Star Wars Episode 7 News

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Star Wars Producers are Hiring Personal Trainers to Help Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill Get into Shape for Episode 7.


A funny and light article by dailymail about the difficulties that the the new old cast is going through so that they can reprise their roles in Star Wars: Episode 7...

Dominic Monaghan and Other Stars Talk Star Wars: Episode7.

 

Total Film has released part 3 of their video collection of famous actors discussing the upcoming new Star Wars Trilogy. Also in another video actor and Star Wars fan Dominic Monaghan made an interesting comment on his possible involvement with Episode 7...

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Congratulations to George & Mellody!

3 days ago Star Wars creator George Lucas married his long time girlfriend Mellody Hobson. The ceremony was attended by journalist Bill Moyers, longtime Lucas friend and collaborater Steven Spielberg, director Francis Ford Coppola, Arianna Huffington, and performances from singers Van Morrison and Janelle Monae. The ceremony took place at Skywalker Ranch north of San Francisco...

Friday, June 21, 2013

Star Wars: Episode 7 to be Filmed at Pinewood Studios in the UK.

 

Things are really in motion now. According to Hollywood Reporter Star Wars: Episode 7 will shoot at studio facilities operator Pinewood Shepperton's Pinewood Studios outside of London...

More Details on Star Wars: Rebels.


Again Bleeding Cool revealed some more details about the upcoming Disney XD animation series Star Wars: Rebels...

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Rumors on Future Star Wars Spin-Off Movies and Star Wars: Rebels.

 

These rumors come from joblo.com. Most of them are something we already know but also there are some new details that we see for the first time. Of course the source is "an unnamed reliable one" so take this with a grain of salt...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Confirmed Star Wars: Episode 7 Character Details. Casting Already Underway in the UK!


Bleeding Cool got their hands on the first real character breakdowns of characters from the next Star Wars movie. And they say it's 100% confirmed...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

J.J. Abrams: Star Wars Episode 7 Will Have a Central Love Story.


Abrams spoke with French newspaper Metro News and talked about his high opinion of screen writer Michael Arndt and also revealed a tiny part of the story for the upcoming movie...

Monday, June 17, 2013

Friday, June 14, 2013

Star Wars Episode 7 Adds Veteran Concept Artists Doug Chiang and Iain McCaig!


StarWars.com announced that both artists will take part in this year's Star Wars Celebration Europe in Messe Essen, Germany from July 26-28. They also revealed that they will be part of the future Star Wars movies as they were part of the previous. Read the official press release and see some of their exceptional work after the break...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Discussing "The Star Wars" - an Upcoming 8 Issue Comic Book About George Lucas' First SW Script From 1974!


Two months ago Dark Horse Comics announced that a new eight issue Star Wars series will be released in September 2013 called The Star Wars. The comics are based on George Lucas' original concept that eventually became the Star Wars films.
Newsarama got a chance to talk with the writer Jonathan Rinzler and discussed the upcoming adaptation sharing some very unique and interesting things on the story and the characters that would really surprise you...

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Why Star Wars Episode 7 Expanded Universe Rumors Are False.


There's been plenty of rumors lately that Star Wars: Episode 7 will use characters and plot ideas from the Star Wars Expanded Universe (books, comic books, video games, spin-off films like Star Wars: The Clone Wars, television series, toys, and other media). It's highly unlikely that someone managed to get a glimpse at the still unfinished Episode 7 script written by Michael Arndt (except if your name is J.J. Abrams or Kathleen Kennedy). So mostly these rumors are just wild speculations.
Here's a great article by Drew McWeeny from HitFix discussing why most of this rumors are complete nonsense...

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

More Star Wars Episode 7 Character Rumors.


The rumor comes from schmoesknow.com and links Episode 7 with some characters from the Expanded Universe (the kids of Leia, Han and Luke). Take it with a huge grain of salt but still it's an Episode 7 rumor so read on... 

Star Wars: Battlefront Teaser Trailer!

 

Today at a E3 press conference Electronic Arts announced the production of a new entry in the Star Wars: Battlefront franchise, called Star Wars: Battlefront. Check out the official press release and first teaser trailer of the game...

Monday, June 10, 2013

Anthony Daniels (C3PO) Talks Star Wars Episode7.


Bleeding Cool sat down with the famous actor who plays C3PO in all 6 Star Wars movies and asked him if he is going to return for a 7th time. Find out what Daniels said after the break...

Sunday, June 9, 2013

J.J. Abrams: Star Wars Episode 7 Starts Production in Early 2014.

J.J. Abrams talked briefly at Produced by Conference and revealed the starting date of the new Star Wars movie and more...

Friday, June 7, 2013

A Look at Lucasfilm's President and Star Wars Episode 7 Producer Kathleen Kennedy.


USA Today made a great interview with Kathleen Kennedy discussing her career, her on set embarrassment, why she wants to see more women at work and what she thinks is the future of movies....

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Old Star Wars: Battlefront 4 Concept Art.


Star Wars: Battlefront II is one of the most successful Star Wars games. For some strange reason Star Wars: Battlefront III was cancelled. Not only this but a planned fourth entry in the series was also cancelled. A few years ago a concept art of a supposed Battlefront IV leaked online. Now with the new rumors form Electronic Arts that a new Battlefront game is coming, it's time to look back at these concepts. Surely some of the concepts will be reused for the new game...

Monday, June 3, 2013

Star Wars Pulp Covers + How Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Should Have Ended!

Check out Timothy Anderson's latest art "Star Wars Pulp Covers". 
Also celebrating 30 years since Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, watch (if you missed it) the extremely funny video of how the movie should have ended...