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The spoiler mills must have been able to contact their sources directly at San Diego Comic-Con, because there’s been a lot of noise in the Star Wars universe this week over The Force Awakens!
Non-spoiler-y
The newly-released excerpt from the beginning of Aftermath (EW)
Interview with production designer Darren Gilford about the practical effects, and how the art drove the story at one point (IndieWire)
Spoiler-y:
Leaked Star Wars: Uprising video game images may reveal part of why Threepio has a red arm in The Force Awakens (Kar Vastor, via Jedi News UK)
List of LEGO playsets to come, with three character reveals (The Force.net)
Leaked LEGO box images of two ships and their mini-figures, with pics two new characters as mini-figs (Mint in Box)
How LEGO character reveals fit into the movie (Making Star Wars)
Summary of the 30 years between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens (Making Star Wars)
Han Solo’s “canon backstory” in The Force Awakens (Making Star Wars)
Details on another X-wing pilot (Making Star Wars)
Trivia Time!
Test your knowledge of the Star Wars universe!Yesterday’s answer: Generals Tagge and Veers (Empire), and Generals Kenobi, Dodonna, Rieekan, Madine, Solo, and Calrissian (Rebels). Know any more OT generals in the new canon? Name ’em in the comments!
Today’s question: Who announced over an intercomm, “The Empire has taken control of the city, I advise everyone to leave”?