Star Wars Bits: Blu-Ray Rumors, Adam Driver’s Schedule, Set Photos, John Boyega And Boardgames
By Germain Lussier/Aug. 18, 2014 2:00 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Lots of Star Wars board game news broke over the weekend, but one tidbit that didn’t get picked up was the following:
CP noted that the upcoming Star Wars movie has had some effect on what they can do with X-Wing & other releases. Must keep history true! WEM
— BoardGameGeek (@BoardGameGeek) August 15, 2014
But wait, what does that mean? Peter asks.
@slashfilm — FFG has to show Disney/Licas what it plans to do & if such plans conflict w/ movie plans, etc., then FFG can’t do it. —WEM
So even the board games now have to fit into Star Wars canon.
The first crack in the lid of the Mystery Box last week was the reveal of one of the rumored Star Wars Episode VII Stormtroopers. The photos were kind crappy, though, so artist Juan Fernandez (via SW Underworld) did his own rendering.
Latino Review also ran a few rumors about these Stormtroopers, including the fact some of these Stormtroopers will be able to do different, new things.Adam Driver spoke to Entertainment Weekly about starring in Episode VII and it’s a really good interview. Nothing specific about the film, but he did reveal he’s shooting Episode VII and Girls at the same time, doing a week or two on each and traveling back and forth across the Atlantic. Also, Harrison Ford’s injury extended his personal schedule by only a few weeks. There’s much more too, here’s a good one about expectations:
Cinelix was sent a photo they claim is from a Tatooine set that was built at Pinewood Studios for Episode VII. It looks pretty legitimate. Making Star Wars also ran a potential description of one of Daisy Ridley’s outfits in the film. Head to this link to read it all, but here’s a snippet:
Also, lots of rumored photos from inside the Star Wars Episode VII Millennium Falcon have made it online. Are they legit? If not, it’s impressive.
We take a break from this edition of Star Wars Bits for this fantastic tweet by one of the stars:
You can also visit Toys R Us’s website to see a new video about the droid, Chopper.
More John Boyega social media. He was at a party last week and ran into another Star Wars actor, Samuel L. Jackson. Here’s the clip.
Also of note, Jackson tweeted about meeting Boyega and called him a Jedi. Interesting.
Yakface (via SW Underworld) got their hands on a new Star Wars Rebels book and it’s packed with new creatures, robots and ships. I won’t put them here cause technically this would be considered spoilers, but there’s some really cool stuff including the Inquisitor’s unique TIE Fighter.
The Comic-Con panel for Star Wars: A New Dawn has now been uploaded:
Finally, we couldn’t leave you without at least some new rumors about the plot of Star Wars Episode VII. Making Star Wars is again the culprit, running a nice breakdown of little tidbits. Most of them are about things that may have once been in the movie, but are now not. But there’s a particularly interesting one about Luke Skywalker’s timeline. Head there to read more.
