J.J. Abrams is the type of director who gives with one hand and takes with the other. While I am not at liberty to discuss heavily about the mess and goodness that is the Star Trek Universe and it’s femininity and race problems, it seems with his newly appointed stance as the pilot of Star Wars Episode VII, he has ticked all the right boxes. While happily including the original cast of Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher, he has also cast upcoming actors and actresses such as Lupita N’yongo, Oscar Issacs, Domhall Gleeson and Adam Driver. This eclectic bunch has just received a few new members, expanding the various talents on board.
Relatively unknown actors have been pooled in; Pip Anderson and Crystal Clarke, will now join the galaxy far far away. Anderson is a parkour expert so one sincerely hopes there will be lots of base jumping off Death Stars and muscly fight scenes that feel more like break dancing. As with Clarke, studying in Glasgow, she has starred in The Moon and the Sun and Woman In Gold, proving that her track record before hand was evocative and good.
What does this mean for the Star Wars universe? It means that conventions are well and truly out. And that is a glorious thing. Not only is Leila no longer a solitary woman in a vast and expansive universe, but there is much more of diverse race. The authenticity is spitting right in the eye of a whitewashed old man Hollywood and it is simply glorious to watch. The confidence here is that, alongside new masters Disney, Abrams will raise the franchise like a beacon of hope. A new hope, right?
During August, there will be a two week delay as Harrison Ford recovers from his injury. December 6th 2015 is still the release date though as Ford hobbles on.
Relatively unknown actors have been pooled in; Pip Anderson and Crystal Clarke, will now join the galaxy far far away. Anderson is a parkour expert so one sincerely hopes there will be lots of base jumping off Death Stars and muscly fight scenes that feel more like break dancing. As with Clarke, studying in Glasgow, she has starred in The Moon and the Sun and Woman In Gold, proving that her track record before hand was evocative and good.
What does this mean for the Star Wars universe? It means that conventions are well and truly out. And that is a glorious thing. Not only is Leila no longer a solitary woman in a vast and expansive universe, but there is much more of diverse race. The authenticity is spitting right in the eye of a whitewashed old man Hollywood and it is simply glorious to watch. The confidence here is that, alongside new masters Disney, Abrams will raise the franchise like a beacon of hope. A new hope, right?
During August, there will be a two week delay as Harrison Ford recovers from his injury. December 6th 2015 is still the release date though as Ford hobbles on.
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