This topic can be the source for our episode VIII movie discussions like we had for Ep VII

 

 

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In Ep 8 news today (and as rumored), the release date has been delayed from May 2017 to Dec  2017.  We know Ep 7 was delayed due to a major script rewrites. I believe it's for a similar reason.

 

http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-viii-to-open-december-15-2017?cmp=smc|339573415&linkId=20528616

Star Wars: Episode VIII to Open December 15, 2017

The release date for the next film in the saga is confirmed.

Today, Disney and Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars: Episode VIII, originally scheduled for release in summer 2017, will now debut on December 15, 2017.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: Episode VIII is currently in preproduction and will begin principal photography in London next month. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman will produce and J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin, and Tom Karnowski will executive produce.

1 minute ago, gregpj said:

Certainly better than that stupid Tie striker thing.

I actually like the Tie Striker.

I actually like the Tie Striker. [emoji14]

Hmmmm... where's that dislike button again?

What happened to the Command Shuttle? Did he trade it in for a 2017 model year?

16 hours ago, exciter1 said:

Kylo Ren's new fighter vehicle thingy from "The Last Jedi". Sorry, no official term yet.

lego 7181 is fitting. 

35 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

I actually like the Tie Striker.

I initially didn't care for it, but I'm starting to feel more ok with it.

Disney must do a new tie fighter variant with each movie, yo!

6 minutes ago, fossilrock said:

Disney must do a new tie fighter variant with each movie, yo!

just following Uncle George's lead.

3 hours ago, thoroakenfelder said:

just following Uncle George's lead.

What TF variant is in Episode 6?

What TF variant is in Episode 6?

Interceptor?

Interceptor

On 5/8/2017 at 11:00 PM, exciter1 said:

Interceptor?

Ok, forgot about that one.  I know Tie Bomber was in Episode 5... We had Vaders Tie and the OG Tie in the Episode 4...  So, I suppose you folks are right.   A new tie variant with every movie. . 

A book leak of "The Last Jedi" A-Wing.

 

I'm loving some of these Vanity Fair pics.

 

Rey needs to be careful-lightsabers are hot and can burn fingers!

I'm just wondering where Luke gets all those nice clothes from in the middle of nowhere?

5 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

I'm just wondering where Luke gets all those nice clothes from in the middle of nowhere?

Well, he certainly didn't pack all that stuff in an X-Wing.  Maybe we'll see how he got on that island.

7 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

I'm just wondering where Luke gets all those nice clothes from in the middle of nowhere?

Nobody said he does not occasionally venture out for supplies in disguise.

4 minutes ago, inversion said:

Nobody said he does not occasionally venture out for supplies in disguise.

I guess he has an X-Wing hidden in the rocks.

8 minutes ago, inversion said:

Nobody said he does not occasionally venture out for supplies in disguise.

Something is mentioned here that might give a clue.  Spoilers if you click through...

http://www.eonline.com/news/856726/star-wars-the-last-jedi-5-movie-secrets-revealed-in-vanity-fair

18 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

I'm just wondering where Luke gets all those nice clothes from in the middle of nowhere?

Ed would be amazing at Cinemasins 

21 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

I'm just wondering where Luke gets all those nice clothes from in the middle of nowhere?

R2 majored in sewing and home economics.

11 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

Something is mentioned here that might give a clue.  Spoilers if you click through...

http://www.eonline.com/news/856726/star-wars-the-last-jedi-5-movie-secrets-revealed-in-vanity-fair

Sounds like he shops at JEDIs R Us.

4 minutes ago, Ed Mack said:

Sounds like he shops at JEDIs R Us.

3 hours ago, exciter1 said:

Something is mentioned here that might give a clue.  Spoilers if you click through...

http://www.eonline.com/news/856726/star-wars-the-last-jedi-5-movie-secrets-revealed-in-vanity-fair

 

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Fisher finished filming The Last Jedi late last summer, a few months before her unexpected death. "She was having a blast. The minute she finished, she grabbed me and said, 'I'd better be at the forefront of IX!' Because [HarrisonFord] was front and center on VII, and Mark is front and center on VIII," Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy recalls to Vanity Fair. "She thought IX would be her movie. And it would have been."

I thought her acting in TFA was rather dull and uninspiring for such an important character in the universe.  No disrespect to Carrie, but if that's what we were going to get more of I'm glad she's not going to be the focus in future installments.