‘Star Wars’ characters gets Vanity Fair cover

It’s not exactly news when big Hollywood celebrities grace the cover of Vanity Fair. But having some of the biggest names in the fantasy genre are on the cover, it’ll make news. The magazine just released a Star Wars cover with Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca alongside newcomers Rey (Daisy Ridley), Finn (John Boyega), and BB-8 droid. It was shot by celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz for the magazine’s June issue. It seems to have been taken inside the cockpit of a spacecraft.

If having the characters isn’t enough to emphasize this is a Star Wars issue, there’s even a Yoda quote on the cover that says: “In a dark place we find ourselves – a little more knowledge might light our way.” Vanity Fair promises to release more photos and videos from the shoot this Monday.

Source: Mashable

Second standalone ‘Star Wars’ film will need a new director

Aside from the new trilogy, there were plans of developing “anthology” films or a series of standalone movies for Star Wars. Rogue One is set to be released next year and Josh Trank was working on the second unnamed title. Or at least he was supposed to. Trank said in a post on StarWars.com: “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with the wonderful and talented people at Lucasfilm, I’m making a personal decision to move forward on a different path.”

Trank is working on the reboot of Fantastic Four. And there have been rumours that things aren’t going well on that front either. According to The Hollywood Reporter, writer-producer Simon Kinberg (who worked with Trank on Fantastic Four and the Star Wars project) was reluctant to work on another film with him. There is no word who’ll be replacing him yet but we’re sure we’ll be getting news soon enough.

Source: StarWars.com | Via: The Verge + The Hollywood Reporter

Abrams names one of the planets on ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

It’s a good day to be a Star Wars fan. Aside from getting the new trailer, J.J. Abrams gave a small tidbit for fans. He’s named one of the desert-like planets that will play an important role here in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. People initially assumed in the first production shots that it was Tatooine. Apparently, the new arid planet is called Jakku. The shooting locatin was in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Abrams won’t say anything beyond that though. It doesn’t matter though. We’re still excited.

Source: Ubergizmo

Star Wars digital movie collection is now available

The entire pre-Disney Star Wars saga digital movie collection is now available through various online video services like iTunes, Google Play, Xbox Video, Amazon Prime, and Amazon Instant Video. 

The films in The Star Wars Digital Movie Collection, in order of their release, are:

• Star Wars (also known as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope), 1977.
• The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back), 1980.
• Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi), 1983.
• Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, 1999.
• Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, 2002.
• Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, 2005.

Various extras and features are being made available as well but these would vary depending on which service you are purchasing from.