D23 Expo and Converage

What I'm most excited about is the upcoming Star Wars theme park in Disneyland and Disney World! I've never been to either but visiting a place this amazing is definitely #goals.

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/star-wars-land/gallery/14jul2017-star-wars-land-model-in-detail.htm

As the theme park is apparently more focused on the future films than past ones, I'm curious if the planet is actually from TLJ, IX or the Solo film. It has some elements of both Jedha and Canto Bight, in addition to Tatooine and Naboo; but perhaps those are just repeating motifs in the new SW aesthetic.

Seeing this FO uniform made me raise my eyebrows slightly:

http://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/star-wars-land/gallery/14jul2017-star-wars-land-model-in-detail/30566.htm

Seems like the Nazi influence is getting even more heavy-handed, because now the uniform even comes with an armband and the collar insignia of the SS! Assuming this uniform is from TLJ. I'm pretty sure I haven't seen the collar insignia before.

Here's in the schedule. Since all times are in PDT, here's timezone converter for your convenience:

http://www.thetimezoneconverter.com/

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OK Golden Girls tribute?! Like I had no idea that Disney had some kind of ownership over Golden Girls, but who cares about Star Wars and Pixar theme park, give us a GG one!

I'm so nervous. I want them to release footage but dreading it has nothing that interests us. Or that they don't release shown footage that has something that interests us but we get some really WTF dexcriptons and interpretations and conflicting reports about what was seen/said.

vaderito wrote:I'm so nervous. I want them to release footage but dreading it has nothing that interests us. Or that they don't release shown footage that has something that interests us but we get some really WTF dexcriptons and interpretations and conflicting reports about what was seen/said.

@vaderito

I don't disagree with you. Still, I'd much rather have little or no info on the stuff that actually interests us than some stupid gate to come out of this. I'm bracing myself for a sith storm, just in case...

Because I know this is just what @vaderito wanted to hear about (J/K), Bob Iger was praising Mark Hamill's TLJ performance in the Disney Legend's panel:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/carrie-fisher-stan-lee-honored-emotional-disney-legends-ceremony-1021075

Iger then introduced Hamill, saying his performance in Last Jedi is “worth the wait” and his “best performance to date.”

ISeeAnIsland wrote:Because I know this is just what @vaderito wanted to hear about (J/K), Bob Iger was praising Mark Hamill's TLJ performance in the Disney Legend's panel:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/carrie-fisher-stan-lee-honored-emotional-disney-legends-ceremony-1021075

Iger then introduced Hamill, saying his performance in Last Jedi is “worth the wait” and his “best performance to date.”

@ISeeAnIsland

Yeah, bodes so well for BTS.

When would they show the BTS and was it confirmed that they would at all? I don't see room for it on the schedule but I'm not familiar with this event.

Millicent the Cat wrote:When would they show the BTS and was it confirmed that they would at all? I don't see room for it on the schedule but I'm not familiar with this event.

@Millicent the Cat

I guess it would be during the panel of the Disney action movies tomorrow.

@Darth_Awakened

I didn't even see that! Yes, I think that makes sense.

Wasn't there supposed to be a TLJ panel, or did I dream that?

Darth Dingbat wrote:Wasn't there supposed to be a TLJ panel, or did I dream that?

@Darth Dingbat

No specific TLJ panel, but Rian Johnson is there, and there's a Disney Live Action movie panel, so it's a safe bet that TLJ will at least be touched upon there.

ISeeAnIsland wrote:

Darth Dingbat wrote:Wasn't there supposed to be a TLJ panel, or did I dream that?

@Darth Dingbat

No specific TLJ panel, but Rian Johnson is there, and there's a Disney Live Action movie panel, so it's a safe bet that TLJ will at least be touched upon there.

@ISeeAnIsland

But I heard rumors there will be surprise guests, so here´s hoping at least Daisy is there. But who knows, maybe one of the surprise guests is Adam! How awesome would it be to have him there for a bit, but yeah, probably wishful thinking. Sigh..

Millicent the Cat wrote:When would they show the BTS and was it confirmed that they would at all? I don't see room for it on the schedule but I'm not familiar with this event.

@Millicent the Cat

According to Mike Zeroh, it will be shown on Saturday, July 15th at 10 am Pacific Time and then it will be uploaded online.  He also said that in addition to the BTS reel there will be something extra shown to the people attending D23.  I don't know where he heard this all of this information so I don't know how accurate any of it is.

He starts to talk about it at the 0:55 mark.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEycO8T2I7E

Kyla Ren wrote:

Millicent the Cat wrote:When would they show the BTS and was it confirmed that they would at all? I don't see room for it on the schedule but I'm not familiar with this event.

@Millicent the Cat

According to Mike Zeroh, it will be shown on Saturday, July 15th at 10 am Pacific Time and then it will be uploaded online.  He also said that in addition to the BTS reel there will be something extra shown to the people attending D23.  I don't know where he heard this all of this information so I don't know how accurate any of it is.

He starts to talk about it at the 0:55 mark.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEycO8T2I7E

@Kyla Ren

For what it's worth, I hope he's right about the BTS reel.

Daisy, Gwendoline and John are there:

https://twitter.com/daisyridreynews/status/886272137371234304

That's Gwendoline, isn't it?

EchoBase wrote:Daisy, Gwendoline and John are there:

https://twitter.com/daisyridreynews/status/886272137371234304

That's Gwendoline, isn't it?

@EchoBase

Yep. That's Gwen.
So, Daisy, John and Gwen.

Reposting the link from the spoilers thread to site with the live updates:

http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/867409-d23-live-action-movies

EchoBase wrote:Daisy, Gwendoline and John are there:

https://twitter.com/daisyridreynews/status/886272137371234304

That's Gwendoline, isn't it?

@EchoBase

Looks very much like Gwen

I was hoping for Adam to be there too today, but alas no..
I just think having Adam there for once, would bring much more excitement and buzz to the movie. Wasted opportunity if you ask me.

The just showed the the teaser for Wrinkle in Time on the live update site. I hope whatever is in tow for TLJ would be the same case!

I'm also sick of them hiding Adam. It'd be like Anakin not showing up to anything. Kylo is the Skywalker. Friggin show him off and be proud of your casting choice.

Glad the live blog posted the WIT trailer. It looks cool! That makes me hopeful that whatever they end up showing for TLJ, we'll at least get to see it.

Xylo Ren wrote:I'm also sick of them hiding Adam. It'd be like Anakin not showing up to anything. Kylo is the Skywalker. Friggin show him off and be proud of your casting choice.

Glad the live blog posted the WIT trailer. It looks cool! That makes me hopeful that whatever they end up showing for TLJ, we'll at least get to see it.

@Xylo Ren

Right? This is the last big event until the December promo. It would have been great opportunity to have Adam there. What a shame.

tukicarreno wrote:

Xylo Ren wrote:I'm also sick of them hiding Adam. It'd be like Anakin not showing up to anything. Kylo is the Skywalker. Friggin show him off and be proud of your casting choice.

Glad the live blog posted the WIT trailer. It looks cool! That makes me hopeful that whatever they end up showing for TLJ, we'll at least get to see it.

@Xylo Ren

Right? This is the last big event until the December promo. It would have been great opportunity to have Adam there. What a shame.

@tukicarreno

Adam was last spotted in New York last night seeing Oscar Isaac in Hamlet https://twitter.com/nataliefisher/status/886100241195425792