JumpCutz

Tom Cruise has reportedly met Star Wars director JJ Abrams in London to discuss the possibility of a cameo appearance in Star Wars: Episode VII.
A film insider told The Sun newspaper (£) that: "Tom [Cruise] has been in London for over a week and met up with JJ [Abrams] and some other people from Star Wars over the weekend.
"On Saturday evening five of them met up for dinner and drinks at the Belgravia Hotel. JJ produced Mission Impossible 5 and loves working with Tom whenever he gets the chance.
"Losing Harrison Ford [to a broken leg] is going to set things back a little scheduling wise and there’s some time to play around with."
The film has already been the cause of intense excitement from fans, as Ford is joined by original Star Wars series cast mates Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Peter Mayhew.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/s...ameo-role.html

TheMovieman

And yet another rumor is that he's in London in preperation for MI5. Per the same paper (The Sun), they might film in the Houses of Parliament. I assume Abrams is a producer on MI5 so it could be they're meeting on the sequel which is probably close to production (in order to meet its 2015 release date).

Kal-El

I'll take Things That Will Never Happen for $200, Alex.

TGM

throw a fake nose, some colored contact lenses, and a woman's pussy on his dick and he'll be virtually unrecognizable!

Abob Teff

Tom Cruise as young Han Solo! He'd have to be the second best smuggler in the galaxy (behind Lando).

hanshotfirst1138

In this day and age, I'm learning that "never" is a less and less stable term. Plus Abrams worked with him before.

Ranger

They didn't say Maul was the son of a Dathomir witch until the TV Clone Wars and Plagueis book?

I didn't like that since the original Dathomir witches were all human in Courtship of Princess Leia.

Sonic

Rumor is that Tom Cruise will play a very young Princess Leia thanks to advanced hollywood makeup and some CGI.

TheMovieman

As I said before, they could very well be meeting to discuss Mission Impossible 5 as that's set to start filming soon.

Ash Ketchum

George Lucas is opening his museum in Chicago, not San Francisco:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/25/us...ef=todayspaper

The big story there is his attractive, younger African-American wife. Who knew? They've been married only a year (Sunday was their 1st anniversary) and they had a baby last August (via surrogate).

windom

The big story is that he has a younger African-American wife? Umm, don't think so. Him getting married got a good amount of coverage when it happened. I would say "who didn't know?" And how is her being African-American relevant at all?

Mabuse

Windom doesn't see race Ash. Don't you understand how much better than you that makes him? Sorry you lost this round. Better luck next time.

My Other Self

I drove by the Lucas Ranch a couple of years ago out of curiosity. I'm shocked he wouldn't put the museum somewhere in Marin County or on in the Bay Area.

Mabuse

I agree. Chicago is a strange choice. Almost everything the guy has ever done in his whole life has been around the Bay Area. Having it in the Presidio would have been awesome. There's already a Walt Disney museum there as well. Would have complimented each other nicely.

RoboDad

Nuff said.

bunkaroo

From this link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/star-war...or-his-museum/

So, billionaire doesn't get his way in SF, goes elsewhere. That's how it reads to me.

bluetoast

The article said it was his first choice, but he got rejected at one location and decided to have it in Chicago.

Ash Ketchum

To be honest, I don't follow Lucas much, so I wouldn't have noticed. And, no, it isn't relevant, but when did the Relevance Police start monitoring this forum?

Doesn't see race? Look what he's missing:

I'm actually happy for Mr. Lucas. Seems like he's got a keeper there. She looks happy in that picture. And his moving the thing to Chicago just to make her happy...? He didn't have to do that, but it shows he's not just thinking of himself. I wish him happiness--as long as he doesn't direct any more Star Wars movies.

Preterite

Lucas had originally envisioned his museum set in Chicago, but only now has the technology become available to make his vision a reality.

Josh-da-man

I don't think the Mandalorians have ever been canonized, have they? The only appearances or mentions of Mandalorians comes from the novels and comics, from what I recall. (I never watched the CGI Clone Wars, so I don't know if they shown or mentioned.) Not sure if that's something that the EU writers came up with, or if it's part of the Lucasfilm backstory.

At any rate, I think that one of the new characters in the Rebels TV series is going to be a Mandalorian, so at least the name that goes with the Boba Fett armor looks to be canon now.

And, unless I'm mistaken, the "Sith Witch" was an early concept for what became the Darth Maul character that the EU took and ran with.

Obi-Wanma

Mandalorians appeared in the Clone Wars cartoon

Abob Teff

Actually, none of that happened. It was revealed that Lucas simply went in and digitally altered photographs of his first family. The originals will never be seen again.

Abob Teff

This just broke on TMZ -- Tom Cruise will be working on the new Star Wars film in a most unusual cameo. Cruise will be working under the tutelage of Andy Szerkis in preparation for his role as a Rancor! That's right, Cruise will be performing as the motion capture model for a new Rancor character who is rumored to be the great-grandson of the Rancor killed in Return of the Jedi.

Sources close to the script writing process have said JJ Abrams will be working in a side-plot involving the Rancor's family seeking revenge on Luke Skywalker.

joe_b

Page Six had a claim (which a Disney rep denied) that Oscars Isaac would be getting an expanded role to help keep the film on schedule after Harrison's injury. Isaac's character was previously described in the trades as being a "Han Solo type" character.

AICN claims that Han is indeed he main character and that he

If Ford is really going to be out of commission for six months, I see no way they can stay on schedule without rewrites which allow the other actors to carry the load. If they end up delaying the production, maybe fans who wanted a traditional May release will get their wish after all.

Shannon Nutt

The six-month rumor is bogus and all comes from the same report (Jedi News). Ford will be back on set before summer's end (probably late August).