Star Wars Bits: ‘Rogue One’ Seeks Science Help, Carrie Fisher Autograph, Lando And ‘Aftermath’
There’s lots of fun stuff to discuss in this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read about the following.
We know a little about the story ofStar Wars Anthology: Rogue One, but now we know there are some science themes as well. The film’s writer,Chris Weitz, took to to Twitter to throw out a hail mary to noted astrophysicistNeil deGrasse Tysonfor help on the film.
Carrie Fisher(whose hand is seen above from the latestForce Awakenstrailer) was at a convention in Dallas over the weekend and signed her autograph in a very curious way.Revenge of the 5thwas there and here’s the image.
That says “Mrs. H Solo,” so maybe that’s a spoiler, and maybe it’s not.
At a recentBrazilian Disney event, a presentation looked ahead to the future. Most of what was on there we knew but a look at 2018-2019 offered up a few surprises. First were the non-Star Warsinclusions but they also had the secondStar Wars Anthologyfilm, which is currently without a director, on the slate. That suggests it’s still on track to be the fourth Star Wars film released. Then again, this still referred to it as a “Spin Off Film” and we now know that’s not the official distinction. I’d be cautious, but optimistic, with this information. Thanks toMaking Star Wars.
JediNewspicked up the below tweet of a brand newStar Warscanon timeline, which added the video gameBattlefront.
At the recent eventBookCon, Marvel previewed some pages from their upcomingLandocomic which revealed that Lobot appears early on!Star Wars Underworldnoticed the tweets from Stitch Kingdom, here’s just one example:
Lando #1 interiors – hello, Lobot#bookconhttps://t.co/ODQFFyR9XWpic.twitter.com/JWoNxtyrM2
— Stitch Kingdom has BUM WORMS (@stitchkingdom)July 18, 2025
We already knew the book that will start to bridge the story fromReturn of the JeditoThe Force Awakenswill be calledAftermath.Now we knowthat’s also the name of the trilogy of books which will complete the story.Random Houserevealed it’sStar Wars: The Aftermath Trilogy.
The second season ofStar Wars Rebelswill kick off soon with a mini-movie but fans still don’t know when they’ll be able to own the whole first season on Blu-ray or digital download. Well German Amazon (viaStar Wars 7 News) has a listing that it’ll be out on September 10. That’s not yet confirmed, but seems like a good guess.
JediNewswas contacted by some fans on Twitter who may know the dateStar Wars: The Force Awakensopens in their countries. Sweden and Italy might get the film on December 16 while Germany, Denmark and Singapore would get it on December 17. Then Russia and Spain get it on December 25. This isn’t yet official but sounds about right.
This speaks for itself, viaJediNewsas well.
Cool picture of a Star Wars Battlefront pre-order display at a Texas GameStop.#starwarsbattlefront#starwars#texaspic.twitter.com/3RyYkY5YgN
— Battlefront Zone (@battlefrontzne)July 09, 2025
According toReedPop, the company who put onStar Wars Celebration, the event had 60,000 attendees.
Go to any convention, likeStar Wars Celebration, and you see Funko Pop figures everywhere. Star Wars in particular is a huge brand and a site calledFlyGuy(viaSW Underworld) said they found twelve unique numbers for upcoming Star Wars Pop figures that are almost definitely forThe Force Awakens. Twelve makes sense.
Finally, depending on when you read this, there’s a chance that somewhere in a soundstage in Los Angeles,John Williamsisrecording the musicforStar Wars: The Force Awakens. He reportedly started on Monday. Think about that.
