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Your post-valentines The Week in Star Wars features more details on Star Wars: Episode VIII, a possible deleted scene for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more…
Following the new of Star Wars: Episode VIII going into production last week, a video announcement was released featuring Luke Skywalker, Rey and director Rian Johnson. Not only that, but the press release revealed that Laura Dern (Jurassic Park) has joined the cast. The press release reads: “Rey took her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will continue her epic journey with Finn, Poe, and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the continuing Star Wars saga, Star Wars: Episode VIII, which began principal photography at Pinewood Studios in London on February 15, 2016. Star Wars: Episode VIII, which is written and directed by Rian Johnson and continues the storylines introduced in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, welcomes back cast members Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis. New cast members will include Academy Award winner Benicio Del Toro, Academy Award nominee Laura Dern, and talented newcomer Kelly Marie Tran…”
…Carrie Fisher took to Twitter to share a picture of her dog Gary, which also revealed the working title for Star Wars: Episode VIII…
…Looking back to Star Wars: The Force Awakens and a new rumour was released this week about a deleted scene from J.J. Abrams’ box office blockbuster. The rumour suggests that Abrams filmed a scene recreating the Vader and Luke showdown on Bespin from Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back for Rey’s Vision that was eventually cut. This is based on an early rumour that Disney had cast an actor named Robert Boulter to play ‘Young Original Warrior’, and from the new book Star Wars: Rey’s Story, which describes the scene in her Vision: “As she peered into the distance, she saw a man in black wielding a red Lightsaber. His face was covered with a mask, molded to approximate a human face. But the mask’s eyes were dead and empty. The man’s red Lightsaber clashed against a brilliant beam of blue. A young man with blond hair raised his own Lightsaber and fought furiously against the monster in black…”
…Two of the above stories were part of the audio version of The Week in Star Wars on the Flickering Myth podcast, which you can listen to below…
…Speaking of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and its biggest opening weekend in Russia weekend was broken with the release of Deadpool. For more information, check out The Week in Spandex…
…At ComicsPRO, Marvel has announced that it is set to release a five issue limited series adaptation of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which is being written by Chuck Wendig (Star Wars: Aftermath) with art from Luke Ross…
…An image leaked online which gave us a look at the supposed next wave of Funko Pop! Vinyl figures for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, as pointed out by a few of our readers, some of the names are incorrect. So this may not be genuine…
…Moving over to Star Wars Rebels now, and you can watch a clip from last week’s episode ‘Homecoming’ here, and watch the Rebels Recon featurette here, and you can read Chris Cooper’s reviews of ‘Homecoming’ here and ‘Legend of Lasat’ here. And if that’s not enough, you can see some images and watch a clip from next week’s episode ‘The Honorable Ones’ here…
…We reported last week the upcoming release of LEGO shorts based on characters from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and the first of them dropped online this week titled LEGO Star Wars: The Resistance Rises – Poe to the Rescue. In the short, Poe Dameron devises a plan to rescue one of the Resistance’s most important leaders, Admiral Ackbar, from Kylo Ren and Captain Phasma. You can watch it here…
…Disney XD, Lucasfilm Animation and The LEGO Group have released the first trailer for LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, the upcoming animated comedy series set in a galaxy far, far away; check it out here…
…And lastly, here’s your comic book preview for the week with Star Wars: Kanan #11, out this coming Wednesday: The conclusion of Caleb Dume’s first foray into the Clone Wars! The inevitable conflict with General Grievous! Star Wars adventure from the Republic to the Rebellion!
That’s all for this week – may The Force be with you. And don’t forget to pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US…
Luke Owen
Originally published February 21, 2016. Updated June 30, 2023.
