Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens

[Enterprise is Great]

Look who's back: http://makingstarwars.net/2015/06/f...urning-friends-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens

And a couple more pics from the movie:
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/06/f...the-general-and-han-solo-piloting-the-falcon/

 

[cooleddie74]

I was about to post the exact same thing. My nerd skills are slipping. Anyways, it's great to see those guys back. It looks like they may have added small details to one of the characters' masks to make them look older.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

<=== Happy to see them back.

Spoiler: about that

My appreciation for Nien Nunb as only increased over the years. His presence on the Falcon talking in his alien language without subtitles really adds to the atmosphere of the space battle. What's really neat about the way they did that is that you get a pretty clear sense of what he's saying, just by listening to Lando's end of their conversations, yet Lando isn't just repeating what he said. That was really well done.

I'd like to see that running gag (or whatever) continue, where his speech is in an alien language but without subtitles.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Is Greg Grunberg the new Porkins?

 

[cooleddie74]

I had the same thought when I saw these photos.

 

[davejames]

Damn, I'm definitely getting a strong ESB vibe from that moody looking Falcon pic.

Freakin love it.

 

[Doctorwhovian]

Spoiler: picturs

Ackbar's outfit kind of looks like a mix between the ANH and ROTJ uniforms for the rebels, kind of like Leia's new look. I'm guessing the second pic with Phasma might be unfinished, it kind of has a rough and slightly compressed look to it. Kind of reminds me a bit of the live action cut scenes in the 90s Star Wars video games

 

[JD]

Look who's back: http://makingstarwars.net/2015/06/f...urning-friends-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens

And a couple more pics from the movie:
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/06/f...the-general-and-han-solo-piloting-the-falcon/

Are the first two pics definitely those characters? Couldn't they just be similar looking members of their races?

 

[cooleddie74]

Han Solo sitting at the controls of the Millennium Falcon. I'm glad I've lived long enough to once again see this image.

It's almost as if we were in 1983 all over again (I just wish I still had my hair and some other things I had at that age).

 

[Skywalker]

You could once again see that image any time you wanted just by watching one of the original movies.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I'm definitely with cooleddie74 on this one.. Never did I think I would see this image

 

[cooleddie74]

You could once again see that image any time you wanted just by watching one of the original movies.

STOP HARSHING MY NERD BUZZ, YO!

 

[marillion]

I had the same thought when I saw these photos.

Son of Porkins... Bacons....

The jokes over on AICN are getting merciless.

 

[cooleddie74]

Sausages.

"Pull up and eject - now! Trust us on this one, big guy!"

 

[davejames]

Minor point, but I'm glad to see his leather jacket actually appears more blue on screen, instead of the Indy brown it did on the Vanity Fair cover.

 

[Hound of UIster]

Is Greg Grunberg the new Porkins?

Perhaps the Ewoks can have him over for dinner.

 

[Iamnotspock]

<=== Happy to see them back.

Spoiler: about that

My appreciation for Nien Nunb as only increased over the years. His presence on the Falcon talking in his alien language without subtitles really adds to the atmosphere of the space battle. What's really neat about the way they did that is that you get a pretty clear sense of what he's saying, just by listening to Lando's end of their conversations, yet Lando isn't just repeating what he said. That was really well done.

I'd like to see that running gag (or whatever) continue, where his speech is in an alien language but without subtitles.

Spoiler: TFA

It's done really well with Artoo and Threepio too.

 

[DWF]

Is Greg Grunberg the new Porkins?

Perhaps the Ewoks can have him over for dinner.

Ewoks only eat hanburgers and their Wookie steak is alittle chewie.

 

[kirk55555]

Look who's back: http://makingstarwars.net/2015/06/f...urning-friends-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens

And a couple more pics from the movie:
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/06/f...the-general-and-han-solo-piloting-the-falcon/

The new pics in the second link are cool. The stuff in the first link is interesting, although I've never heard of the "infamous X-Wing pilot Gorwyn".

 

[Tulin]

Thanks - I thought I was the only one.

Is this some EU fanwank stuff?