Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
#51
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
I can't believe we're only going to have to wait a year and a half between Episodes. That sure beats waiting three years for each one.
#52
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
Hamill/Ford/Fisher aren't getting any younger. And I think Ford only has one more plane crash left in him.
#53
Banned
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
I just noticed that Star Wars Episode VIII and Guardians of the Galaxy II are both scheduled for release in May 2017. So two big "space opera" movies releasing in the same month?
#54
DVD Talk Legend & 2021 TOTY Winner
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
From the same studio. It is pretty odd.
#56
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
That is actually a decent question. Are we allowed to name actors in this movie? The episode VII thread has the big three in the title which to some degree is a spoiler since they were not even in the trailer.
#58
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
MSW quotes a Hong Kong newspaper article claiming "Ip Man" star Donnie Yen has been cast.
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/07/do...-episode-viii/
With the guys from "The Raid" rumored to be in Episode VII, it sounds like this new trilogy will have no shortage of Asian martial artists kicking ass on screen.
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/07/do...-episode-viii/
With the guys from "The Raid" rumored to be in Episode VII, it sounds like this new trilogy will have no shortage of Asian martial artists kicking ass on screen.
#60
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
Star Wars: Episode VIII Eyes Benicio Del Toro to Play Villain
http://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-epi...ain-exclusive/
Not the first time he's been linked to this franchise. There was a rumor he passed on playing Darth Maul in Episode I because the character didn't have enough lines.
http://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-epi...ain-exclusive/
Not the first time he's been linked to this franchise. There was a rumor he passed on playing Darth Maul in Episode I because the character didn't have enough lines.
#61
Banned
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
Star Wars: Episode VIII Eyes Benicio Del Toro to Play Villain
http://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-epi...ain-exclusive/
Not the first time he's been linked to this franchise. There was a rumor he passed on playing Darth Maul in Episode I because the character didn't have enough lines.
http://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-epi...ain-exclusive/
Not the first time he's been linked to this franchise. There was a rumor he passed on playing Darth Maul in Episode I because the character didn't have enough lines.
#62
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
I hate all these casting reports before the person in question is actually signed. Wasn't Jesse Plemons supposed to star in Ep. 7?
#63
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
^ Plemons was one of the five actors shortlisted for the role of Finn.
Variety is also running the del Toro story. They mention the studio met with Joaquin Phoenix as well, but it's Benicio who supposedly has the offer.
Variety is also running the del Toro story. They mention the studio met with Joaquin Phoenix as well, but it's Benicio who supposedly has the offer.
#65
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
Benicio Del Toro confirmed the reports while speaking with Entertainment Tonight during Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Grants Banquet and seemed optimistic that the deal would go through:
I can’t tell you much about it but I think it might happen. It looks like it’s gonna happen so I’m very excited. I can’t talk too much about it. The script is hard to get. They told me they’d cut my finger if I talk about it.
I can’t tell you much about it but I think it might happen. It looks like it’s gonna happen so I’m very excited. I can’t talk too much about it. The script is hard to get. They told me they’d cut my finger if I talk about it.
#67
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
http://geeknation.com/exclusive-stro...o-could-it-be/
According to one of our inside sources, we have heard that Disney and Lucasfilm are currently in the midst of looking for a strong, young female character to be featured heavily in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Our sources say that Rian Johnson himself has been heavily involved in the process as well. So this should be some exciting news for all you female SW fans out there because a new, strong female character will be introduced into the new trilogy in Episode VIII. We know that for sure.
Here’s where things get a little more interesting though. According to our anonymous source, the role isn’t for just a completely new female character in the series, but the character is allegedly
No frontrunner has been revealed yet for the role, and it’s likely that Disney and Lucasfilm will want to keep it a secret until after the release of The Force Awakens. But all in all, it’s looking more and more like the Star Wars universe is in store for an even stronger female presence in its future.
Here’s where things get a little more interesting though. According to our anonymous source, the role isn’t for just a completely new female character in the series, but the character is allegedly
Spoiler:
#68
Banned
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
Spoiler:
#70
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
^ Seriously? I figure the wife thing was more of a stunt to get people talking about the comic. Canon aside, I'll be shocked if it gets brought up in the movies. Either way, it was before he got with Leia -- so we're talking nearly forty years prior. I'm also not buying Boyega as half Caucasian.
Perhaps this new female role is a carry over from the original draft of Episode VII. There was a second lead role for a teenage girl on the casting sides that never got filled.
Perhaps this new female role is a carry over from the original draft of Episode VII. There was a second lead role for a teenage girl on the casting sides that never got filled.
#71
Banned
#74
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
These aren't necessarily humans (the familiar Earth variety), and the character in question could also be a grandchild, too.
If TFA takes place 35+ years after ANH, and the character in question is in late teens/early twenties, and the parental relationship in question pre-dates ANH...
(As long as we're not taking relativistic physics into account, which Star Wars seems to avoid.)
#75
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (5/26/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)
Names on the shortlist for the new female character have been released. They're definitely looking for a "type," and right now it wouldn't appear to be a Solo relative. Could still be a Skywalker depending on if Luke had a kid, or possibly an Organa.
http://nerdist.com/star-wars-viii-ru...-rian-johnson/
http://nerdist.com/star-wars-viii-ru...-rian-johnson/