Star Wars Bits: How J.J. Abrams Will Use Carrie Fisher In ‘The Rise Of Skywalker’, Plus ‘Vader Immortal’, ‘Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order’, And More
In this edition of Star Wars Bits:
Here’s thekey artfor theStar Wars Jedi: Fallen Ordervideo game, which is set between the events ofRevenge of the Sithbut beforeA New Hope. Check out the trailer (and tons of info about the gameplay) in this detailed breakdown atEngadget.
After premiering on the Oculus Quest last month, Episode One ofVader Immortalis coming to the Oculus Rift headsets in what’sbeing calledthe “highest-quality version of the experience, visually” that exists. That arrives onJune 20, 2019.
Mark Hamill was at the official opening of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland not too long ago, and during a recent appearance onThe Late Late Show with James Corden, heimpliedthat riding the Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run attraction is better than actually being on the “real” Falcon during the filming of the movies:
“We were in a cutout cockpit of the Millennium Falcon with the stagehands rocking it and so forth. When you get on [Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run], you experience it in a way that you never did making the movie. We were just pretending. Here, they do everything for you.”
We’vewritten a bitabout how J.J. Abrams plans to include Carrie Fisher inThe Rise of Skywalker, butStarWarsNewsNethas a much more detailed explanation based on some new intel. According to their sources, Abrams isn’t just using deleted scenes, but he’ll actually reuse shots fromThe Force Awakens(and maybeThe Last Jedi?) and digitally tweak things like her hair color, costume, and more to make it fit with this new story, as you can see from the photo above from Reddit userSirRidley. It’s fascinating stuff, and definitely worth a quick read.
We’ve known for a while that composerJohn Williams, who has shaped the sound ofStar Warsfor generations, came back to create even more music for Galaxy’s Edge. But a new report in theL.A. Timesdigs into the reasons why Williams came back. This quote from composer William Ross (who has worked with Williams on the past twoStar Warsfilm scores) sums it up best:
“I think John couldn’t resist the feeling of, well, [Galaxy’s Edge] needs its own special musical theme. It didn’t have anything to do with money or legacy or anything. It was about: Oh, there’s some unfinished business there.”
Concept artistKieran Belshaw, who worked on multiple seasons ofGame of Thrones(including the final season, as seen above), seeminglyposted and then deleteda photo on Instagram indicating that they will be working for the Cassian Andor series coming to Disney+. Very cool.
Star Wars: The Vintage Collection Archive Editionis a 300 page bookdescribedas a “comprehensive historical manuscript and detailed visual archive of one of Hasbro’s most popular lines of 3.75-inch Star Wars action figures, The Vintage Collection (TVC).” The book is raising funds onKickstarter, so head over there to get more information about how you’ll be able to peruse the collection’s action figures, creatures, vehicles, and playsets when they meet their goal.
This Twitter thread from comic writer Greg Pak (Planet Hulk) about his upcoming Star Wars #68 has the folks over atInversethinking that this issue could somehow explain how Emperor Palpatine survives at the end ofReturn of the Jedi. (Something about that last image maybe being Jakku, and Palpatine had an outpost there?) Personally, I think they’re grasping at straws with that conclusion, and I’m guessing there is zero chance that information actually appears in this comic. But I guess we’ll see!
