- STAR WARS EPISODE 7
Well it would seem that a week cannot go by without
reporting a story that relates to Star Wars.
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| Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher |
Recently we heard whispers that Harrison Ford had signed on
to return as Han Solo in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VII. However Mark
Hamill revealed that he, along with certain members of the original cast, have
been talking to Lucasfilm about returning to the franchise and that they havent
signed any contracts as yet.
"They're talking to us," he said in an interview
with Entertainment Tonight. "George [Lucas] wanted to know whether we'd be
interested. He did say that if we didn't want to do it, they wouldn't cast
another actor in our parts – they would write us out. … I can tell you right
away that we haven't signed any contracts. We're in the stage where they want
us to go in and meet with Michael Arndt, who is the writer, and Kathleen
Kennedy, who is going to run Lucasfilm. Both have had meetings set that were
postponed -- on their end, not mine. They're more busy than I am."
Hamill claims he doesn’t know what the story will be about,
but when speaking about the films tone, its quite clear that he does know a
little more then he would have you believe.
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| Harrison Ford |
"I'm assuming, because I haven't talked to the writers,
that these movies would be about our offspring -- like my character would be sort
of in the Obi-Wan range [as] an influential character. … When I found out
[while making the original trilogy] that ultimate good news/bad news joke – the
good news is there's a real attractive, hot girl in the universe; the bad news
is she's your sister – I thought, 'Well, I'm going to wind up like Sir Alec
[Guinness]. I'm going to be a lonely old hermit living out in some kind of
desert igloo with a couple of robots.'"
Pertaining to the Harrison Ford rumours he went on to say
that he feels everyone should return and not just one actor.
"Another thing I'd want to make sure of is are we going
to have the whole gang back? Is Carrie and Harrison and Billy Dee and Tony
Daniels, everybody that's around from the original [returning]? I want to make
sure that everybody's on board here, rather than just one."
Hamill also mentioned the direction he thought the film
should go in terms of tone and its special effects use.
"I said to
George that I wanted to go back to the way it was, in the sense that ours was much
more carefree and lighthearted and humorous – in my opinion, anyway....hope
they find the right balance of CGI with practical effects. I love props, I love
models, miniatures, matte paintings -- I'm sort of old school. I think if you
go too far in the direction of CGI it winds up looking like just a giant a
video game, and that's unfortunate. … If they listen to me at all, it'll be,
'Lighten up and go retro with the way it looks.'"
Star Wars: Episode VII is scheduled to hit theaters in 2015.
J.J. Abrams will direct the film from a script by Michael Arndt. Disney and
Lucasfilm are planning a new trilogy with a new movie coming every other year.
PS. Heres a little interview with Josh Gad who “auditions”
for a role in Star Wars.
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