Category Archives: Star Wars: The Last Jedi

New Trailer for The Last Jedi Runtime

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Are you ready for some more footage from Star Wars: The Last Jedi? It looks like we won’t have to wait too long…

The BBFC in the UK has just classified a new trailer for The Last Jedi, and based on its running time and designation, this is a different one than what we got in April:

April’s trailer was called “Trailer A” and ran about two minutes. This is a “Trailer B” and is actually thirty seconds shorter.
We’re likely to see the new trailer either at D23 Expo during the Live Action panel on July 15th, or at San Diego Comic Con in Hall H a week later on July 22nd.

Why Klyo Ren’s Scars Have Been Changed

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Via Gamesradar.com:
Scars run deep in a galaxy far, far away. Unless you’re Kylo Ren that is. Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson wasn’t a fan of the scars Kylo Ren was given in his climactic tussle with Finn and Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens so he changed them to make them look cooler. Obviously.

Johnson took to Twitter to justify his slight adjustment to the “goofy” scars and, honestly, he’s completely right. Ren now looks more Big Boss (i.e hella cool) instead of a patched-up Frankenstein’s Sith monster.

The Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer shows Kylo Ren with a giant scar over his right eye – which you can see below – (h/t ComicBook.com) and gets rid of the snaking mark that dominates Ren’s face at the end of The Force Awakens.

REY’S PARENTAGE IS DEFINITELY ‘INTEGRAL’ TO THE STAR WARS SAGA

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LUCASFILM PRESIDENT KATHLEEN KENNEDY TELLS MTV NEWS THAT ‘THE LAST JEDI’ WILL ADDRESS THE MYSTERY OF REY’S PARENTAGE

Star Wars: The Force Awakens introduced us to a fearless new heroine named Rey (Daisy Ridley), and in the next installment of the Star Wars saga, The Last Jedi, we’ll get to know even more about the Force-sensitive scavenger from Jakku as the film dives into her backstory. Of course, this means Episode VIII will address the most significant mystery surrounding the character: her parentage.

“It is integral. It is important. It’s something that, interestingly enough, even as we were sitting and coming up with The Force Awakens, it was one of the central questions we were all asking ourselves,” Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told MTV’s Josh Horowitz at Star Wars Celebration. “So it’s not surprising that the audience is going to continue to ask [that question]. We have to answer it at some point.”

While Kennedy wouldn’t confirm if the answer fans have been looking for comes in The Last Jedi or not, she did say that the anticipated middle chapter, like The Empire Strikes Back before it, will set up the conflict that will carry the characters to the end of the saga in Episode IX.

“There’s no question that this is set up as a trilogy, and that three-act structure of the set-up, the conflict, and the resolution very much is what we have planned,” she said. “But we do try hard to have these films stand on their own.”

As for where the Star Wars franchise goes from here, and whether it will be a continuation of the Skywalker saga, Kennedy says she and her team at Lucasfilm are “asking those questions right now.” But given the success of Rogue One, Lucasfilm does have every intention of doing more anthology films. Fans can anticipate that announcement sometime this summer.

Kennedy also had something important to say about the standalone Han Solo film that’s currently filming at Pinewood Studios in London — but you can check that out for yourself in the video.

 

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Rian Johnson Reveals Name Of New Planet In “The Last Jedi”

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Red. Blood red.

It’s the color scheme of the Last Jedi title. It dominates the sky in the teaser poster. In Star Wars lore, it’s traditionally a sign of evil. Darth Vader’s eyes had a faint red tinge, and his scarlet saber igniting in darkness could strike fear in the hearts of Rebel soldiers — just before striking them dead. (Kylo Ren’s crossguard lightsaber is red too, in honor of his grandfather.)

Rian Johnson, writer and director of the new film, employs this part of the spectrum for a specific reason, and we saw it prominently in the trailer, as speeders lined up in formation to fly along the surface of a new world, dragging stabilizers that rip up the scorched surface into blood-colored plumes of ash.

EW has exclusively learned the name of this world is Crait.

“It’s way out there. It’s very remote. It’s uncharted,” says Johnson. “It’s a mineral planet and so there are mines on it.” The director (previously best known for Brick and Looper) noted how there are some “beautiful design elements and I hope some really unique ones that we’re able to bring into it.”

The shot of these small ships darting toward gigantic walkers mimics the snowy Hoth battle sequence from The Empire Strikes Back, but this white crust is salt. “The white dusting of salt over this red, ruby-ish mineral base,” he says.

According to Johnson, Crait is the site of an “an old rebel base there that’s now abandoned” and the planet was one of the first things he had in mind when planning The Last Jedi.

“It ends up playing a key role in the movie,” he says, adding that the Resistance fighters — flying in the skimmers seen in the trailer — “show up where they have to deal with a very pressing and immediate threat.”

But what is the significance of the red surface that’s kicked up by the fighters? Red is the symbol of blood in basic human nature — but blood can stand for violence or family. Maybe both, in some cases.

Johnson nods at this. “Go ahead and run with that,” he says.

There’s plenty more to learn about The Last Jedi before its Dec. 15 release. But here’s one mystery that’s been solved.

Gary Barlow Confirms Role In Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Take That star Gary Barlow has revealed he has a part in new Star Wars film The Last Jedi.  The singer revealed the news on ITV’s Lorraine show on Monday.

“I’m not a stormtrooper but I am in it,” Barlow said. But he refused to give away any clues as to what part he would play.

The Last Jedi follows on from The Force Awakens, featuring Rey (Daisy Ridley) and runaway stormtrooper Finn (John Boyega). The film is out in December.

Barlow joked that, having revealed the news, he’ll “probably be out” of the film.

He added: “I think the Star Wars people are so strict about what information (is out there). So me saying that, I’ve probably just done myself out of a role.”

But any worried fans were quickly reassured by Lorraine’s Dan Wootton, who confirmed ITV did check with Star Wars bosses before airing the news.

Cast members returning for Episode VIII include Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels and Lupita Nyong’o.

It will also feature the late Carrie Fisher, as she had finished filming before her death in December last year.

The Last Jedi – Key Scenes Shot in IMAX for Maximum Feels

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In anticipation of the December 15th release of Rian Johnson‘s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios have revealed that key sequences of the eighth installment of the Skywalker Saga were captured with the titular high-resolution cameras. That’s grand news for cinephiles, and was surely a fun bit of filmmaking for Johnson himself, but that alone is not the biggest news of Disney’s day.

Via a press release, the two entities also announced an extension to their “multi-faceted agreement with a new multi-picture deal — beginning this year and extending through 2019 — that includes the much-anticipated live-action and animated tentpole releases from Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, Marvel and Lucasfilm.

Highlights of the agreement include IMAX’s involvement in the release of Lucasfilm’s untitled Indiana Jones film, untitled Han Solo Star Wars anthology film, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: Episode IX; Marvel’s Black Panther, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Avengers: Infinity War and the untitled Avengers sequel (both shot entirely on IMAX); Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, A Wrinkle in Time and Mulan; Pixar’s The Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 4 and Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Wreck-It Ralph sequel.

Johnson follows up on J.J. Abrams‘ use of IMAX cameras in Star Wars: The Force Awakens by capturing “key sequences of Star Wars: The Last Jedi using IMAX’s extremely high-resolution cameras, delivering IMAX audiences greater scope and increased image quality in IMAX’s exclusive aspect ratio for a uniquely immersive experience.”

Recent IMAX / Disney efforts have done quite well, occupying four of the top ten IMAX spots at the global box office, including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange and The Jungle Book.

“The IMAX release of each film will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience with proprietary IMAX DMR (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images, coupled with IMAX’s customized theatre geometry and powerful digital audio, create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.”

Rian Johnson Reveals Three Movies That Influenced The Last Jedi

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Via Independent.co.uk:
Details regarding Star Wars: Episode VIII have been relatively scarce so far, the official title – The Last Jedi – having only been revealed this month.

However, minor details are beginning to reach the Internet. While there is still no official plot synopses, Rian Johnson’s list of films that influenced his direction may hint at what’s to come.

One film Johnson’s referenced numerous times when reflecting on The Last Jedi is Twelve O’Clock High, the 1949 World War II film that won two Oscars.

“Twelve O’Clock High was a big touchstone, for the feel and look of the aerial combat as well as the dynamic between the pilots,” Johnson told Empire.

He continued: “Three Outlaw Samurai for the feel of the sword-fighting, and the general sense of pulpy fun. And To Catch A Thief was a great film to rewatch, for the romantic scale and grandeur.”

Hideo Gosha’s 1964 debut Three Outlaw Samurai features a wandering ronin and two renegades who attempt to save a magistrate’s daughter.

Alfred Hitchcock’s romantic thriller To Catch a Thief, meanwhile, stars Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, Grant playing a former jewel thief who must prove his innocence.

Johnson also spoke about the difficulties of writing dialogue for a Star Wars film, saying: “I found myself constantly wanting to push modern idioms into the dialogue, and sometimes that can work, but you have to be very careful. If you go too far you can break that Star Wars spell.

“The other challenge is the tech talk, which has to be simultaneously complex enough to sound real and conceptually simple enough to follow. The original films were brilliant at that.”

While the trailer for The Last Jedi hasn’t been released yet, we’ve discussed when Star Wars fans can expect their first look at the upcoming film, which reaches cinemas 15 December.