Star Wars Bits: Maz Kanata Revealed In ‘The Force Awakens,’ Plus Lando #1, Billie Lourd And J.J. Abrams
WithForce Awakensrumors, social media, spoilers, merchandise, it’s another jam-packed edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following.
We’ve seen a few images ofLupita Nyong’oin her performance capture outfit and we know her character is named Maz Kanata, who is some sort of pirate. We also think that’s her handing Princess Leia her father’s lightsaber in the latest teaser. But what exactly does Maz look like?Indie Revolverhas a piece of possible concept art. Check it at that link.
With hundreds of millions of people watching everyStar Wars: The Force Awakenstrailer, the demand for Star Wars is obvious. However, Disney CEO Bob Igerrecently said balancingthe marketing and merchandise with the demand to avoid having it peak too early has been a very real concern at the company. But there is lots more planned.
Tim Doyleis putting up a mystery tube saleon his websiteTuesday and, to sweeten the pot, each one will have this brand new 12 x 24Star Wars: The Force Awakensscreenprint in it called “Strong in my Family.” One tube will also have a Tyler StoutEmpire Strikes Backposter.Click here for infoon the sale, which again takes place Tuesday May 12.
Most of what’s in this interview is already out there, but in case you missed it,Vanity Fairhas posted their extended interview withJ.J. AbramstalkingStar Wars: The Force Awakens.
TheStar Wars YouTubecontinues to upload awesome content fromStar Wars Celebration. They posted someinterviews with the castof Kyle Newman’sSmuggler’s Bountyas well as this interview withDarren GilfordandRick Carter, production designers ofThe Force Awakens.
This wonderful tweet from Princess Leia herself,Carrie Fisher, speaks for itself with its awesomeness.
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— Carrie Fisher (@carrieffisher)June 19, 2025
And speaking of the awesomeness of Carrie Fisher, she retweeted this story byStar Wars 7 Newsthat features her daughterBillie Lourdconfirming she does not play a young version of her mother inThe Force Awakens. So who does she play? We’ll find out December 18.
Hello, what have we here? That, above, is the cover ofLando #1, out in July fromMarvel Comics.
A few weeks back,John Boyegatweetedthat his father said the following: “Everyone leave their plates in the sink for John to wash since he won’t tell us anything about force awakens.” He then followed that tweet with this one.
BoingBoingfound this amazing video on YouTube. It’s a guy’s original audio recording when he went to seeStar Warsat the theater in 1977. Why would he do that? Because it was his second time going. And you can hear the audience eating up the last five minutes of movie. Great, great stuff.
Finally,Making Star Warsrecently ran another detailed potential scene description fromStar Wars: The Force Awakens. We don’t know if this is real or not, but there are a ton of very specific details including dialogue. It involves Rey and Kylo Ren.Read it here.
