Star Wars Celebration Europe is over and while we did n’t get a deed for Episode VIII like we hoped , we still learned a few things about the motion-picture show from author / director Rian Johnson . It ’s not much — Walter Elias Disney is clearly play all thing Star Wars incredibly near to the vest — but it does offer a few clues to what the moving picture might be .
1 ) Production started while Episode VII was still being made .
Because the turnaround for the picture show is so fast , Johnson was knead on Episode VIII long before anyone saw VII . So while VIII is beholden to what happen in VII , Johnson get that information not from the ruined movie , but the playscript and the dallies . Additionally , with VIII mere days out from completion , theatre director Colin Trevorrow is well into formulation for Episode IX .
2 ) These are the cinema that inspired Episode VIII .
Before production begin , Rian made some of the Lucasfilm staff watch a series of movies to give them an idea of his visual sense for the moving-picture show , including the tint . On the list were 12 O’clock High , Bridge of the River Kwai , Three Outlaw Samurai , and Gunga Din . Johnson says that 12 O’Clock High in finicky friction match the feeling he ’s going for in the film
3 ) 8 begin in good order where VII ended .
We ’re heard this before , but Johnson reassert that Episode VIII will break with Star Wars custom and start in good order where Episode VII terminate , with Rey lastly witness Luke , and handing him his beginner ’s lightsaber . When they shot the keep up bit , Johnson and the actors had no idea how iconic that moment in The Force Awakens would become . If he had , he say he would ’ve been even more flighty . to film the follow - up to it .
4 ) Episode VIII goes deeper into the characters .
Though Episode VII was a rousing adventure , Johnson say the second film “ out of necessity ” is where we are “ zooming in on the grapheme . Getting to the heart of them , challenging them , and pushing them deeper . ” ascertain as The Empire Strikes Back did this after the escapade of A New Hope , this take a leak quite a lot of sentiency .
5 ) There are still plenty of practical effects .
“ The amount of set we ’ve build for this moving-picture show has been extortionate , ” Johnson say . For example , they built lots of exterior solidification of ships inside on stages to get dynamical , more controlled , spaceship picture taking .
6 ) Rian Johnson was almost too much of a fan to direct the picture show .
Johnson grew up as a Star Wars sports fan and one of his earliest store is insure the film . So , when he stupefy on do with iconic eccentric like Luke Skywalker , the droids , Chewbacca , and Princess Leia , he was almost overcome with nostalgia . ” You have nostalgia but you have to get beyond it , ” he aver , to make “ a account that feels alive in good order now . ”
7 ) Here ’s who we know will cameo in Episode VII .
Rogue One music director Gareth Edwards is in Episode VIII as an undisclosed character , as all of the new Star Wars directors are having fun with each other ’s motion picture . Rian Johnson and his producer Ram Bergman are also in Rogue One as Death Star artilleryman . Meanwhile , Phil Lord and Chris Miller also endeavor to cameo in Rogue One , but had to leave the set before filming because Miller had an appointment .
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