Star Wars Celebration Orlando news, a bit from the Han Solo film, a Rogue One alternate ending, plenty of Doctor Who pics and a Mystery Science Theater 3000 trailer! And don’t forget the Star Wars Rebels season finale coming up!
More SWCO guests announced this week! Plus information on Rogue One alternate endings, lots of pictures from Season 10 of Doctor Who, the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 has a trailer, and a bit of info from the Han Solo standalone film!
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Star Wars Celebration Orlando
Two new guests have been confirmed for Celebration: none other than the husband/wife team of Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar! The two have appeared on Star Wars Rebels–Freddie is of course one of the lead characters on the show, Kanan Jarrus. Gellar appeared as the Seventh Sister, a villain from the show’s second season. They will both be signing autographs in the Autograph Hall in Orlando. Star Wars Celebration Orlando is next month, April 13-16.
Han Solo
This week Woody Harrelson appeared on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and gave a tiny tidbit of his role in the upcoming Han Solo standalone film! Harrelson said he plays a “criminal and mentor to Han” and his name is Beckett. Check out the interview here. The untitled film is set for release May 25, 2018.
Rogue One
Recently Gary Whitta (Rogue One‘s first writer) revealed an alternate ending for the film, one where Jyn and Cassian survive. This week John Knoll, Cheif Creative Officer and Senior Visual Effects Supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic, said there were several different endings to Rogue One. He was the man who first proposed the idea of making a movie about stealing the Death Star plans. One version involves Jyn and Cassian fleeing to Coruscant, managing to get the plans to Leia, but sill dying in an escape attempt. The second alternate ending has Cassian as a double agent, who realizes the evil of the Empire and changes allegiances to the Rebellion. He attempts to save his crew with a Carbon Freeze bomb. Yep, that’s right–a Carbon Freeze BOMB. Read the about the endings here.
Doctor Who Season 10
This week the BBC released 20 new publicity images for the upcoming Season 10 of Doctor Who. Check out all the photos here. Season 10 looks to be pretty awesome! It premieres April 15.
Mystery Science Theater 3000
This trailer is great! The Mystery Science Theater 3000 reboot arrives on Netflix next month, and it seems to hold on to the same cheesiness of the original. The series will star Jonah Ray, Hampton Young, and Baron Vaughn in the seats. It also stars Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt. The show arrives on Netfilx April 14. As Crow T. Robot says–What do you, the viewers at home, think?
Star Wars Rebels
The upcoming season finale of Rebels looks amazing already! The finale is going to be a two-parter, titled “Zero Hour”. Grand Admiral Thrawn is back in action, this time locating the rebel base. And bringing plenty of Star Destroyers with him. This will be a space battle for the ages! Plus, lightsabers–IN SPACE! This finale cannot come soon enough. Tune in Saturday March 25 on Disney XD.
Courtney Martin is a graduate of Indiana University and works in publishing. She’s an avid Star Wars fan and wrote the recipe blog Courtney Cooks Star Wars on suvudu.com. When not enveloped a science fiction or fantasy novel, she is watching television with her husband and son, doing crossword puzzles, or playing with her Shih Tzu, Burt.