Star Wars Bits: Theories On Episode VII X-Wings And Stormtroopers, Star Wars Rebels, C-3PO
Some cool, semi-spoileryEpisode VIIspeculation and actual facts are part of this edition of Star Wars Bits. Below, read the following:
Note: There will be some minor spoilers below, mostly Episode VII alterations to previous characters/vehicles, but nothing major.
For a few months, we’ve been hearing thatStar Wars Episode VIIwon’t just have the normal, white Stormtroopers. There will be a ton of different looks, among them a black-colored trooper that’s being referred to as either a Chrome Trooper or Shadow Trooper.Making Star Warsfound a leaked image of an upcoming Lego set that featured not only these Chrome/Shadow Troopers, but black Imperial Guards with lightsabers. The mind wanders.
If you head there you can read some more spoilery quotes about the design of these troopers and the exact role they play inStar Wars Episode VII.
New York Comic-Conis coming up and while there won’t be anythingStar Wars Episode VIIthere, the newStar Warscanon will be represented in full force. There will be aStar Wars Rebelspanel as well as one on the new book,A New Dawn.Click this linkto read more about them.
WithStar Wars Rebelsset to premiere in less than a month, composerKevin Kineris free to perform his brand new theme. Thanks toStar Wars Underworld, you can watch and listen to this video of him conducting a live orchestra in Spain:
Speaking ofRebels,JediNewsis reporting the title of the fifth episode is “Rise of the Old Masters.”
Last week,images of a black X-Wing fighterwere spotted on the set ofStar Wars Episode VII. Speculation ran rampant about what this could mean but, for my money,Star Wars 7 Newshas the most plausible.
That’s an image from a Dark Horse comic series of a the Stealth Squadron. Could that be whereJ.J. Abramsand his crew drew the inspiration? Or is it in line with the above Shadow Troopers, in that dark means evil. Read more at the above link.
You may have already readAnthony Danielstalking toEntertainment Weeklyabouthis new, more advanced(on the inside) C-3PO costume inEpisode VII. But there’s so much more for fans in the interview. He talks about the legacy of the character, his reluctance to the role, when J.J. Abrams asked him to come back, his role onStar Wars Rebelsand how he’d like to see C-3PO phased out of the series, if at all. Here’s a short excerpt of that last one.Click here to readthe rest.
I think he would go on. Getting spare parts, getting surgery. And I think the people around him, humans and droids alike, would help because he would become part of their daily lives, part of their environment. They wouldn’t want to let him go. You know, I’m a great do-it-yourself person at home. I mend pretty much anything I can, whether it’s melting plastic with a hot skewer from the stove because the plastic is cracked, or with my glue gun mending this or that, or cannibalizing a part from something else that I kept in the workshop. I will keep objects going. I’m not from the throw-away culture, I’m from the make-and-mend culture. Threepio is nice to have around. I think he would go on and on and on.
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