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Star Wars Episode VIII Production Thread (Principal Photography Complete)

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WhiteRabbitEXE

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EdReedFan20 said:
Might we get the first teaser trailer this fall? Remember we got the first teaser trailer for TFA on Thanksgiving 2014, over a full year before release. Though, that was a special case as it was the first of the new movies. Still, it would be neat.
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I doubt we'll see anything before Rogue One. Maaaaaaybe we'll get something WITH Rogue One, but I dunno. Could be a while into 2017, possibly even after Rogue One is out on Blu.
 
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GhaleonEB

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I think they'll follow the plan set with Rogue One, and not do any marketing until the prior Star Wars film is out. The trailer for R1 hit just a couple days after TFA hit video, IIRC. I don't think there's any benefit to overlapping the marketing.
 
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Surfinn

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Sounds like (surprise surprise) EP8 will have a much different feel and tone than EP7. Driver says it's dark but not (similar to a report we'd heard before). He also says the audience is ready for "nuance and ambiguity" and that he's "not dumbing anything down".

That's great to hear.
 
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Surfinn

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MMarston said:
Hm


Been awfully quiet here lately


Welp, I'll just add more fuel to Rey flames then.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-e...ilers-reys-parents-daisy-ridley-a7377741.html


1.) Ridley kinda-sorta-maybe confirmed the next film will answer the parentage question
2.) Also confirms the totally duh obvious thing that Jyn Erso being her mum is illogical.
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Thanks for this post, wow.. just read the quote and unless she completely misspoke, it seems likely we'll know who her parents are (or at least her lineage) in EP8. From Vulture:

Another possibility is that Rey is related to Obi-Wan Kenobi. This theory is supported by her Kenobi-like costume, dexterity with Jedi mind tricks, and love of solitude. What does she think about that? “We will see in a year,” Ridley said. “Just sit tight on that question.”

Seems pretty straightforward to me (although she doesn't love solitude.. she was just stuck with it). Interesting stuff.
 
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BrokenFiction

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Rob Bricken at io9 had the craziest theory of all that I almost hope it's true for the laughs. Google it, or click to see
that she's a clone of Luke's severed hand from the fight in Cloud City, making her the metacrisis Doctor, or something.
 
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MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
BrokenFiction said:
Rob Bricken at io9 had the craziest theory of all that I almost hope it's true for the laughs. Google it, or click to see
that she's a clone of Luke's severed hand from the fight in Cloud City, making her the metacrisis Doctor, or something.
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The funniest thing about this is that it will further cement midichlorians
 
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WadiumArcadium

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Oscar Isaac posted this photo today in remembrance of Carrie. Pretty sure it gives us a glimpse of what Luke's costume is like, though it's probably not the full costume.

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sphagnum

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WadiumArcadium said:
Oscar Isaac posted this photo today in remembrance of Carrie. Pretty sure it gives us a glimpse of what Luke's costume is like, though it's probably not the full costume.
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This also means Luke and Leia have at least one scene with each other if they were both on set in costume.
 
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watershed

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sphagnum said:
There's a rumor that he
runs a casino and at first seems to be a friend but really is working for the First Order. Kind of like a Lando, but actually evil.
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I so don't want this to be true. I can already imagine another The Collector like performance and turn. I would rather he play a cool bounty hunter who actually does cool stuff.
 
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WadiumArcadium

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Ashhong said:
Wait so Williams gets like a year to work on it? Is that a normal length of time for a movie? Didn't Giacc get like 2 months for Rogue One lol
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The bulk of recording will be in January by the sound of it. I'm pretty sure they recorded TFA's score about six months before it came out, but they've had a bit more space with VIII and obviously principal photography finished a while ago.
 
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MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
WadiumArcadium said:
The bulk of recording will be in January by the sound of it. I'm pretty sure they recorded TFA's score about six months before it came out, but they've had a bit more space with VIII and obviously principal photography finished a while ago.
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It also seems to me that given the huge time gap, they really want post-production to be well polished.
 
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-griffy-

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Some brief new info from Rian Johnson in USA Today:
Remember that Star Wars: The Force Awakens cliffhanger with new heroine Rey (Daisy Ridley) bringing Jedi master Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) his old lightsaber on a remote intergalactic island? Writer/director Rian Johnson is picking up right where they left off in the beginning of the Star Wars saga's still-untitled next chapter. ”I don't want to skip ahead two years," Johnson says. ”I want to see the very next moment of what happens." How Rey and Luke relate to each other is the key relationship in Episode VIII, and Johnson says ”a large part of the movie" will be spent addressing why Luke's there and what he'll do next. Like Luke, Rey has been pulled into a bigger world by connecting with the Force, ”but part of what's she's dealing with is the realization that she has this power and this gift," Johnson adds. ”She's taking her first step to coming to terms with this thing inside her that she never knew was there and is just starting to reveal its potential." Another cliffhanger: How General Leia might figure in the film in light of Carrie Fisher's death last month.
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The marketing is slowly but surely beginning. It's 2017. The movie comes out this year. Sooner rather than later we'll have a teaser.
 
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MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
^In addition to that, people wanting a darker entry may want to start checking your expectations
“I want it to be a blast and to be funny and to be a ride the way The Force Awakens and the original Star Wars movies were,”
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MMarston

Was getting caught part of your plan?
Cross-Section said:
That's the 4chan "leak", I believe.

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Make your own conclusions as to its plausibility.

Friday is my birthday though so I am hoping against reality and good sense that we're getting something

edit: If it is a fake, it's a decent one, even going as far as to incorporate small details like that leaked stormtrooper description from MSW.
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It sounds way too detailed and awkward to be true.
 
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Cross-Section

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In all seriousness, if the trailer were to leak, it'd be through MSW (granted a bit less likely though after Lucasfilm fed their source a fake teaser #2 and subsequently murdered his/her ass) or via a happy little accident like that which led to the actual teaser #2 getting out there, albeit only in audio form.
 
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