Star Wars Bits: Star Wars Battlefront Debuts At Celebration; Plus Kylo Ren, Greedo, Kingdom Hearts
Star Warsinvades the animal kingdom and much more in this jam-packed edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following.
Header: Crop of “Han Shot First” byFlorian Bertmer.
Previously rumored,Electronic Artshas officially announcedthatStar Wars Battefrontwill debut atStar Wars Celebration. Will fans be able to play? How much footage will they show? Those details we don’t have yet, but we’ll see more thanthis awesome trailerfor sure.
Citizen Kaneis about William Randolph Hearst without using his real name. A new film,Citizen George, wants to do the same thing forGeorge Lucas. FilmmakerJR Ralls(director ofDark Dungeons) has put his movie about this on Kickstarter. Here’s the hook. He can’t settle on it being a comedy or drama, so if you donate, you get to vote. Watch the trailer andClick here to read much more.
The officialStar Wars twitter had some fun earlier this week when they tweeted out alink to this article. It talks about a passage in the newStar Warsnovel,Heir to the Jedi,where Luke Skywalker finds a lightsaber and takes it apart. Inside he finds three crystals. The article surmises this could explain howKylo Ren’s lightsaber inStar Wars: The Force Awakensworks, but there has been much debate about how many crystals are in the normal lightsaber. Join the debate at the link but don’t read too much into it. Lucasfilm told us the fact it was tweeted by the official Twitter doesn’t have any bearing on the film.
Recently, news broke thatHasbrowas pullingPrincess LeiaBlack Series action figures from upcoming shipments. And while this is true, it’s not because the character doesn’t sell. It’s a production issue.Entertainment Weeklyreporter Anthony Breznican reported this:
Since Disney bought Lucasfilm, we haven’t heard much about alive action Star Wars TV seriesexcept that it was on a long list of things they wanted to do with the property. Well,Making Star Warssaid they’ve heard this idea has begun to pick up speed again. We’ll keep our ear to the ground too.
Hot off their new, popular trading card app,Toppshas announced they’ll be releasing actual trading cards themed toStar Wars: The Force Awakensthis December. The base set will have 100 cards with up to 90 limited insert cards including many with autographs. Read more onTheForce.net.
Speaking of whichFantasy Flight Games, which does dice games based onStar Wars, recentlyrenewed their license.
Entertainment Weeklypoints out this video which details the discovery of a new species of catfish and why it was named “Greedo.”
Saturday will beStar Wars Rebelsday atStar Wars Celebration Anaheim. TheRebelscomponent of the event, which includes a panel and screening, will take place on Saturday April 18. See theRebels events here.
AKingdom Heartsgame calledKingdom Hearts: Fragmented Keysthat was in development for mobile devices was supposed to have aStar Warsland. The game was cancelled early in development but, here’s an example of concept art.See more at this link. Thanks toStar Wars 7 News.
Finally,Making Star Warsis back to their old tricks with some potentialStar Wars: The Force Awakensspoilers. This one is about the intentions ofKylo Renand who he might voice them too. Read the potential spoilers at that link
