This weekend was the press tour for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Legion of Leia was lucky enough to be included. Despite the fact that everyone is very tight-lipped about plot points, the actors, director and writer actually had a lot to say! In the first part of the conference, which was moderated by Mindy, we heard from Carrie...
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In a recent interview with ABC , Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams pointed out that he wanted to make a film that mothers would feel comfortable taking their daughters to. This is great! I’m on board! I appreciate J.J.’s sentiment, which clearly doesn’t come from a bad place. But there are some inherent...
An official premiere date for Star Wars: The Force Awakens in China was released today by The Walt Disney Company. The film is set to hit screens across China on January 9, 2016. “We are thrilled to bring ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ to China on January 9th,” said John Hsu, General Manager, Studio, The Walt Disney Company, China...
Whoa. So according to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), more than 2,500 actors, ages 16-34, have auditioned (either in person or via tape), for the role of Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars spinoff movie. Casting director, Jeanne McCarthy obviously has her hands full, filtering through these thousands of dudes to cast young Han. No one will ever be...
Entertainment Weekly reported today that, at a Sirius XM town hall, Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams explained that the change from princess to general was due to her personal evolution over time. “I think it’s sort of like any of us, you like to think you evolve and go through life experiences and become something else,”...
In an interview with Good Morning America, J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars: The Force Awakens had this very cool thing to say about wanting mothers and daughters to see his new film: “Star Wars was always a boy’s thing,” Abrams said. “I was really hoping this could be a movie that mothers could take their daughters to as well.” Rad. I...
To celebrate Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm and HP Inc. collaborated with Gallery 1988 to present ‘Art Awakens’. The Los Angeles, California art exhibit hall hosted the Star Wars inspired art on display which will also be available online through eBay for Charity to be auctioned off in the name of Star Wars: Force...
EW got the scoop from the director of the highly anticipated next Star Wars film, The Force Awakens, who confirmed that the Death Star looking thingy in the background of the theatrical poster is called the “Starkiller Base” and is indeed a Death Star. The way Abrams described it to EW, the Starkiller Base is basically the Death...
When the new TV spot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, we learned a lot about the character Maz Kanata. We just didn’t know it. Director J.J. Abrams spoke to EW about her character confirming that the voice we heard in the spot and the trailers is indeed the motion capture character played by Oscar-winner Lupita Nyong’o...
I cannot begin to tell you how happy I am to report this, but let it be known that there are SPOILERS here for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you don’t want to know more than the title, please stop reading now. EW just ran a bunch of pictures from the film this morning and they did an interview with J.J. Abrams that gives us some info...