Star Wars Bits: Battlefront, Comic-Con, Celebration, Alternate Titles, Rebels, George Lucas Museum
There are so manyStar Wars Bitsright now, it’s time to just get to it. Below, read about the following:
One of the bigger pieces ofStar Warsnews this week wasAin’t It Cool News' declarationa potential working title forStar Wars Episode VIIwasAn Ancient Fear. It spawned lots of debate online, as well as a few other potential titles Abrams is using during filming. (InStar Warshistory, and subsequently in movie history, an alternate title is used during filming to throw fans off the scent.) IsAn Ancient Fearthat? We aren’t sure.
But a few things.
So who knows? J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy, that’s about it.
One of the weirdest things when we sit down forStar Wars Episode VIIwill be not having the 20th Century Fox Fanfare before the crawl. Over the years, it became as much a part of theStar Warsexperience as John Williams' score.One fan has nowmashed up the Star Wars theme with the Walt Disney studios logo for a potential idea of what we could see on August 16, 2025.
MakingStarWarsgot their hands on a few new images of theStar Wars Rebelsvoice cast doing the show. Pretty cool stuff. That’s (L-R) Steve Blum, Vanessa Marshall, Dave Filoni (Director), Tiya Sircar, Freddie Prinze Jr., and Taylor Grey.
Not much has been heard on theStar Wars: Battlefrontfront since last year’s E3 but, ithas been confirmedthe game will have a presence at next month’s conference. It’s not expected to be released until 2015 but, it’ll be excited to see some new footage. Here’s the original teaser from last year:
While a bigStar Warsproperty will be showing up at one convention, the biggest reportedly won’t be showing up at the biggest convention. Latino-Review’sEl Mayimbe tweetedthatStar Wars Episode VIIwon’t have a panel atSan Diego Comic-Con. There is a rumor there will be a morsel for fans but don’t expect a Q&A with the full cast or anything. They’ll be too busy filming, but 2015 brings a D23 Expo, Star Wars Celebration and Comic-Con 2015 all before the film opens in December. Plenty of convention hype for the film.
Speaking ofStar Wars Celebration Anaheim,the official website just launched. On it, they announced all the hosts of the various stages of the event. Head there to check it out.
Next week,Star Warsfans have something really cool to look forward to. It’s a new book calledStar Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogywhich is comprised of over 1200 storyboards from the original trilogy including some that have never been seen before. You canread more about it here, but this is a trailer.
Just gonna let this tweet speak for itself and move on.
Next up,Collidersat down withSimon Kinbergto talkX-Men Days of Future Past, and smartly turned the conversation toStar Wars. Kinberg said he wrote he wrote the two-part premiere and season finale of the first season ofStar Wars Rebels. Originally, the article said the show ran 16 episodes, but that information has now been removed. It’s unclear if it was incorrect or something else. He also talked about the excitement of writing dialogue for original trilogy characters that return in the show. Here’s that quote, watch the full interview at the previous link.
Writing dialogue for any of the legacy characters is as big a thrill as anything I’ve ever had in my life. I said this to [producer Kathleen Kennedy] that when I open up a Final Draft document, and I tab over to “Character” and it’s a character from the original films—to be nameless until people see them—but if it’s a character from the original films, just typing in those letters and then that being the recorded name in that name database for that script is as surreal, and perhaps more so, than anything I’ve experienced in my career.
Earlier this week, original trilogy actorJohn Mortondropped some quotes that flat out saidStar Wars Rebelscharacters were inStar Wars Episode VII. You canread all about that here. Now, as expected, he’s pulled back on those declarative statements, saying it was just educated guesses. Readhis full rebuttal here.
We knowCarrie Fisherplays a major role inStar Wars Episode VIIand,according to her famous motherDebbie Reynolds, she’s lost 40 pounds preparing for the role. Pretty impressive.
Finally, while a recent decision in the Bay Area put the brakes on theLucas Cultural Arts Museum,Thompson on Hollywoodas well as theSan Francisco Chroniclereport there are two new locations in the works: Chicago or the SF Port Commission. Read more about each at those links.
