RUMOR General Star Wars: The Force Awakens News & Rumors Thread

Couple more databank entries:

http://www.starwars.com/databank/me-8d9 (Mentions Takodana)
http://www.starwars.com/databank/starkiller-base (Super weapon confirmed)

EDIT: This reddit thread is tracking all of them as they are discovered:

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWarsLeaks/comments/3jn6d0/databank_entry_links/

EDIT #2: Some of these have photos, some don't... smells like preparation for something big and imminent that's going to visually reveal all these things... like... maybe.... a trailer?

 

Holy cow... destroy Star Systems?

But at the same time... the death star basically did the same thing, at least in the way that it mattered (blowing up the planet in that star system that everyone lives on)

blast's gettin' real boys... though it was sorta mean for starwars.com to not include images right away! Coming soon could be like 8 years.

 

Supreme Leader Snoke is the woman with spider fingers who grasps at threads in the air constantly that only she could see.

 

Comes across like a new take on the Sun Crusher from the EU/Legends. Instead of a ship, a planet-based weapon.

https://thecantina.starwars7news.co...s-news-rumors-thread.153/page-303#post-108012

 

Shame Shame Shame SW.com...TYPO:

ME-8D9
Known as Emmie by the unallied scoundrels on Takodana, ME-8D6 is a protocol droid that is often called upon to translate less-than-legal deals.

...potato, potahto, 9, 6, etc...LOL

 

Because Force Friday was about the toys... they did an 18 hour broadcast around the world to reveal them. There is no experience like seeing someone hold them, pick them up, touch them, play with them... it was a media event

 

I wonder if we are going to see the FO super-weapon destroy an actual solar system (in the way the Death Star was tested out on Alderaan) or the only representation of it's power is on Maz's 'castle'. A destruction of a solar system would provide for some serious eye candy in the movie.

 

Yes, sir. he was right about a couple things for D23 too, but just differently than I had expected.

 

I always liked that theory of having the weapon in the planet. It presents this impossible choice for the Rebelsof having to destroy the planet. I think it's ironic and goes with the moral decisions theme that george Lucas wanted. Dont think they will be going in that direction, though. It seems like they will simply blow up the base.

 

Well, one thing he didn't get right was a trailer. He originally said that we would get a trailer at D23 and that D23 would be bigger than SDCC in terms of hype materials. This was pre SDCC though and backed off of this pretty soon after.
He said we would get a Luke reveal. We did, but through a leaked image on this site and not an official channel. So that one would be considered wrong even though it still happened.
I originally was told that at D23 we would get some more info on characters and a few reveals. We didn't get this at D23, but we got it in an EW article released a day before D23. Nothing revolutionary, but we did get more info. So since that was during the week of D23 I think we can count that.
I was told was told that we would learn more about Rey and that they would push the girl power angle. We haven't really seen this yet, but I've heard that this is coming still.

 

can you vouch for him? sounds like he/she's just tossing darts at a board at obvious things that will eventually happen. just curious because i remember you mentioning this person as someone who said the SDCC concert almost didn't happen because of permits or something. I thought that was odd because there are concerts and events every year at comic con where they held it. I attend CC every year and have gone to functions there.

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Hey Guys, at this point is it pretty safe to assume MUZZLEWUMP was pretty spot on and telling the truth? Pretty every single one of his/her points has almost been confirmed. The casting stuff was obvi in flux, but the big points he/she mentioned seem to have panned out.

 

I've known the guy for a while. We worked in the same post house a couple of years ago. Doubt he is throwing darts. He has told me a lot that has come out to be true that I have not said on the board. He has been wrong on a few things too.

 

Thanks. Appreciate the post.

 

I really don't think the Starkiller is being used to destroy Maz Kanata's castle... that's just overkill.
A Star Destroyer in orbit, or a group ot TIE Bombers are probably more likely.


And I'm a bit skeptical of these costume sites descriptions...

 

I thought as much. So it's probably best to not pay them any attention.


Now the databank entry on ME-8D9/6 mentions "unallied scoundrels on Takodana." This sounds to me that they've basically confirmed that Maz Kanata is on Takodana... unless there's another planet we haven't heard of which is lawless and full of criminals and scoundrels.
The entry on Starkiller base is also interesting in that it says it is "an ice planet converted into a stronghold of the First Order", not that it was simply built on one. It sounds like they may actually refer to the planet as "Starkiller."


Also. Why haven't we heard a talking Rey figure? Or gotten more lines from the Phasma and Stormtrooper toys?

 

Yeah where is the Rey version of the speaking action figure? People have to have bought her....

 

Who makes them? Hasbro? Like they give a blast about women. You wouldn't see women in movies anymore if it was left up to them.