The Star Wars Propaganda Campaign
This week was a mercifully slow week, giving me time to recover from whatever happened last week (We'll leave it at that). This week still has some interesting things happen, and some exciting information on how the production is going. To begin, Oscar Isaac just finished his last day of shooting principle photography on Episode VII. According to HitFix, the rest of the cast still has another few weeks before production wraps up. But the Oscar Isaac's early departure is cause for speculation. This could mean that Oscar Isaac is just a really fast actor. I don't know how that would work, but there's that. But a more likely possibility is that he simply had fewer scenes. This means he has a smaller role than the other cast. So, one by one, the pieces are falling together This also helps counteract the spoilers from last week that I probably shouldn't dwell on. Moving on.
In other news, Mark Hamill met up with Carrie Fisher in Los Angeles for dinner. According to Yahoo!, it's for a charity event called Midnight Mission. Taking a break from filming, the two Hamill's beard has been growing to Obi Wan proportions, and is a strong sign that spoilers have no basis in fact (usually). Moving on.
John Williams has been the center of the Star Wars soundtrack for nearly 40 years, and it looks like his work on Episode VII will begin in full swing in a couple weeks. Making Star Wars (You remember these guys) has reported that John Williams had revealed that he will begin conducting the new score for Episode VII. Now, no doubt this will include the classic "Star Wars" theme that everyone, regardless or not of ever seeing Star Wars, has heard. But what new compositions does Williams have up his sleeve? Each Star Wars movie has its own music that sets its tone. To know the kind of music Williams chose would also be to know the tone of the movie. So I guess we'll have to wait until the music leaks online the film is released.
Last week, like I said, was a confusing and potentially spoiler heavy week. Maybe due to this reason, signs have been hung around the Episode VII set reflecting a humorous but ominous tone. The photo above was taken by Frank Marshall, who was in Pinewood Studios during shooting. The poster features an imperial officer with blueprints being killed by Darth Vader. The words accompanying this image are:
LOOSE LIPS
BRING DOWN STARSHIPS
Presumably by crushing his face. This is an obvious reference to America's World War II "Loose Lips Might Sink Ships" posters, and it seems funny at first, but then you stop to consider what would happen to someone if they talked, or took a photo in the wrong place. I shudder to think about the horrors that might await those who squeal. Disney will stop at nothing to be on top, and if someone jeopardizes that, there'll be hell top pay. I wonder what would happen to Making Star Wars' anonymous source who "leaked" the spoilers if Lucasfilm discovered them. They would not be in a comfortable position, to say the least. Maybe they deserve it. Who knows.
"Help me."
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