over the OT.  And, yes, he grew up with the OT.

Peter Mayhew Recovering Following Pneumonia Hospitalization:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/20/peter-mayhew-pneumonia_n_6508616.html

Glad to hear he's doing okay now!

So, does that mean George isn't a consultant or adviser for the ST?  Does he really have NOTHING to do with ST?  I'm not sure what to believe since his son supposedly said in an interview that his father was talking to Abrams on a weekly basis at some point.

There was a rumor that Fisher's daughter was going to play Leia in a (or the) flashback scene, but I believe that was debunked.

Fortunately, the spoilers so far haven't been too revealing... at least plot wise.  In fact, a good portion of the rumors appear to be false, except for a minor details here and there.  I don't think I read one teaser rumor that turned out to even be partially true except for the length of it.  Even the information from those who were supposedly at the recording sessions for the music were flat out wrong.  However, it makes me wonder if Williams wrote and recorded more original music for the trailer or other possible teasers.

lovelikewinter said:

unamochilla2 said:

Tobar said:

There are going to be some big announcements come mid-April. I wouldn't be surprised to see the first poster, a new trailer, maybe a clip. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if they announced a new show. Probably what the first spin-off will be.

 How do you know this?

  

Isn't Celebration in April?

 Ah, of course... I forgot. :-)

Tobar said:

There are going to be some big announcements come mid-April. I wouldn't be surprised to see the first poster, a new trailer, maybe a clip. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if they announced a new show. Probably what the first spin-off will be.

 How do you know this?

ratpack1961 said:

Tobar said:

Interesting...turns out Lucas was already in the planning stages to direct Episode VII before Disney came knocking:

Lucas already started to develop the next three Star Wars films, but he knew a third trilogy was a 10-year commitment at least. He at first expected to finish Episode VII, release it in May 2015 and then sell the company afterward.

But Disney expressed interest and came along at the right moment, Lucas says. "It's better for me to get out at the beginning of a new thing and I can just remove myself.

"The time is more important to me than the money."

Source

 This has to be misreporting.  Lucas had started writing the ep. 7 synopsis as a way to sell the company.  There was never any intention to develop an in-house Ep. 7 that would be released by Fox (or someone) in 2015.

Unless he's changing his story again.  Or maybe the idea of writing the synopsis to sell the studio was something the other reporters came up with?

 It's often hard to tell when Lucas is telling the truth.

It'll be interesting to see what they do, if anything, to tide us over until the trailer, which is rumored to be released in May.

Seems like not too long ago they announced the principle cast and now the release is less than a year away.

Here it is:

http://yakfaceforums.com/main/2015/01/03/revenge-of-the-sith-3d-to-premiere-at-celebration-anaheim/

towne32 said:

Well now that it's confirmed that they finished production on the rest of the PT in 3D (and screening it this year), I assume they'll be releasing that on blu ray by the end of the year. Hopefully they will release something nice for the OT customers as well..

Do you have a link to this announcement?  All I could find was a single screening of the AOTC in 3D with Dennis Muren in November, 2014.

timdiggerm said:

unamochilla2 said:

imperialscum said:

moviefreakedmind said:

unamochilla2 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

The TFN community is kind of delusional I think. Not that I'm not also delusional, but I don't really understand how someone could honestly think that there's a reason to let the original versions of Star Wars rot away into nonexistence (which I know one specific TFNer has said before)

I believe some have said that if Disney acknowledges and releases the OOT, then it will "interfere" will the saga AKA George's vision.  Even when the OOT is released on Blu-ray, I'm guessing the 2011 versions (or newer versions) will still remain as official.

Sure, but who really cares about what is "official"?

Well if you are solely interested in OT then official canon is of no concern. However if you are interested in sequels then that might present inconveniences. For example, if for some reason they wanted to have Anakin's ghost, they might bring Hayden back in order to follow the canon. I gave the worst case scenario but still. :)

My original point was releasing the OOT wouldn't interfere with anything because it's likely the 2011 are the versions that Disney will refer to.  Disney needs to draw the line somewhere as to what is official and what isn't.  And there are a lot of fans who do care what is official.  Personally, I don't care what is official.  I just want the OOT on Bluray.

However, you have a good point about Anakin's ghost.  The same can be said for the ending of ROTJ, if the ST acknowledges it.  In the OOT, they had a small celebration on Endor.  In the SE, it was more widespread and made it seem as if the entire Empire was wiped out across the galaxy or, at least, at the various places we've seen throughout all the films.  It seems the ST has to acknowledge the "fall" of the Empire in ROTJ in some fashion considering they're still around.

One night of rioting around the galaxy would not mean the end of the entire Empire.

Possibly not but but the death of the Emperor and Vader, the possible temporary overthrow of the Empire and a huge celebration are the last moments we were left with before the beginning of the ST.

imperialscum said:

moviefreakedmind said:

unamochilla2 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

The TFN community is kind of delusional I think. Not that I'm not also delusional, but I don't really understand how someone could honestly think that there's a reason to let the original versions of Star Wars rot away into nonexistence (which I know one specific TFNer has said before)

I believe some have said that if Disney acknowledges and releases the OOT, then it will "interfere" will the saga AKA George's vision.  Even when the OOT is released on Blu-ray, I'm guessing the 2011 versions (or newer versions) will still remain as official.

Sure, but who really cares about what is "official"?

Well if you are solely interested in OT then official canon is of no concern. However if you are interested in sequels then that might present inconveniences. For example, if for some reason they wanted to have Anakin's ghost, they might bring Hayden back in order to follow the canon. I gave the worst case scenario but still. :)

My original point was releasing the OOT wouldn't interfere with anything because it's likely the 2011 are the versions that Disney will refer to.  Disney needs to draw the line somewhere as to what is official and what isn't.  And there are a lot of fans who do care what is official.  Personally, I don't care what is official.  I just want the OOT on Bluray.

However, you have a good point about Anakin's ghost.  The same can be said for the ending of ROTJ, if the ST acknowledges it.  In the OOT, they had a small celebration on Endor.  In the SE, it was more widespread and made it seem as if the entire Empire was wiped out across the galaxy or, at least, at the various places we've seen throughout all the films.  It seems the ST has to acknowledge the "fall" of the Empire in ROTJ in some fashion considering they're still around.

moviefreakedmind said:

The TFN community is kind of delusional I think. Not that I'm not also delusional, but I don't really understand how someone could honestly think that there's a reason to let the original versions of Star Wars rot away into nonexistence (which I know one specific TFNer has said before)

I believe some have said that if Disney acknowledges and releases the OOT, then it will "interfere" will the saga AKA George's vision.  Even when the OOT is released on Blu-ray, I'm guessing the 2011 versions (or newer versions) will still remain as official.