Now that Force Friday is behind us, and we’ve seen all sorts new Star Wars toys for people to buy it’s also time to get some more new information. We’ve learned a few things in the last several days, but now Empire has released a copy of their subscriber holographic sheen cover and it shows us something we haven’t seen, close up, yet: Luke’s robotic hand.
That’s obviously Daisy Ridley’s Rey handing Mark Hamill’s Luke his lightsaber, at what we can only assume is the beginning of the movie. It’s the first up-close shot we’ve seen of Luke’s robotic hand, and it looks pretty neat. There are tons of little details in there and it’s probably going to look really cool in motion. Empire says they have an eight page section on Star Wars: The Last Jedi that will no doubt have a bunch of new information. We’re a little over three months away from the release, so it’s time for that marketing to kick into high gear.
Summary: Having taken her first steps into a larger world in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Rey continues her epic journey with Finn, Poe and Luke Skywalker in the next chapter of the saga.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi, directed by Rian Johnson, stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Carrie Fisher, and Adam Driver. It will be released on December 15th.
Happy September, people! We’re entering my favorite time of the year: September, October and a wee bit of November — after that, I pretty much check out mentally for the holidays and run on auto-pilot fumes until around, say, January 3rd? Sounds about right.
But you didn’t come here to talk about something best left between me and a quality therapist; you’re here for our all-video edition of The Weekly Static, my adorably sincere attempt at comedy (fingers, toes, and every other available and crossable body part crossed) thinly disguised as look-back at the week that was in the land of television. The goal of The Weekly Static? Why, let me lay that out to you with my handy-dandy, simple three-point answer:
● To offer a blunt, honest perspective on a handful of random TV news posts from the past week that also highlights your relentless team of news-thirsty Bleeding Cool writers and the quality work they do.
● To spotlight a news item we might’ve missed that you might find interesting.
● To feed my ego with waves of praise, adulation, social media shares, pizza, Superman Funkos, and a plethora of Eisner Award nominations.
So before I drink up all the Hennessy ya got on ya shelf, I’m gonna introduce myself…by gettin’ started.
“The explosion of demand for high-end TV series and the emergence of deep-pocketed new buyers such as Netflix and Amazon has been an enormous windfall for marquee talent. Just ask Robert De Niro, or David Letterman, or Katy Perry.
Stars with brand names are more in demand than ever as dozens of competing outlets search for anything that will help a show stand out from the pack. The new business models that govern streaming services have also had the effect of raising upfront payments to top talent because traditional forms of generating a profit from a hit series — through international sales and off-network syndication — are no longer an option.”
