Star Wars Bits: Gary Whitta Writing On 'Rebels,' Rian Johnson, John Williams And BB-8

Star Wars Bits: Gary Whitta Writing On ‘Rebels,’ Rian Johnson, John Williams And BB-8

Star Wars Bits is back and packed full of interesting stuff. Below, read about the following:

Seems there are no hard feelings over at Lucasfilm. ThoughGary Whitta, the original writer ofStar Wars Anthology: Rogue One, is not screenwriter going forward,he did reveal that he’s writingonStar Wars Rebels.Whitta is most likely working on season 3 sinceSimon Kinbergtold us he was writing the finale of season two last month.

Making Star Warsnoticed thatRian Johnsonresponded to a tweet a few days back that he’s writingStar Wars Episode VIIIin Moleskines. Even better, he tweeted a photo of them and explained that he outlined the film out of order, then wrote it in order.

Bleeding Coolreported on a recent panel at Denver Comic-Con about what’s canon and what’s not inStar Wars. Among the highlights are this image, which isn’t complete because it doesn’t have the comics, but should help a bit.

Disney has had great success with post-credits scenes in their movies. Marvel is the best example but several other properties have used it too –Pirates of the Caribbean, Cars, Brave, Wreck It Ralphetc. A new rumor from a site calledHeroic Universesuggests this will also happen withStar Wars: The Force Awakens. While we can’t speak to the credibility of this rumor, it’s certainly a possibility with a sequel coming two years later.

Though we’ve heard rumors ofJohn Williamsrecording music already forStar Wars: The Force Awakens, MakingStarWars suggests the full score has yet to be recorded. He’s going to do it in June with lots of guest musicians.Read more at this link.

Madame TussaudsLondon recently opened a brandnew Star Wars exhibitand this video shows how they went about doing it.

The originalStar Wars trilogy has never played theatrically in China. That’s changing next month when all six films will play as part of theShanghai International Film Festival. Read more at theHollywood Reporter.

A new websitewww.howbb8works.comexplains exactly what the name suggests. It’s got an in-depth look at the making of the character, or as much as we know now, and has a super cool 3D flash model you can interact with. Click the image to see it work.