When I was contacted to work on the film by Jason McGatlin, it was on her recommendation.” I mentioned that the R2-D2 Builders in the UK were available if required, as a semi-joke. “She posed for pictures with us, looked at all the droids we’d built and was very complimentary. “It all started when Kathleen Kennedy toured the R2-D2 Builders area at Celebration Europe this past summer in Germany,” says Steeples, who finished his first R2-D2 in 2007, after 10 years of collecting parts and researching. They didn’t apply for their jobs, but still had what is probably the best reference one could hope for. They create fully functioning, film-accurate astromech droids like the R2-D2 seen in the photo, and they’re officially part of the creature effects team for Star Wars: Episode VII. Meet Lee Towersey and Oliver Steeples, Star Wars fans and members of the worldwide R2-D2 Builders Club. But who are the two men standing behind Artoo, looking very protective of the “overweight glob of grease”? Abrams, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, and a certain blue and white astromech droid - who can now confirm will indeed be in the film. Sam was also noted as being a "marine expert," which seems to be an odd choice for a galaxy far, far away.The first behind-the-scenes photo from Star Wars: Episode VII hit Twitter last Thursday, featuring director J.J. Sam would also take after his father as a smuggler and scoundrel. Sam's role in the film, besides heir apparent to captain the Millennium Falcon, is lesser known. This schism apparently extended throughout the entire Solo family, as Han and Leia would also be separated, similar to their situation in the beginning of The Force Awakens. A scavenger and outcast, apparently even from her own family, Kira would be living on her own at the beginning of the film, surviving off the land and developing her strength in the Force. While the son, Sam, would take after his father as a gunfighter and pilot, their daughter, Kira, would be very Rey-like. Given the son's likeness to Han in the concept art, it appears that they are his and Leia's children. Official treatments from Lucas name the main characters as the grandchildren of Anakin Skywalker. One similarity between Lucas and Disney's sequel trilogies is the focus on the next generation. This Lucas sequel trilogy would also center around the Skywalker/Solo family and their quest to rebuild the Jedi Order and defend the New Republic. Before he sold Lucasfilm to Disney, Lucas was beginning treatments for the next installment in the Skywalker saga, successfully recruiting Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher to reprise their rolls. Only recently with properties like the Marvel Cinematic Universe have studios come close to what Lucas was aiming for back in 1976. Lucas' simple reply was "2011." Lucas' level of creativity and foresight when it comes to the Star Wars universe is virtually unparalleled in cinema. Lucas told him "you'll be like Obi-Wan, handing the lightsaber down to the next new hope." Hamill's follow up question was when Lucas expected to be shooting Episode VII.
When Lucas asked about reprising his roll in Episode VII, Hamill obviously wanted to know what that would entail. Lucas told him then that he was planning on doing a grand total of four separate trilogies in the Star Wars universe. According to Mark Hamill, the first time that he and George Lucas talked about Star Wars: Episode VII was in 1976, while shooting Star Wars in the Tunisian desert.
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