Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens *SPOILERS*

[MattG]

Hi-res versions of yesterdays images: http://www.superherohype.com/news/34997 ... 7#/slide/1

Right-click and open-in-new-window (or save) for full size.

[Anaria]

Another article from Entertainment Weekly, about Harrison Ford/Han Solo -

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/13/st ... n-han-solo

[Anaria]

Not sure if it's real or not, but a possibly the first look at Luke Skywalker in TFA -

http://www.starwars7news.com/2015/08/ex ... akens.html

*that didn't take long - the image has been taken down by request.

[MattG]

Props/costumes on display D23 Expo. Most were seen at Celebration Anaheim, but Phasma is new: http://www.slashfilm.com/the-force-awakens-costumes/

[Anaria]

Yet more TFA articles from Entertainment Weekly -

J.J. Abrams on fans, spoilers, puzzles, and the value of fear - http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/14/st ... -jj-abrams

Simon Pegg's contribution to The Force Awakens - http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/14/st ... simon-pegg

[Anaria]

Inside the Magic has video of the TFA costumes on display at D23 expo this weekend -

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[MattG]

Drew Struzan poster, via http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/4 ... d#/slide/1

[Anaria]

Finn with lightsaber!

http://zap2it.com/2015/08/star-wars-for ... ers-c-3po/

The reveal of Finn holding a lightsaber was something Boyega was thrilled to finally share with the world.

“I can’t believe I’m saying that: ‘I had a lightsaber in my hand.’ I got to hold it and use it and stand with it,” Boyega shares. “I can’t tell you how amazing it is to stand with a lightsaber and just see everybody reacting to you.”

The SW Twitter account confirmed that this new poster is a commemorative one for the expo, not the official movie poster.

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J.J. confirmed the running time for TFA is coming in around 124 minutes

[Anaria]

J.J. Abrams answered a few questions for press after the D23 presentation - http://collider.com/star-wars-7-j-j-abr ... -and-more/

I can only say that Gwendoline Christie is my favorite. She just killed it. You think, “Well, what? It’s wearing a costume.” But it’s a lot to wear and to have a performance when you’re wearing that requires a different kind of skill set and an additional talent, and she’s got it. It’s an incredible thing to work with her. I am glad that a character has been designed that is visually as stunning as that is, because she deserves it and the fans do to. When I first saw that design my mind was blown because it looked so undeniable.

Obviously it’s star wars and there are going to be thousands of CG shots in this movie, but it was really important to us that wherever it didn’t need to be, it wasn’t. It’s incredible how much gets sort pushed off to solve later. We’ll shoot it on blue and figure it out later. We’ll shoot it on green and we’ll make this up later. It was really important for a sense of authenticity that the set be built, the exterior, interior, that we go to real locations that were actually in the sun.
I know it sounds silly, but in the behind the scenes reel you see this giant gimbal of the Millennium Falcon cockpit and it was outdoors. The reason we did it – we didn’t have to do that, but the reason we wanted to was, you just can’t fake sunlight. You can do a pretty good imitation, but you can just tell. There was something about wanting to see Daisy’s character actually sitting in the cockpit with sunlight streaking across in motion. It’s a little detail and I’m not sure anyone’s going to care abut that, but it’s an incredible thing when you see it just how much better it looks because it’s real. So we just tried to do that as much as we could and it was often challenging but it was worth it.

[Anaria]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens: D23 Presentation with J.J. Abrams, Harrison Ford -

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