Star Wars Bits: Harrison Ford Update, Rogue One Rumors, Force Awakens Contracts And Rebels Pinball
This is a can’t miss edition of Star Wars Bits with info ranging fromThe Force AwakensandRogue One,toRebels, the books and Celebration. Below, read about the following:
Three weeks after his frightening plane crash, Han Solo himselfHarrison Fordhasfinally been releasedfrom the hospital. He was there for three weeks and reportedly is still recovering from injuries to his pelvis. What, if anything, this does for a potential appearance at Star Wars Celebration? We probably won’t know until then but it’s great to know he’s okay and making a full recovery.
This belowStar Warscanon timeline isreportedly in thepaperback editions ofStar Wars: A New Dawn(the first canon novel released) and what’s interesting about it is it includes “Battlefront” on the list. Either that’s the video game, or there’s aStar Wars: Battlefrontnovel coming out.
Set immediately afterRevenge of the Sith,Lords of the Sithhits bookshelves soon.Jedi Biblotechfound a 50 page preview, which you can click through and read below.
The Hollywood Reporterdid an interesting article about why some actors have felt stunted by appearing inStar Wars. Among the revelations was this tidbit about the actors who signed ontoThe Force Awakens. This is an excerpt from the article:
StarWars.comdid a five page preview of the upcoming Marvel Comic,Kanan: The Last Padawan, which will provide an interesting link betweenThe Clone WarsandRebels. You can see the first few pages there, but this is the opening crawl.
He changed his name? That’s very interesting. And, of course, this story is canon.
The Bearded Trio(viaSW Underworld) realized that the April 2 episode ofThe Big Bang Theoryis called “The Skywalker Incursion” and features Sheldon breaking into Skywalker Ranch to meetGeorge Lucas. Gotta loveThe Big Bang Theory, always staying so current with their geek storylines!
At the end of April,Zen Studioswill be releasing aStar Wars Rebelsmobile pinball game. Read more at that link and see some images below.
Star Wars 7 Newsposted a few videos of C-3PO himself,Anthony Daniels, doing some schtick at the recentEmerald City Comic-Con. He didn’t talk any specifics aboutThe Force Awakensexcept how much the suit has improved in almost 40 years. Watch the videos at that link.
Daniels will be doing some of that stuff atStar Wars Celebrationin a few weeks and the flood of exclusive merchandise has begun.PopVinyl(viaMSW) has revealed four exclusive figures for the event as well as a fifth figure which will be first released at the event, then to the general public. That’s the unmasked Darth Vader. See them all below.
Star Wars Rogue Oneshould reveal itself more in the coming weeks withStar Wars Celebrationfast approaching, but a few small rumors are being addressed.Making Star Warshas a few updates on the production, such as the factAaron Paulis still up for a role.Felicity Jones' character is the lead andBen Mendelsohnwould be playing a character that’s being referred to as “The Scientist.” Also, it says our report about the film being about the Death Star plans is still correct. Read more at the link.
Finally,Making Star Warshas a very interesting article on the size of the villain roles inThe Force Awakens. Much of the discussion centers onKylo Ren, but other characters are mentioned too. That means there are some potentialspoilersin there, but it’s a very good read for spoiler hounds like myself.
