Conan O’Brien Settles Who Shot First In “Star Wars”
When I am not losing sleep over researching Luke Skywalker theories, or spending money I do not have on my premiere costume, my days are occupied playing the newly released “Star Wars” Battlefront video game.
Instead, he sent an email to Robert’s agent asking: “Hi, I’m John”.
The 23-year-old said he was zooming around in his motor when an unknown number called his phone, and when he answered the called identified himself only as ‘Robert’.
It also has inspired an endless and occasionally incongruous list of “Star Wars” merchandise, including a toaster shaped like Darth Vader’s helmet that will char the “Star Wars” logo onto your bread.
For die-hard fans who know the franchise backwards and forwards, you may notice one tiny difference between the Falcon shown in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the ship from Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi.
“It’s Robert”, the voice said. Since the actor is an avid pilot in real life, this detail apparently bothered him, and the production team vowed to get it right this time.
According to jolly John, they have developed a friendship that’s since resulted in more hours-long chats, hang-outs, and even a chicken and waffles date.
Whether it’s Downey’s influence or not, Boyega has been weathering the attention with expert grace – even the ugly stuff.
John also spoke out about racist criticism of his casting in the film, which started when he was featured in the first teaser trailer – and #blackstormtrooper started trending on Twitter. And it wouldn’t be the last time racism would seep through the generally positive enthusiasm for the film, either. The new ticket sales update overtakes the previous sales record amounting to 284,850 tickets which were held by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 way back in 2010. To many Americans, Star Wars has been their life and they have grown up with the movies. He’s planning to be in NY on December 18 when it finally hits theaters.
The English star said: ‘I will be everywhere, and I don’t mean on the posters. “I didn’t know I was going to be as relieved as I was”.