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Kanata's Castle continues their "Pathway to The Last Jedi" with Padmé Amidala: 'The Paths we Choose Pave our Destiny." In this episode, Becca, and Devon pick up where they left off, the Skywalker family. Only this time, it's all about origins. A bloodline of courage, selflessness, and hope. Padmé Amidala. Sometimes, love isn't enough. Anakin and Padmé were star-crossed lovers. Doomed from the start. And yet, their love created something that the galaxy needed. It's ironic. The galaxy that made their love impossible to be out in the open needed their love more than they knew. Hope. The Force chose Anakin, but it also chose Padmé. The Force knows courage, selflessness and it knows hope. And Padmé's most endearing act was giving her life for her children's safety. Padmé Amidala Skywalker. A symbol of Hope. A Force of Destiny that will lead us on the 'Pathway to the Last Jedi.' Kanata's Castle #16: Padmé Amidala: 'The Paths we Choose Pave our Destiny' Current News: New 'Poe' comic will feature Lor San Tekka and General Organa Ron Howard tweeting pictures from the Untitled Han Solo film. Was that Kessel? Rian Johnson confirms "The Last Jedi" is ALL done. Mentions: Follow our own Bala Tik sounding voice artist, Liam Howie @LunaticGrung Give a hospitalized child a Starlight Brave Gown — and a huge smile — TODAY Outro music by Gordon Lightfoot "If you could read my mind" Sources: The Prequel Trilogy Facebook and Twitter page Concept and storyboard idea of Padmé Amidala by Ian McCaig Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith novelization The prequel trilogy Deleted scenes from Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith Twilight Saga for parallels and similarities A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words:
Tricia Barr, BJ Priester and Kay from FANgirl Blog discuss changes in directors on Episode IX, Star Wars animation and Leia: Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray. The Star Wars movie news keeps coming, and we delve into it on this month’s episode of Hyperspace Theories. We begin with one of the recent photos from the Untitled Han Solo movie shared on social media by director Ron Howard. Does the image and its caption – “Spicey?” – hint at the appearance of the long-notorious spice mines as well as the legendary Kessel Run in the film? The big developments since our last episode, though, involved Episode IX: Colin Trevorrow is no longer involved in the movie as either writer or director, and J.J. Abrams is returning to Star Wars to direct and co-write the second sequel to The Force Awakens. Tricia, B.J., and Kay discuss our reactions to and analysis of the news, including the official announcements from Lucasfilm as well as the reports in the Hollywood industry trades. While the removal of Trevorrow from the project is a positive change, the sources of the conflict that led to his departure were very much predictable at the time he was hired; the upheaval in the production process at this point, about four months prior to the intended start of principal photography, was preventable if a sounder hire had been made in the first instance. Fortunately, after the box office and fandom success of The Force Awakens Abrams had enough influence and credibility with the Disney brass to insist on pushing back Episode IX’s release date to December 2019, giving him at least six additional months to work on the script. Abrams has essentially the same amount of time to work on Episode IX’s screenplay as for The Force Awakens – but this time with considerably less work needed on the world-building and character arcs compared to kicking off the trilogy. Overall, though, we’re certainly far more optimistic about Episode IX with Abrams at the helm than we were a few weeks ago. We also share areas of concern with Abrams’ leadership of Episode IX. On The Force Awakens, Abrams often worked in seclusion at Bad Robot in Santa Monica, in contrast to Rian Johnson’s work in residence at Lucasfilm while writing and completing The Last Jedi. With the Story Group and other members of the creative brain trust at Lucasfilm having accomplished some great successes in interconnectivity and long-term payoffs over the course of stories released since 2015, it would be a shame if Abrams’ return also meant a recurrence of the lack of communication that led to key creative executives at Lucasfilm being unaware of major storytelling decisions made while finalizing The Force Awakens until the film’s release. Similarly, Abram’s co-writer on The Force Awakens was the esteemed Lawrence Kasdan; his writing partner on Episode IX is Chris Terrio, who won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for Argo but also wrote the screenplays for Batman v Superman and Justice League, which like Rogue One ended up undergoing substantial revision, if not re-envisioning, during reshoots. Finally, while Abrams is certainly a known quantity and trusted creator to Lucasfilm, it is disappointing to see yet again that two middle-aged white men have been handed the keys a Star Wars film – and this time, one that has to provide satisfying, empowering, and worthy conclusions to the Sequel Trilogy character arcs of Rey and Leia. For all the upheaval in the production processes on the Star Wars films over the last few years, though, lots of great Star Wars stories are being told outside the movies. In this month’s episode we discuss the second season of LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, the first eight Force of Destiny animated shorts, and the young-adult novel Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray. We have high praise for each of them, although as longtime Star Wars books fandom participants, each of us was particularly excited to finally see the kind of official young Leia book we’ve always thought the character deserved. As part of the Journey to The Last Jedi publishing program, Gray’s novel also contains some intriguing hints for Episode VIII, including some that are overt and others that left us wondering – and speculating. Related Links Episode IX Developments: Colin Trevorrow Out More Episode IX Developments: The Return of J.J. Abrams Hyperspace Theories Episode 30: Director’s Cut: The Trouble With Trevorrow Hyperspace Theories Episode 4: J. Abrams Beyond the Mystery Box J.’s post How J.J. Abrams Could Redeem Padmé in Episode IX Kay’s review of Leia, Princess of Alderaan by Claudia Gray Contact Information: Hyperspace Theories: Twitter @HyperspacePod Tricia Barr: Twitter @FANgirlcantina; email Tricia@fangirlblog.com B.J. Priester: Twitter @RedPenofLex; email Lex@fangirlblog.com Kay: Twitter @Geek_Kay; email Kay@fangirlblog.com
With 256 days left before the premiere of the as-yet-untitled Han Solo movie, Ron Howard is posting photos of a rougher part of the galaxy - bar fights and all. Plus, I've got a theory about someone who could be making a cameo appearance in the movie, based on some recent social media activity. Don't worry, it's not a spoiler-y kind of thing... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you’ll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.*** Check out SW7x7.com for full Star Wars 7x7 show notes and links, and to comment on any of the content of this episode! If you like what you've heard, please leave me a rating or review on iTunes or Stitcher, which will also help more people discover this Star Wars podcast. Don't forget to join the Star Wars 7x7 fun on Facebook at Facebook.com/SW7x7, and follow the breaking news Twitter feed at Twitter.com/SW7x7Podcast. I'm also on Pinterest and Instagram as "SW7x7" too, and I'd love to connect with you there!
It's episode 81 of the Talk Star Wars podcast and Marc, Rob and Paul talk about John Boyega's comments on Leia in The Last Jedi, Ron Howard's social media activity from the set of the Untitled Han Solo movie. a new writer joins Episode IX and a whole lot more...Tweet about Ron by clicking here The Star Wars CommonwealthTweet about the PodCast here Get the podcast notes hereShop for Star Wars items in our Amazon stores UK here and US here and become a VIP here
John Powell will score the still-untitled Han Solo movie, which is still slated for a May 25th release date, and Ron Howard has been very creative with his social media sharing from the set of the movie. I'm discussing it all here today... Punch it! ***I'm listener supported! Go to http://Patreon.com/sw7x7 to donate to the Star Wars 7x7 podcast, and you’ll get some fabulous rewards for your pledge.*** Check out SW7x7.com for full Star Wars 7x7 show notes and links, and to comment on any of the content of this episode! If you like what you've heard, please leave me a rating or review on iTunes or Stitcher, which will also help more people discover this Star Wars podcast. Don't forget to join the Star Wars 7x7 fun on Facebook at Facebook.com/SW7x7, and follow the breaking news Twitter feed at Twitter.com/SW7x7Podcast. I'm also on Pinterest and Instagram as "SW7x7" too, and I'd love to connect with you there!
Forces of Destiny on the horizon! R2 sells for 3 million! Lucas runs into TMZ! The Han Solo film- do we need this film? Are all the most recent developments the writing on the wall for the Untitled Han Solo film? All this, and so much more! Star Wars Report is available on iTunes! Be sure […]
We dive into the most recent shake up at Lucasfilm with the loss of directors Phil Lord and Chistopher Miller on the Untitled Han Solo film! With the naming of Ron Howard as the new director, what does this mean for the unfinished film and will this affect the quality of the film with the change in leadership so late in development? Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter - @kesselrunweekly and visit www.kesselrunweekly.com for more episodes!