New Star Wars film announced

[DexterPunk]

Loved that shot of the wrecked star destroyer in the sand.

And woohoo! It's so cool seeing Han and Chewie!

[Exar Kun]

YES!

[Shonky]

And woohoo! It's so cool seeing Han and Chewie!

THIS!!!

[Exar Kun]

Also announced at Star Wars Celebration was that the first spin off movie would be centered around the group of rebels who steal the plans for the first death star (so in between RotS and ANH). Sounds like an excellent idea and I'm really looking forward to seeing a Star Wars movie that's not about Jedi.

[w00dsy]

I'd like to see an American pickers style movie where the Jawas go around in their sand crawler buying and selling droids.

[Exar Kun]

I saw Star Wars Burlesque - The Empire Strips Back on the weekend and the jawas in that did some interesting things to a curvaceous C3PO.

[Vilante]

How exciting is it to see real models being used instead of CGI? This is the first movie in ages I'm genuinely excited for this far out

[Duke]

How exciting is it to see real models being used instead of CGI? This is the first movie in ages I'm genuinely excited for this far out

Yep looks awesome, so much better than the crap that was Ep 1-3. The other flick I'm genuinely excited for is the new Mad Max "Fury Road".

[richo]

Fury Road looks horrible from the trailers so far and the CGI looked liken poo . Hopefully that's not the case with the actual movie.

[DexterPunk]

I didn't think much of the new Jurassic park either

[DexterPunk]

[Nigel]

The force is strong with this one

[DarrenM]

Steam and GoG have Star Wars sales atm

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/star_wars_may_4_2015

http://www.gog.com/news/star_wars_day_on_gogcom

[DarrenM]

[DexterPunk]

[Big Kev]

A Star Wars spin-off film will tell the back story of space smuggler Han Solo, Disney has announced.

The new movie is to be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, the men behind the hugely successful Lego movie.

The charismatic criminal turned Rebellion hero returns in Star Wars' next instalment: The Force Awakens this Christmas.

Actor Harrison Ford last played Solo in 1983's Return of the Jedi.

No details or casting have been yet been announced but the Hollywood Reporter said the script would be written by father and son team Lawrence and Jon Kasdan.

The senior Kasdan co-wrote The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, the latter with director JJ Abrams.

There was a huge excitement in the fan community earlier this year when an extended trailer for the new film featured a brief appearance of Solo and his Millennium Falcon co-pilot Chewbacca, appearing to be on the deck of his famous spaceship, uttering the words, "Chewie, we're home..."

The untitled Han Solo project is scheduled to be released on 25 May 2018.

It follows the first stand-alone Star Wars anthology film Rogue One, which is due next year.

[r8response]

[hutchy]

Awesome!

[norbs]

The Force Awakens? Porn parody far off?

[richo]

Can I get a hearty FUCK YEAH! ?

[w00dsy]

so much goodness in that, and yet it raises as many questions as it answers.

[Vilante]

Who else already has tickets booked? The wife was onto it the moment they were released

[Cursed]

The story doesn't degrade with age. I can wait until it's been out a month.

[Crowella]

Who else already has tickets booked? The wife was onto it the moment they were released

Got tickets to the opening session at the IMAX in Sydney.

[hutchy]

Loving the new toys got to get this for my office!