Star Wars Episode VII News: Week 2

Episode VII to be Shot on Film

     After the last post, Star Wars news began picking up speed. After the 2015 rumor, another cropped up about Episode VII shooting to start January 21, 2014, the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This would seem to further support the claim that the movie will be released December 2015, although Disney has yet to confirm this. In casting news, five faces to be watching: According to Latino Review, Alex Pettyfer and Rachel Hurd-Wood have auditioned for roles in Episode VII. Also, Film Chronicle reported that Benedict Cumberland, who played Khan in the new Star Trek movie, would like to be in Star Wars. However, less than a day later, his representative denied these rumors were true. The last casting announcement came from Jedi News, which states that Ksenia Solo (That's a real name) is expected to play Han Solo's daughter. Also, Liam McIntyre is expected to have a role in the movie. Also, Billy Dee Williams has started a campaign to bring back Lando Calrissian in the sequel.

     But this is the most important news of all, and it has been officially confirmed by Disney and Lucasfilm: Star Wars: Episode VII will be shot on film, specifically, Kodak film stock 5219. According to J.J. Abrams, it feels more real. This is very important as the last two prequels, heavily criticized as looking too sanitized, were shot on digital cameras. This means that J.J. Abrams is trying to bring the old feel of the original trilogy back to the franchise, and this is much appreciated by fans. This could mean a Star Wars focused on story and plot rather than amazing visual effects and digital environments, because it's difficult to CGI everything if you're shooting on film. Anyways, I'd much prefer lens flares to a computer generated fake looking movie.