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SW8 Spoiler
The first footage from Star Wars Episode VII: The Last Jedi has been screened, and it sounds like Luke Skywalker takes back his old lightsaber from Rey.

On Wednesday, during an annual meeting of the Disney shareholders, attendees were treated to new footage from The Last Jedi. The footage reportedly included glimpses of Rey, Chewbacca, Finn, Leia as well as the meeting between Rey and Luke Skywalker. According to Daniel Miller of The Los Angeles Times the footage shows Luke taking back the lightsaber Rey offered him during the cliffhanger of The Force Awakens. Miller also tweeted several details about the footage, which including “mountains, oceans, and forest,” making it sound like a lot of other Star Wars planets we’ve seen before. Oceans could be Luke’s planet Ahch-To. Forests? Maybe a return to Endor?

Miller also reported an X-Wing fighter was also reported to be shot by a bigger ship, and was wobbling “like a wounded bird.” And though General Leia appears in “military garb,” she doesn’t actually speak and the glimpse of Carrie Fisher in the role is “only for a second.”

The footage from The Last Jedi was only screened for those at this shareholder meeting. It’s unclear if this clip will be exactly the same as what will be contained in the first trailer for the film, which is expected to publicly debut at the Star Wars Celebration convention in Orlando, FL on April 13.

Luke taking back Rey’s offering of his old family lightsaber also was taken by those in attendance as something of a “joke.” But, maybe it’s no joke. If Rey is truly to become a Jedi, she’ll have to build her own lightsaber.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens on 15th December, 2017.

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Rogue One director Gareth Edwards has said there won't be any deleted scenes. alternative scenes or commentaries on the upcoming DVD/Bluray release of Rogue One on 4th April. :oops:

No doubt they'll do another surprise "Special Collectors Edition" cash-in re-release in the autumn then, like they did for The Force Awakens last year....

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THE LAST JEDI - TEASER#1

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Wow.... that is a hell of an opening trailer...

And the poster....


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Rebels Season 4 Trailer

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Star Wars Battlefront II Trailer

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Happy 40th "Birthday", Star Wars! (25th May 1977 - 25th May 2017)
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Not Star Wars, but sci-fi/fantasy related... a fascinating insight into the new series of 'The Crystal Maze', which returns to tv screens Friday night on Channel 4. (21:00)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40354288

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Han Solo film gets new director

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Really hoping this doesn't turn into another Fantastic 4, with the director sacked late on only to find nothing salvageable from what they've shot already... makes me wonder how much of the planned reshoot time will be spent on fixing the mess left behind.

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It's going to stink. The film had already been partly shot and it was allegedly done in a 'comedic', ironic way by the ex-directors, who have now been sacked by Lucasfilm.

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*Videos deleted for being dreadful :lol: *

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Disney reveal 'Star Wars Land' scale model


Bleh. I ain't going. :P

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Star Wars The Last Jedi - Behind The Scenes

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That looks awesome... :o :D :D :D

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"It's a wrap!" :lol:

Can't wait :mrgreen: :D

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An Obi-Wan Kenobi film is rumoured to be in development. :shock:
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/obi-w ... 202531346/

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If they get Ewan McGregor back for that, I will be oh so very happy.

He was the best thing about the prequels, easily. The way he adjusted his acting to feel like a young Nigel McGuinness was exceptional, and he turned crap into gold with some of the stilted dialogue he was given.

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RetroSicotte wrote:to feel like a young Nigel McGuinness
Ahem - are you perhaps referring to Sir Alec Guinness?
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Caribbean wrote:
RetroSicotte wrote:to feel like a young Nigel McGuinness
Ahem - are you perhaps referring to Sir Alec Guinness?
Yup, think I've been watching too much NXT lately. :p

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_McGuinness

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Yeah, I can see how you'd mix him up with Sir Alec ;)

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0:31 - There's your story, Lucasfilm. Now go and make it. ;)

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So this means Starkiller Base 2 and Ewoks in Episode 9?!

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Star Wars Episode IX opening crawl has been leaked online. . . . ;)
https://brorlandi.github.io/StarWarsInt ... 6q_onRkaJB

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Lucasfilm announcement:
LONDON, UK. (October 8, 2017)—Lucasfilm announced today that the trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi will debut in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the UK.

Following the trailer launch, tickets to the highly anticipated cinematic event will be on sale everywhere. Star Wars: The Last Jedi follows on from the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the most successful film of all time in the UK.

In the US, the trailer will debut during halftime on ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” on Monday, October 9, during halftime of the US National Football League (NFL) game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Chicago Bears in Chicago. The game starts at 5:15 p.m. PDT/8:15 p.m. EDT.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in UK cinemas on 14 December 2017.


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