Star Wars Episode VIII SPOILERS thread
 

For all things Episode VIII related info including spoilers.

The release date is now December 15, 2017.

The Official Synopsis from Star Wars.com

“In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017.”


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New footage in Japanese Trailer

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I guess no more summer releases?

That 3 week holiday period is proving to be the best moving going season of the year.

From my understanding, Disney decided that Rian Johnson needed to re-write the script because he introduced new characters that would have taken screen time from Rey, Finn and Poe. Some of the people that they had in mind to cast have either been eliminated or had their roles reduced dramatically.

I think the move makes sense considering the fan reaction to the new characters, as well as Disney's own marketing of Rey and Finn through Disney Infinity 3.0 and all of the action figures and games.

Adding new characters when we don't even know Rey's true backstory would have been even more confusing.

I'm sure the December box office didn't hurt but going against Avatar 2 won't be an easy feat, either, which definitely means this was a story issue and not a financial box office issue.

I don't think there's any way Avatar 2 makes a Christmas release next year.

Good luck in this thread, guys. I'm out! See ya in 2 years lol

LMAO

Star Wars: The Force Decides It Woke Up Too Early and Goes Back To Bed For Another Hour

Yep.

Star Wars Episode VIII: The Force Needs A Nap

Seemed like a good working title.

I would prefer Star Wars Episode VIII: Who The **** Is Rey's Father? Tell Us Now, God Damn It! Who Is It? Just Say It, Just Tell Us Who It Is, Jesus!

Could go really crazy and have Sabine and Ezra be her parents.

Magus

ROFL

Simpler times...

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Episode VIII

It's discovered that the force is caused from inbreeding.

The Jedis must try to convince people to stop inbreeding, including themselves.

No shit.

They should just rename it the Hatfields vs the McCoys.

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Episode VIII Now Filming

Its release date may have just been pushed back by a significant amount, but production on the next proper Star Wars installment has gotten underway only a few weeks after originally scheduled. During an earnings call with investors (via EW), Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII is now underway with writer/director Rian Johnson (Looper), presumably in London where Star Wars has its soundstage base of operations.

Cameras for Episode VIII actually began rolling last fall, as Johnson and Mark Hamill ventured to the Irish location of Skellig Michael, glimpsed at the very end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. They no doubt wanted to grab the necessary footage to pick up after the events of The Force Awakens before the weather took a sharp turn into winter, so they took part in what are called “pre-shoots,” or bits of photography done before principal photography has actually begun.
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But now, per Iger, filming for the highly anticipated sequel is officially underway:

“There is no better way to propel this franchise into the future than producing quality products. Filming of Star Wars: Episode VIII, the next chapter of the legendary saga, has just commenced and it will be in theaters December 2017. And production of Episode IX, a 2019 release, has also begun.”

It’s unclear what he means by “production of Episode IX” given that director Colin Trevorrow’s trilogy-capping installment is far from starting filming. It’s possible Iger meant that the planning and conceptualizing of Episode IX has begun, which is taking place while Trevorrow is in post-production on his next film The Book of Henry.

Iger also added that filming of the studio’s 2016 Star Wars film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is “virtually completed,” (ie. reshoots notwithstanding) saying that they “love” what they’ve seen thus far of director Gareth Edwards’ standalone film. He also mentioned that they’re in pre-production on the next standalone feature, the untitled “young Han Solo movie” directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller, so things are moving full-speed ahead.
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What we don’t know, however, is who exactly is in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Most expected Disney to officially announce the cast sometime in January, after folks had had the opportunity to see The Force Awakens and realize some characters definitely won’t be continuing on. The only actors we know for sure that are returning are John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, and Hamill, and while we can assume that Carrie Fisher, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, and Andy Serkis are all back, Disney has yet to officially announce the entire lineup.

We also don’t know which new actors will be added to the mix, with names like Benicio Del Toro and Gugu Mbatha-Raw surfacing over the past few months. So, all in all, while filming on Episode VIII is underway, we still know very little about the movie. Although I imagine that will change as the no doubt massive production continues through the summer. Will Johnson lift the mystery box veil, or will he continue the trend that J.J. Abrams began with carefully released teases and tidbits over the next couple of years? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.

As a refresher, here’s Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars release schedule thus far:

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – December 16, 2016
Star Wars: Episode VIII – December 15, 2017
Untitled Han Solo Star Wars Anthology Film – May 25, 2018
Star Wars: Episode IX – 2019

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Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern and newcomer Kelly Marie Tran have joined the cast of Star Wars: Episode VIII, which started filming in London Monday.

Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, and Andy Serkis are all returning for the follow up to The Force Awakens.

Rian Johnson wrote and will direct the film, which continues on the events of The Force Awakens. Star Wars: Episode VIII is produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman and executive produced by J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin, and Tom Karnowski.

Disney and Lucasfilm also released a first teaser for the film (watch below). Star Wars: Episode VIII is slated for release December 15, 2017.

Disney and Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, released into theaters in December, has earned $2.02 billion worldwide to date.


Del Toro was most recently seen in Sicario, Inherent Vice and Guardians of the Galaxy. He's repped by CAA, LBI Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson.

Dern's credits include 99 Homes and Wild, and she's recently worked on Sundance film Certain Women and The Founder with Michael Keaton. She's repped by CAA, Untitled Entertainment and Gang, Tyre.

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Rumor regarding Laura Dern being cast as

Hmmm...



If true, Dane might have been on to something...

Well hell, I missed that. Carry on then!

It's certainly possible that she could have had a baby before her death, although I'm not sure how her age lines up because she's 49.

Very true..

Really depends on how much the writers of the last two movies want to include TCW in the canon.

Huh, killed by Maul. I have no memory of that, and I watched all the Clone War eps....

I was kind of hoping Satine had a child in secret with Obi, during the time referenced where he said he would have left the Jedi Order if she'd asked. She might even have kept it secret from him. Royal secrets and all. That child could be the father/mother of Rey.

Grandchild of Vader vs. grandchild of Obi. At least it would expand the story beyond the Skywalkers.

Well, Rian Johnson is writing both scripts but the decision of which characters should and should not be included will ultimately be that of Kathy Kennedy and the other LucasFilm producers.

From my perspective, any references or inclusion of characters from TCW and Rebels will only enhance those properties.

I get that. I only watched TCW because of seeing TFA (due to the conjecture of Rey's mother being a certain royal character) and thus bought Rebels' Season 1 and the first half of 2 on Amazon (even though calling the latter a 'season' was deceptive) because they were quality shows regardless of the kid-minded direction.

But it seems to me the stigma of being a kid's show means that SW Universe content will flow only in the direction of features down to Rebels as well as other properties like novels. That would preclude big details of Rey's parentage from originating in TCW/Rebels/Novels unless those producing the feature films are also orchestrating the storylines of the other media.

Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg are intimately involved in everything Star Wars related and they absolutely have a say in how the universe evolves.

Also, I don't consider either Rebels or TCW to be "kid shows", as they're packed with adult ideas and violence.

When the Grand Inquisitor lopped off the heads of two Imperial officers in the season 1 finale of Rebels, it freaked out my 7 year old. I thought it was a little over the top for an animated series but things have only become darker since.

If Vader does indeed kill Ahsoka or leaves her for dead, it's going to traumatize a lot of kids that followed her journey but based on the episode titles, it looks like her end is near.

When the whale ate that alien last week my son commented how awfully dark that was for a cartoon.

What episode are you guys talking about with the space whale? Rebels? I thought I was caught up...

Episode 13 The Call. Its about obtaining fuel.

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No idea who this Mike Zeroh is, but he sure likes pontificating on what Episode VIII is going to be. I made it about 6:45, and I'm not buying it so much. Not sure why, I'm just not. Too clunky, maybe.

Another. Have not watched this one yet...

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Space Bear?!

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So, is Luke standing over a grave on his castaway island?

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If so, who is it? Wife?

Father

I guess it could be possible that he went back to Endor to scoop up Anakin's ashes. Would explain how Kylo got a hold of Vader's helmet, but that doesn't feel right to me, particularly in that moment with Rey standing there.

Is that a gravesite? The pic is so blurry that I can't make it out.

If so, my guess would be wife or dead padawans that were killed by Kylo Ren.

The internet is out of control. YouTube is flooded with crazy theories about Episode VIII. I'm watching a vid on how Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter. It's almost like people are just throwing any crazy shit they can against the wall to see if anything even remotely acts like it wants to stick.

Since crazy is the order of the day, how about Rey being the daughter of Ezra and Sabine?

If you're interested, look at The Stupendous Wave's YouTube page. All kinds of theories come from that guy.

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And only 40 some posts above mine!

There was a pretty shitty effort at a Q, even by Q standards. At least now I know keg is capable of planting subliminal thoughts into my brain. This could get dangerous.

On set in Dubrovnik

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Star Wars fan film that's actually not as awful as you'd expect from a fan film:

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That was enjoyable. Those guys did a great job making that vid.

I wasn't saying Q. I was just saying I had that crazy idea a bit earlier.

Does that mean I'm crazier than you?

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Force push

Luke Skywalker is going to be having a much more bigger role.

It's so weird seeing these completely out of context images. I have no idea what I'm looking at with these black robed guys.

From my understanding, the black robes are concealing their uniforms, which have some sort of relevance.

I'll continue to post all the info I can find out there and some point, I'd imagine it'll all click.

Unlike TFA, I want to know everything before seeing it because I think it will be more enjoyable for me. It's taken a long time for me to "come around" to TFA and that's mostly because everything was such a shock and so unexpected.

As a 40+ year fan of the saga, EU, comics, games, etc., going into TFA blind was not an enjoyable experience.

More set pics

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This should rule out the idea that Snoke is Plagueis

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These pics are looking very prequel-like in terms of the character and set designs.

I get the feeling that it's a gathering of senators that weren't on Hosnian Prime when it was destroyed by the Starkiller Base.

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Ahh...More good news for fans of the Prequels

POTENTIAL MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

Dern's filming did not include scenes which were shot in Croatia over the past few weeks, instead she shot all her work at Pinewood Studios in the United Kingdom on a set built to look like a medium to large sized Resistance spaceship. The site adds that she seems to be playing a captain of a ragtag group of Resistance fighters who have seen plenty of battle.

They have details of two scenes being shot - one in which she says "they are the last of the Resistance" with her stepping in for General Leia who is receiving medical treatment after being severely injured. In the same scene, she and Poe share an antagonistic exchange. In the second scene Poe and his team take over her ship, even holding her at gunpoint briefly.

The site goes on to say "Star Wars: Episode VIII" might pay more of a homage to the prequel films and themes due to a larger political story arc in play. They also say this will be the first live-action "Star Wars" movie to ever feature scenes set on a beach.

This sounds more like The Phantom Menace than A New Hope or The Empire Strikes Back

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As the production on Star Wars: Episode VIII (Space Bear) finishes off its (fifth?) week, the photo leaks from Dubrovnik are still most of what we know about the plot. Well, that and it looks like the movie will pick up with Daisy Ridley and Mark Hamill on Ach-To, pretty much where we left off.

This week, I have something to contribute to what we might know about Space Bear. Unfortunately it’s kind of vague, but it is from the stuff being shot at Pinewood Studios, not the location things that we’re all getting peeks at. This information comes from a source that isn’t as nitpicky about specific details as I am, but it is new info nonetheless.

There’s a stage setup like the interior of a starship. I don’t know what kind of starship, but it is large enough to have a crew and lots of droids manning it. The set has a bunch of practical effect robots and “hairy” alien creatures on it, and given that The First Order seems to be keeping up with the “humans only” hiring policy of The Empire, that suggests it is not a First Order ship to me. In one of the scenes shot in this stage, a rag-tag group of Resistance fighters have seen some battle. Cut and bruised, they and Poe Dameron are on this ship when Laura Dern, playing some sort of captain or officer. She tells the fighters that they are the last of the rebellion/resistance (I’m unclear on the exact phrasing of the line, so no capitalizing the Resistance) and that Princess Leia has been gravely injured and is receiving medical attention.

Oscar Isaac and Laura Dern have an antagonistic exchange of words and Dern’s character is blunt with Poe, like she has some sort of authority over him. Things must be tense between these two characters because another scene we’ve gotten wind of has Poe leading a group of Resistance fighters as they take over what is presumably Dern’s ship. The scene included fighters under Poe removing technicians from their computer stations and Poe pointing a blaster at Dern’s character. That’s all we’ve got. But with Episode VIII so locked down with the production in London, that’s a lot.

Before I speculate a bit, this seems like the perfect time to bring up the recently leaked synopsis of Claudia Grey’s Star Wars book Bloodline, which will tell a Princess Leia Organa Solo story set six years before The Force Awakens: The entire generation has prospered during an era of peace. The New Republic, governed by the Galactic Senate on Hosnian Prime, has held power for more than two decades. The wars that divided the galaxy are fading into legend. Yet conflict has begun to take shape within the Senate.

Two unofficial but powerful factions have formed – the Populists, who believe individual planets should retain almost all authority, and the Centrists, who favor a stronger galactic government and a more powerful military. As the political gridlock threatens to cripple the fledgling democracy, Centrists leaders have called for the election of a “First Senator”. It is their hope that this powerful position will bring order to the divided Senate. But Populists like Senator Leia Organa Solo know all too well the price of such order. Even as the election nears, the divisions between the worlds of the galaxy are growing wider… At first glance, this is Star Wars politics, which is a very prequel thing to focus on. From what we’ve seen of Space Bear, it looks like this movie isn’t afraid to start treading on the ground of the prequels in terms of echoing theme and larger plot arcs.

If The Force Awakens took vague shapes from the OT movies, maybe this one is going to have some politics and urban centers. The politics is the linking factor about all this Princess Leia talk, and the report that she may be physically incapacitated at some point in the movie, causing a rift in the Resistance. When I made my wild guesses about who Laura Dern could be playing, one of my guesses was a new political force, and now I’m feeling even better about that.

Since Hosnian Prime was blown up, whatever “good” side of government that had been working for so long is once again in chaos. Leia is a Populist, so one assumption would be that Laura Dern is her opposite, a Centrist. Poe being as close to Leia as he is, that would put him in natural opposition when Dern tries to take power when Leia is down and out. WHEW! That’s a lot of speculation. Hopefully as weeks go on, more on Dern and this politics plot (or, honestly, any information that can prove me wrong, we’re all in this together) leaks to the internet’s anticipatory ears.

Speaking of leaking, you can’t shoot in Dubrovnik and keep it all a secret. Space Bear wrapped their exterior scenes shot there this week, and there are a few more things of note since the last time we talked. Namely, there were some aliens.