Jyn “Rey” Erso – SWR #252

John Williams is Scoring Episode 8 already! Tarkin has been seen popping up! Rogue One interviews, advanced screenings, and so much more! All on this week’s episode of the STAR WARS REPORT!

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This week’s topics include:

• Variety spoke to John Williams about his current work
  • Williams concedes that he had hoped for greater commercial success for “The BFG,” which was deemed a box-office disappointment after its July 1 release. His next film, however, won’t be: He begins recording “Star Wars Episode VIII” in December and expects to record off and on through March or April 2017.
• Huge response and lines for advanced Rogue One tickets
  • Audio clip 1:08 – Report from ABC7 New York
• Tarkin in Rogue One teaser (ew.com)
• Rogue One cast and Gareth Edwards interviewed on Facebook Live:
  • Diego Luna talks about the responsibility of doing this for fans – Audio clip :35
  • Ben Mendelsohn when he first saw Darth Vader – Audio clip :31
  • Felicity Jones talks about how real situations felt on set – Audio clip 1:11
  • Diego Luna talks about the multi racial and cultural cast represented in Star Wars – Audio clip :48
  • Gareth Edwards stole the Death Star plans from the set – Audio clip :47
• George Lucas tell Gareth Edwards not to screw it up! (comicbook.com via My TF1)
  • “He said, ‘don’t screw it up,'” Edwards first joked with a smile when talking about Lucas visiting and any potential advice. “I think there are two things that are incredibly surreal that you can do in your life. Number 2 is having to show George Lucas your Star Wars movie. Like, that was really crazy. And I think number 1 is to be George Lucas and have someone show you a Star Wars movie. So I felt for him, and he was incredibly gracious.”
  • Edwards: “He joked a lot about how we should do more in the computer, and not build so much,” Edwards revealed. That’s, of course, pointing at the heavy criticism Lucas received for the high level of CGI in the prequel trilogy, Episode I – III. “We didn’t take his advice. We tried to shoot as much in-camera as possible.”
• Carrie Fisher’s other Star Wars revelations on Late Show with Stephen Colbert Audio clip 1:47
• Carrie on Ellen talks having lots of Coke