Harrison Ford makes triumphant return to Comic-Con following plane crash
In one of the most anticipated events at this year’s Comic-Con, the trio took part in a Star Wars-themed panel also featuring Episode VII director J.J.
Although “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director J.J.
The “Star Wars” panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday brought together a handful of original cast members.
The Star Wars panel has just finished and we have the highlight recap for you all. It is not clear from the report whether this scene is from “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” or if it’s a spoiler from one of the prequel comics or novels from the franchise.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in theaters December 18th, 2015!
Gleeson, whose character’s name was revealed to be General Hux, didn’t hesitate to say that he was evil. Looking like a shriveled camel, the animatronic pack animal was being controlled by five people off stage, said Abrams.
However, he said his Star Wars trivia is distinctly lacking, adding: “I don’t remember what Han Solo was smuggling!” Abrams joked. “I’m not casting the movies that are coming up but if I was I would cast them as only Asian”. Stormtroopers led crowds through the streets to a waterfront stage for a sunset performance of some of the most famous pieces of music from the films – with the cast emerging again branding lightsabers to fight with lucky fans in the front rows. “I really just didn’t want to go to Tosche Station to pick up any power converters”, Hamill said.
Oh, and appearances from Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill didn’t hurt, either.
This was Harrison Ford’s first public appearance since the plane crash in March this year, when he force-landed his vintage aircraft shortly after takeoff because of a malfunction. In case you didn’t see the footage in person at Comic-Con, the featurette has now been officially released.
Gwendoline Christie fresh from the “Game of Thrones” panel.
Later in the session, Abrams was joined by stars John Boyega, Daisey Ridley and Oscar Isaacs (Simon Penn appeared in a short video).
“Kathleen Kennedy on fans “‘Star Wars’ is 100% dependent on the fans in this room and all over the world since 1976.
The character we saw in the Omaze UNICEF campaign is called Baba Joe, who was created using practical effects.