Rian Johnson on Rey, Luke, and the Official Title for Star Wars: Episode VIII

Now that Rian Johnson's Star Wars: Episode VIII is in post-production, the writer/director has been just a touch more revealing about the middle chapter of the new trilogy. In fact, one of the things we've learned recently is that Johnson has long had a title for the film (in fact, he's had it since the ...

By  |  January 10, 2017
Director Rian Johnson has Begun Editing Star Wars: Episode VIII

Godzilla and Looper editor Bob Ducsay will be doing the heavy lifting when it comes to cutting Star Wars: Episode VIII, but as with most films, he’ll be joined in the editing bay by director Rian Johnson. And Johnson did what any savvy 21st century filmmaker would do; he shared a photo on Instagram yesterday of himself ...

By  |  August 17, 2016
Oscar Isaac & John Boyega (Briefly) Talk Star Wars: Episode VIII

While Star Wars: Episode VIII is in the midst of filming, actors naturally come and go depending upon their shooting schedules. This means they also occasionally need to do promotion for other films they're in, which is the case for Oscar Isaac and X-Men: Apocalypse (the premiere was in London), and, in John Boyega's case, he was ...

By  |  May 17, 2016
Rian Johnson Shares Set Photos From Star Wars: Episode VIII

Director Rian Johnson has really bought into the TGIF feeling: he's shared Star Wars: Episode VIII set photos on his Tumblr. Like The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams, Johnson and the Episode VIII team have been secretive about production—there's even a story that they've got drones on set designed to take down other drones who might be trying to snap some photos—yet he ...

By  |  April 29, 2016
Watch Daisy Ridley’s Jedi Training for Star Wars: Episode VIII

Daisy Ridley's Rey was already showing some pretty impressive Jedi skills by the end of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens. She'd already defeated the dark side's most ferocious young warrior in Kylo Ren, and she had tracked down legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker to, presumably, continue that training. Now we already what it looks like when Mark Hamill ...

By  |  April 26, 2016

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New Teaser Hints at Opening Shot of Star Wars: Episode VIII

Principal photography officially began on Star Wars: Episode VIII at Pinewood Studios in London on February 15, 2016. The teaser announcing this news had one very interesting reveal—either this could be one of the opening shots of Episode VIII, or, writer/director Rian Johnson was on set for the very final shot of The Force Awakens. Considering The Force Awakens was very much J.J. Abrams' ...

By  |  February 16, 2016
Star Wars: Episode VIII‘s Connection to Game of Thrones & More

Let’s see how much Star Wars: Episode VIII news we can pack into this post.  The Star Wars: Episode VIII & Game of Thrones connection… No, we're not talking about the news that GOT's Gwendoline Christie, who had a small role in The Force Awakens as Captain Phasma, is back for Episode VIII, but we might as well start there. ...

By  |  February 3, 2016

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Three Seriously Talented Actresses on Star Wars: Episode VIII Shortlist

The folks over at The Wrap reported that Oprhan Black’s Tatiana Maslany, Jane the Virgin’s Gina Rodriguez and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl’s Olivia Cooke are all on the shortlist for Star Wars: Episode VIII. The film, to be directed by Rian Johnson (Looper, Brick) and set for release on May 26, 2017, ...

By  |  September 2, 2015