Star Wars Bits: Spin Off Code Name, Force Awakens Trailer Controversies, Speculation And New Actors
Lots of talk, discussion and speculation surroundingThe Force Awakenstrailer are in this edition of Star Wars Bits, but lots more too. Below, read about the following:
The release of theStar Wars: The Force Awakenstrailer was a big deal Friday. How big? The 88 second video was watched 40 million times in just 72 hours according to theHollywood Reporter.
Recently, /Film gave you an idea of what the 2016Star WarsStand Alone movie would be about. It’ll tell the story of how the Rebels got the plans for the first Death Star, with the help of some bounty hunters. Of course we don’t have a title or anything for the movie butStar Wars Underworldhas revealed a piece of information that could back that up. They’re reporting the title/codename being used when describing the movie is:Los Alamos. Read more about it at the link.
BBC reporterLizo Mzimbatook to Twitter to reveal two more actors who reportedly appear inThe Force Awakens, along with their roles.SW Underworldposted the tweets which reveal actorSam Carris playing a Padawan (which is incredibly interesting) andTony Baileyis a Stormtrooper. Also, actorJames McArdleis reportedly playing someone called Xavier.
Over the weekend,Good Morning Americateased they’d have exclusive new information aboutThe Force Awakenstrailer. And you thought, maybe because they’re owned by Disney, they would. Well, they said it wasAndy Serkisdoing the voice (which we knew) and that the sound effect at the very end of the trailer is Luke’s fromA New Hope.Big news.Watch it at this link.
On January 14, Marvel’s newStar Wars #1hits comic book shops and on that date, fans who buy the comic will be able to get some exclusive swag like posters, pins and more. Read moreat this link.
Though everyone (including himself, kind of) has confirmed Andy Serkis is the voice in theStar Wars: The Force Awakenstrailer, some people still swear it’sBenedict Cumberbatch. Well, on a recent red carpet, the actor officially “put that to bed.” Fast forward to four minutes in, thanks toCBM.
With the introduction ofJohn Boyegaas a unique, individual Stormtrooper, many were wondering about the Clone Troopers versus original trilogy Stormtroopers. Even thoughStar Wars Rebelshas a full episode of kids training to be Storm Troopers, the official Star Wars Twitter settles the debate:
@BM_HAVOK@Thick44OfficialThey weren’t clones during the Original Trilogy. Clonetroopers were phased out after the Clone Wars.
— Star Wars (@starwars)June 09, 2025
Speaking of Boyega, though his casting was announced several months ago, the teaser trailer was an excuse for lots of Internet hate over the black actor’s appearance in the Star Wars universe. Well, Boyega saw this and responded in a wonderful way.Here’s his Instagram:
With love xxx
A photo posted by @jboyega onNov 11, 2014 at 1:37pm PST
One iconic Star Wars actor who is not inThe Force AwakensisDavid Prowse, the man who wore Darth Vader’s outfit when his mask was on. Prowse recently told theDaily Mailhe will not be returning for this film and is a bit disappointed by that. However, he was recently diagnosed with dementia and doesn’t think he could remember lines anyway.
Here’s a video of the recentAlamo Drafthouseevent where they showedThe Force Awakenstrailer 17 times in a row.
Was the wait between shots too much in theForce Awakenstrailer? Thisfan made TV spotfixes that problem and adds some new music too. Well, not SO new.
And finally, we’ll end with a few potential spoilers forStar Wars: The Force Awakens. We can’t for sure confirm if any of this is real but, if it is, spoilers abound.
Making Star Warshas a detailed description of a city they believe will be the setting of the finale of the film, whatever that is. They describe a city that has a very rustic feel, but designed in a modern way. “It’s like Wookiees made the Capital Records building,” is a great description. Read more at the site.
The site also is reporting they know a very important line of dialogue from the film. Not only that, they know who says it to who and about what, and it involves severl of the film’s heroes and villains. Major spoilers,but you can read it here.
And finally, pulling together all the speculation we’ve heard and combining it with the teaser trailer, the site thinks they have a good idea of how the first act of the film unfolds.Read it here.
