Fredd Gorham is a first-generation “Star Wars” fan who’s long kept the galaxy far, far away near, near to his heart.“When the first one came out, I was 12 years old, just the perfect age for it,” said the 53-year-old artist. “I’m now like 130 (‘Star Wars’) illustrations in, and I’m still having a great time drawing it.”Now Gorham — a Council Bluffs native who has lived in Omaha since the early ’90s — will put his own stamp on the “Star Wars” universe. Gorham was one of the official artists hired to illustrate a collection of sketch cards that will be placed in packs of Topps’ upcoming trading card series on “Solo: A Star Wars Story.”For the card series — which will be released in April, about a month before the film “Solo” hits theaters — Gorham drew a handful of characters and aliens from the movie, imagery that was depicted either in the trailer or … [Read more...] about Omaha artist lands work in Topps’ ‘Star Wars’ trading card series
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New Look At Alden Ehrenreich In ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Revealed
Solo: A Star Wars Story. With Solo: A Star Wars Story set to premiere this May, fans have been eagerly awaiting all the information about the movie they can get their hands on. Recently, Howard gave fans a new look at the titular character through Instagram, as can be seen below. Also read: Mark Hamill Offers His Ideas On The Best ‘Star Wars’ Viewing Order Also read: Mark Hamill & Rian Johnson Talk ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Criticism Ehrenreich can be seen as Solo piloting some kind of ship. While we have no other context about what this scene could be showing or how it fits into the movie, it seems as if Ehrenreich seems to be staying relatively faithful to the look of everyone’s favorite smuggler. Do you think Ehrenreich looks enough like Han, or should they have gone another direction? Leave your opinion down below! Directed by Ron Howard from a script written by Lawrence Kasdan and son Jon Kasdan, the film stars … [Read more...] about New Look At Alden Ehrenreich In ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Revealed
Carrie Fisher Slaps Oscar Isaac Multiple Times On ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Bloopers
Star Wars: The Last Jedi is now available to add to your personal movie collection, and fans now have an opportunity to delve deep into some of the film’s special features including deleted scenes and a feature-length documentary exploring the making of the film. Before you hit your nearest store to pick up your copy, you can check out some hilarious bloopers from the film that include Carrie Fisher (General Leia Organa) slapping Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) silly numerous times. One of the most interesting dynamics in the film is that between General Leia and Poe. Leia obviously sees him as someone who will eventually lead the entire Resistance in the near future and her initial frustrations are amplified in the beginning of the film after a recent mission brought many casualties. Here, we see that moment where she slaps Poe silly – only in the bloopers, we see this occurrence multiple times. You can see the bloopers by clicking here. Also read: Laura Dern Says Admiral … [Read more...] about Carrie Fisher Slaps Oscar Isaac Multiple Times On ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Bloopers
Why Making The Porgs Was Terrifying, According To Star Wars’ Neal Scanlan
59 seconds ago The Star Wars franchise is chock full of alien species that fans have fallen in love with over the years. Between the wookies and the tauntauns, there's no shortage of weird creatures to populate these bizarre worlds. Star Wars: The Last Jedi added to that collection of beasts with the introduction of the porgs, but it turns out that developing the aliens proved to be a daunting and stressful part of the film's development. Star Wars creature effects supervisor Neal Scanlan opened up in a recent interview and explained: Neal Scanlan has a point. The puffin-inspired porgs became one of the most talked about aspects of Star Wars: The Last Jedi prior to the film's debut last December. The reaction was generally warm, but before the film actually premiered, there was a constant conversation online about how they would influence the overall tone of the movie. That said, the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi came and went, and the opinion towards them appears to remain … [Read more...] about Why Making The Porgs Was Terrifying, According To Star Wars’ Neal Scanlan
‘Star Wars’ Movie Franchise Headed to Digital HD
It's hard to believe that in this day and age, Star Wars is not available digitally. But that will change by the end of this week. After months of negotiations, the Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox, the studio which released the original six movies, Monday unveiled a digital deal for the classic Star Wars movie collection. While Fox holds rights to the physical distribution of all six movies, Disney has the digital distribution rights to all of them except Episode IV, the original film in the series. The availability of the digital downloads were jointly announced by Disney, Lucasfilm and Fox. All six epic films in the Star Wars saga so far will be available on Digital HD, starting Friday, April 10. The move comes ahead of the December release of J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens. "It’s only fitting that audiences enjoy this legendary saga and its many fascinating behind-the-scenes stories on a wide variety of platforms, and we’re very … [Read more...] about ‘Star Wars’ Movie Franchise Headed to Digital HD