Star Wars Bits: Oscar Isaac’s Carrie Fisher Tribute, New Easter Eggs, And A Potential ‘Rogue One’ Blu-Ray And DVD Release Date
In this edition of Star Wars Bits:
The first thing you’ll notice in Oscar Isaac’sFacebook tributeto the late, great Carrie Fisher is that reading the brief message is enough to shoot a little dust into your eyes. The second thing you’ll notice is that this picture comes from the set ofStar Wars: Episode 8and both Mark Hamill and Fisher are wearing their new costumes from the film, which haven’t been officially revealed elsewhere.
And while we’re sharing Carrie Fisher tributes, this piece byartist Jeff Victorhas been making the rounds again and it’s worth taking in.
Star Wars Celebrationhas revealed that Doug Chiang, Lucasfilm Vice President and Executive Creative Executive and concept artist on the prequel trilogy,The Force Awakens, andRogue One, will be one of the convention’s guests at the 2017 edition in Orlando, Florida. They also announced the return of the Tattoo Pavilion, where fans can can inked by professional artists:
Interested parties are being encouraged tobook an appointment ahead of timeto guarantee an appointment.
Rogue Oneis still in theaters and still going strong, but that hasn’t stopped some internet sleuths from trying to determine when the film will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD.Rebelscum.comhas discovered that the film is currently available for pre-order from the Australian site EZY DVD, with a release date of July 21, 2025. If that’s accurate (it seems like the proper window in this day and age), that’s almost certainly the international release date. However, it’s also a Friday, which is an unusual, but unheard of, day of the week to drop a new release. So take all of this with the necessary grain of salt.Colliderspoke withRogue Onestar Ben Mendelsohn, who talked about how Gareth Edwards' shooting style gave the filmmakers a variety of different options in the editing room:
Between that and the reshoots, Mendelsohn says there are several “enormously different” version of the movie lurking in the collective footage:
Absolutely, with enormous differences within I would’ve said 20 or 30 of the scenes. […] There really would be. There would be enormously different renderings.
TheStar Warsseries has been notoriously stingy about releasing deleted and alternate scenes over the years, but hopefully, one day, we’ll be able to see this extra footage and discover what kind of movieRogue Onecould have been in an alternate timeline.
Actor Spencer Wilding didn’t offer too much insight into the filmmaking process when he was asked about playing Darth Vader inRogue One(alongside fellow actor Daniel Naprous), buthe did express his enthusiasm for the roleand spoke about having a trainer help him nail the character’s specific movements:
This character has got so much presence – it’s unbelievable. I’m just one small element of Star Wars. It’s a massive production, and it takes a lot to bring the magic of that film. It’s just awesome. We studied the movements of Darth Vader. We had a trainer who got it bang on. We wanted to keep it ‘Darth Vader!’ It’s every actor’s dream. I’m still pinching myself!
There are a number of references to the larger Star Wars universe littered throughoutRogue One, but the most surprising of them tend to link the film to the animated television shows. The character of Saw Gerrera originated onStar Wars: The Clone Wars(and will soon appear onStar Wars Rebels) and the Ghost, the ship that the cast of Star Wars Rebels calls home, was present at the Battle of Scarif. However, you’ll have to turn to Pablo Hidalgo’sStar Wars: Rogue One: The Ultimate Visual Guide(viaScreenCrush) to note another connection. According to the book, one of Cassian Andor’s aliases as an agent for the Rebel Alliance was “Fulcrum,” a top secret codename used for Rebel spies that was originally given to Ahsoka Tano, Anakin Skywalker’s former padawan.
Comicbook.comhas noted an intriguing job listing on on theLucasfilm recruiting website, where the company is looking for a storyboard artist on an “episodic TV series.” Here are the relevant details:
Now, this could very easily be a job listing forStar Wars Rebels, which is still going strong. However, the fact that they don’t mention that series by name has some people wondering if this is a clue that another animated show is in the works. So take from this what you will…and then start pondering which era of theStar Warstimeline demands a full TV series. I’d like to see something post-Return of the Jedi, myself.
And while you ponder that, you can watch the latest episode ofStar Wars Explained, which discusses all of the new ships and vehicles that appear inRogue One.
