Show notes
There are several minutes of unused footage of Leia to be used in Episode IX. Bruce Gibson is joined by Scott Ryfun to discuss Carrie Fisher’s brother’s comments about the footage of his sister for Episode IX, Adam Driver has known for six years where Kylo Ren is going, EA games canceled another Star Wars game, and Star Wars: Tie-Fighter coming to Marvel Comics.
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Todd Fisher pleased with footage of Carrie in Episode IX
From an article on Good Morning America’s website in December:
Carrie Fisher will make one final appearance as Leia Organa in the ninth episode of the “Star Wars” Skywalker saga, opening in December 2019. Todd Fisher says director J.J. Abrams has shared plans to incorporate several minutes of unused footage of his sister, originally shot for “The Force Awakens” and “The Last Jedi” into the still-untitled film.
“There’s a lot of minutes of footage. I don’t mean just outtakes,” Todd Fisher said. “This is unused, new content that could be woven into the storyline. That’s what’s going to give everybody such a great kick. It’s going to look like it was meant to be. Like it was shot yesterday.”
“We’re not allowed to talk about the details of anything,” he added. “But we’re thrilled at what’s been done.”
Adam Driver has a piece of information where things are going (deadline.com)
“It’s been my second time doing something where it’s lasted six years. I think with Star Wars, it’s six years this year that I’ve known about it or been working on it. I had this experience once with Girls, where it was six or seven years from the moment we shot the pilot to the very last thing. Since I’ve been working, it’s what I’ve been used to, in a way, where you do your other things, and then you go back to see your friends. It’s always good to go back to those groups.
“With Girls, there wasn’t really an end in sight, so it was fun to develop it as I went, and to think about where it was all going. With Star Wars, I had one piece of information of where it was all going, and that’s where it has been in my head for a long time, and things were building towards that. It feels very theatrical, if anything. Because in the plays that I’ve done, a six-month run, on the very last day, you finally feel like, “Oh, now I have a better understanding of what it is that I want to do. I wish we could do this all over again.” Working on a play, the questions you can ask yourself are infinite, and that’s what’s torturous about film sometimes – you only have one shot to get it right. And you can do a lot of takes, but we’re not all going to get back together again and do this. But for something you’re doing for six years, you still have a chance to go back and make something a little bit more articulated.”
EA Games is biting the dust? (comicbook.com)
“Earlier in the week, news broke that yet another Star Wars game has bit the dust and the reaction to EA’s cancellation immediately stirred up community ire among gamers. While EA issued a weirdly evasive statement to the recent reports, Rogue One writer Gary Whitta didn’t mince words when he ripped the publisher a new one.
Whitta recently sat down with Kinda Funny Games to talk about a variety of topics — including that of the cancelled Star Wars title. When asked about his thoughts on the matter, Whitta responded “It has been catastrophically mismanaged. If I were Disney, I’d be fucking furious. I saw a bunch of that game, and it looked terrific. It would have been Star Wars Uncharted.”
Kotaku’s Jason Schreier was the one to break the news of possible cancellation to the world and now two more anonymous sources have come forward to paint a picture of what was originally supposed to go down. According to his most recent update, the open-world game was supposed to have various planets that players could explore to their heart’s content. It would feature both new and old characters from the franchise while offering fans a chance to take on the role of a bounty hunter while they traverse the galaxy with an adventurous spirit at the forefront.
Codenamed Orca, the open-world title was originally intended to be very diverse in the zones that players could explore. Balancing that edge of both new and familiar, becoming a bounty hunter provided a grey area for fans to explore. As far as what the actual storyline would be is still a mystery, but our own source tells us that the name of the game was to give players total freedom when it came to a beloved galaxy far, far away.”
Statement from EA:
“There’s been speculation overnight about one of our Star Wars projects. As a natural part of the creative process, the great work by our team in Vancouver continues and will evolve into future Star Wars content and games. We’re fully committed to making more Star Wars games, we’re very excited about Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order from Respawn, and we’ll share more about our new projects when the time is right.”
Star Wars: Tie-Fighter – a new Marvel comics mini-series (starwars.com)
- “From a certain point of view, the rebels are traitors to the Empire, putting the innocent people of the galaxy at risk. In the last days of the Galactic Civil War, an elite squadron of TIE fighter pilots, known as Shadow Wing, is assembled to protect Imperial interests.”
- Starting in April
- Set in the time of Alexander Freed’s forthcoming novel Alphabet Squadron…now a trilogy! (Book One…June 11, 2019)
- Crossover taking place after The Return of the Jedi
Boba’s Bounty
- Bruce: CES meetings bringing up Star Wars
- Scott: Rancho Obi-Wan kit, Thrawn: Alliance ebook, and Funko Super Shogun Boba Fett
Edited by Bruce Gibson
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