Star Wars Episode VII News: Week 30

Spoiler Alert (Part 2)

     Above is the image of Warwick Davis. He was in Return of the Jedi, as Wicket the Ewok. He has been persistent with his "hints" to Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams about him reprising his role in Episode VII. Since he was not announced in the main casting in May, I'd assumed that the team had moved past shooting on the forest moon of Endor, home of the Ewoks. This is because the furry Ewoks have a complicated relationship with Star Wars. First appearing in 1983 for ROTJ, they soon spawned a spin off TV show and three direct-to TV movies. The movies were panned by critics and quickly faded into obscurity. After the prequels were released, many viewed ROTJ as the point when George Lucas started to slip, pandering to children with his cuddly Ewoks. They are considered the low point of the original Star Wars trilogy. Unfortunately, it seems that Warwick Davis has finally secured a role in Episode VII. In a video released on Star Wars' YouTube page, Davis yells at his mother, then gets a call from J.J. Abrams. The worst has been confirmed. There is, however, one saving grace to all of this. He was not a part of the original cast announcement, and may only appear as a cameo role. Perhaps he might not even be Wicket. Maybe he'll be something else. But he will not have a large role. It's not that I don't want him to be in the film; he's not a bad actor, it's just that I don't want the low point in the original trilogy to be the low point in the sequel trilogy.

     According to IGN, principle photography is three weeks from completion, leaving Warwick Davis little time for his small role. The completion of principle photography is really exciting, actually. Think about it: almost all of the raw footage that will become Episode VII is on a computer somewhere. Lucasfilm has come a long way in almost two years. The anniversary of the acquisition of Lucasfilm by Disney approaches on October 30th. By the three year mark the plot will be known, there will be trailers everywhere, and the rest of the Internet will board the hype train. That is, unless someone leaks all of that footage early...

     Speaking of leaks, a disturbing amount of concept art was leaked via ImageShack, seemingly confirming the huge mega spoiler alert story released by Making Star Wars, according to NukeTheFridge. Oh yeah,

SPOILER ALERT

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     The concept art looks exactly like the description given by MSW, down to the burned Darth Vader helmet and the crashed TIE fighters. It even shows a female protagonist being embraced by a masked figure, which was mentioned by MSW as Kira (Daisy Ridley) turning to the dark side, Luke Skywalker being the masked figure. Now I'm disappointed. It seems like more confirmation that this rumor is true. I really wanted this to b fake. There's still hope! But I doubt it. The greatest twist ever ruined by spoilers. Another casualty of the Internet, I suppose. I'm sorry for putting you through this. But if you're still here, you can look at all he pictures, I guess. (Sighs).