It’s that time of year when every
Star Wars fan gets little butterflies of nostalgic excitement in his or her
stomach and cracks out the original trilogy discs (theatrical versions only, of
course) in preparation for May the Fourth.
But we fans have a greater reason to be excited this year, because we’re
all half-expecting some long-awaited announcements from Disney.
Details. We want details.
J.J. Abrams, the master of
keeping secrets every man and his tribble already knows (“Khan? Who’s Khan?”), has actually managed to keep us
in the dark this time. The might of the
Mouse.
So what do we know? We know the new trilogy won’t follow the
Thrawn/Heir to the Empire/Timothy Zahn novels.
That really was a given, although I’m certain that many a fanboy/girl
has mournfully stopped and thought, every once in a while, how cool it would
have been to see Mara Jade Skywalker on screen.
Can everyone who lives/works near Pinewood please keep an eye out for
beautiful 40-to-50-something actresses with red hair? Maybe she’ll pop up with Luke anyway.
We know that Harrison Ford, Mark
Hamill and Carrie Fisher (and presumably Peter Mayhew) are currently up in
London, Hamill looking rather dashing in a mighty fine beard. I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up,
positive that they’ll all just have short cameos, but the latest rumour is that
Han may have quite a chunk of screen time.
I wouldn’t complain – any additional Harrison Ford is a bonus, in my
opinion, so long as there are no dodgy-looking fridges or monkeys involved. (Aliens, in this case, are perfectly
acceptable.)
We know that Zac Efron may or may
not have been cast. I’m thinking there’s
got to be a role for a singing Jedi with great abs.
We know that Oscar Isaac has
probably definitely maybe been cast. He
can grow a good Jedi beard. He sings, too
– I’m sensing a theme here.
Will the kidlets – Anakin, Ben
and the twins – turn up? NOBODY
KNOWS. We keep hearing that these films
won’t be following the existing canon, but one assumes they’d still want to
appease the loyal fans.
We know that J.J. has promised
less CGI and more real sets. Couldn’t be
happier about that. If the sets are as
gorgeous as the Enterprise bridge, even better.
How cool would it be to see the Falcon again? Well, she has been spotted in concept art on
a wall at the back of a production meeting photo, so I’m crossing my fingers.
I’ve got to go and wash my Han Shot First t-shirt now. See you all again on Sunday.
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