Could the original Star Wars cuts be heading to Blu-ray?
Since winning the Academy Award for best Supporting Actress for her role as Patsey in Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave, the 32-year-old actress was hired by J.J. Abrams to play Maz Kanata, a mysterious motion-captured alien in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Landis asked. “So, Disney, they’re like, money on the floor”. While constructing the iconic laser swords for the first Star Wars, the prop department used antique camera flash battery packs for the handle and other old camera parts.
Actor Mark Hamill was recently rumored to have a near-death experience while filming “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” in Ireland. Of course, Disney can start showing Star Wars in Cinemas in Latin America, it can start selling its DVDs, or sell downloads via services such as Apple iTunes.
Possibly one of the biggest rumors going around is that Han Solo will meet his death in the “Force Awakens“.
You don’t have to miss out anymore, thanks to Star Wars: Aftermath, the first novel of a new trilogy that ties the original movies to the upcoming film while filling in the blanks. A touchscreen joystick moves the little robot in the direction you want him to go, while other touchscreen buttons let you boost his speed temporarily and drive him in reverse.
So it’s hardly a confirmation that Disney will definitely put out a Blu-Ray theatrical version of the films, especially with the home distribution rights to the original three films being owned by 20th Century Fox until 2020.
One can only imagine Obi Wan sitting down with a bowl of Star Wars cereal, Chewy tucking in to his favourite spiced latte-infused java and, of course, Yoda chomping down on a Darth Vader cake.
As the kid’s visions unfold before us we see the Millennium Falcon committing a daring rescue, asteroids crashing into a city and an X-wing defeating a giant dinosaur. Sure, it’s great news, but just how possible is it at this point in time? It could even be, according to the Guardian, the first US billion dollar movie. Although neither Netflix nor Disney have confirmed the news, the WSJ source is solid and investors are likely to send the share price of Netflix up on the news.