The Star Wars News Roundup for January 1, 2016

Star Wars news for the week of January 1, 2016

The purpose of this roundup is to put all the Star Wars news from the last week in one location. If you read this each week, you should be able to converse fluently with any Star Wars fan on everything from the latest Star Wars developments to the latest toys. And maybe you’ll even share with them something that they might have missed.

Let’s get to it!

The Force Awakens News and Rumors

#StarWars: #TheForceAwakens surpasses $1 billion in record time! https://t.co/uHf1ZMEc8i pic.twitter.com/ioXwnmZkkm

— ComingSoon.net (@comingsoonnet) December 27, 2015

#StarWars: #TheForceAwakens passes $600 million domestically in record time https://t.co/ET9Ap0k54p pic.twitter.com/vcRKvmwd5b

— ComingSoon.net (@comingsoonnet) December 30, 2015

How ‘Star Wars’ Compares To History’s Biggest Films, Adjusted For Inflation https://t.co/uTfzkGvdUs

— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) December 30, 2015

#StarWars: #TheForceAwakens passes #Frozen to become the #8 movie of all-time https://t.co/1pfzLwOJvG pic.twitter.com/DMntAAXcjR

— ComingSoon.net (@comingsoonnet) December 31, 2015

#StarWars: #TheForceAwakens is now the highest-grossing film in Disney history! https://t.co/xL5TGQHcbD pic.twitter.com/vuhD4rO7wE

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 31, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Blu-Ray Coming April 5th! #StarWars #TheForceAwakens https://t.co/y4T5h9mG3o pic.twitter.com/WPVI5Z2BJN

— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) December 27, 2015

How ‘Force Awakens’ Changed During Development: Jedi Killers, Force Ghosts and The … https://t.co/WrCxFINH22 pic.twitter.com/IW8UkqvALt

— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 28, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Deleted Scenes: 20 Scenes Cut From The Final Film https://t.co/uNcdQ477Po pic.twitter.com/lYRWpuDBhO

— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 29, 2015

The Force Ghost Of Anakin Skywalker Was Proposed To Be In The Force Awakens! #StarWars… https://t.co/WqQiG5eS6y pic.twitter.com/YhItC8R8vr

— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) December 23, 2015

Reading a lot made of Kylo saying, “it is you,” in the novel, but he says the same in the movie. Which is a callback to the awakening line.

— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) December 24, 2015

@justinlasalata for longest time, the TFA title was the same as an old novel. Thankfully it changed. 🙂 With so many books, it’s inevitable

— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) December 25, 2015

@VegaArts_ @justinlasalata it was Shadow (singular) of the Empire for a while.

— Pablo Hidalgo (@pablohidalgo) December 25, 2015

#JJAbrams Based a ‘#StarWars‘ Character on His High School Teacher https://t.co/u55aVneyoA pic.twitter.com/omqT8yDxcg

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 25, 2015

Check out this mind-blowing concept art from #StarWars: #TheForceAwakens: https://t.co/qd5h3PLZlj pic.twitter.com/APXXQM62Ym

— Yahoo Movies (@YahooMovies) December 24, 2015

Luke Skywalker’s planet from Star Wars: The Force Awakens has a name? #StarWars #TheForceAwakens https://t.co/Rw6c0kT1nR

— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) December 31, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens Ending Details And More Revealed In Official Screenplay https://t.co/USwSWjtTx3 pic.twitter.com/RTt7ZMEBGU

— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 31, 2015

Spoilers. Really legit hot take on Star Wars First Order & Kylo Ren & why they’re young, inexperienced & terriyfing. https://t.co/qgqCi1juwj

— Wesley Chu (@wes_chu) December 30, 2015

How much do I love Rey from #TheForceAwakens? Let me count the ways https://t.co/P2C4YglZ97 via @EW

— Nicole Sperling (@nicsperling) December 22, 2015

First Clue Hints Mystery Behind C-3PO’s #TheForceAwakens Red Arm https://t.co/s2vNC1d5XR pic.twitter.com/Btd2lkIWI7

— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) December 28, 2015

All my @StarWars characters to date have names beginning with ‘W’! #WicketWWarrick #Wald #Weazel #Woolivan Well done those who got it! #Geek

— Warwick Davis (@WarwickADavis) December 29, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens DGA Q&A with J.J. Abrams & Lawrence Kasdan

Really great @nerdist interview with funny, talented Domhnall Gleeson – star of Star Wars, The Revenant, Ex Machina https://t.co/mZZ1mk2b2g

— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) December 30, 2015

How ILM Created VFX with ‘Forward Motion’ for ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ https://t.co/DBB8HxkY5Y

— Anne Thompson (@akstanwyck) December 23, 2015

Star Wars Awakens New Wave of Film Tourism https://t.co/NBnUtDhyk1 #StarWars

— Jedi News (@JediNewsUK) December 27, 2015

Pullman native helped create new Star Wars score https://t.co/QsFsBx68Ic https://t.co/ChguiU10T6

— thebeardedtrio (@thebeardedtrio) December 29, 2015

The circle is now complete. The full episode of #ConanStarWars is now available to stream. https://t.co/8U4bRV2TG7

— Team Coco (@TeamCoco) December 18, 2015

Adam Driver’s path to the Dark Side started very early pic.twitter.com/ldUbRDD7yS

— ScreenCrush (@screencrushnews) December 24, 2015

IM CRYING OSCAR TURNED POE’S HEAD SO HE COULD WATCH LUPITA pic.twitter.com/kMYeLiEsc6

— finn erica (@lethalbarnes) December 26, 2015

People, she has a sister! https://t.co/oHORe4ASCC pic.twitter.com/OZ8Htn6ZuZ

— 9GAG (@9GAG) December 27, 2015

caption this @carrieffisher pic.twitter.com/uscK5vQ1W2

— h(a)n(le)ia(x) (@poedamnrn) December 29, 2015

The press tour got to BB-8 but so glad I was able to help ! pic.twitter.com/xwxV4UjtJv

— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) December 29, 2015

Well these digital paintings of @HamillHimself and Daisey Ridley are ridiculously awesome pic.twitter.com/c6xOycCwNT

— Buckeye Empire (@BuckeyeEmpire) December 30, 2015

.@TheWookieeRoars invites widow of late #StarWars fan to his home: https://t.co/JTUF1brdgG pic.twitter.com/8FtA6bXyN9

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 30, 2015

This year’s Lucasfilm Holiday Card shows what’s probably happening in the office today. Merry Christmas all. https://t.co/5zPcF03kiE

— Matt Martin (@missingwords) December 25, 2015

George Lucas Talks Star Wars, Career, and Life with Charlie Rose [Video]… https://t.co/NpcbxS9AE4

— thebeardedtrio (@thebeardedtrio) December 26, 2015

George Lucas says he sold #StarWars to “white slavers” https://t.co/Zn5cRI4CAS pic.twitter.com/izIm1WBUHg

— Variety (@Variety) December 30, 2015

George Lucas Apologizes for ‘White Slavers’ Remark About Disney https://t.co/LsRWssFwR6 pic.twitter.com/uwR77rHJ7a

— TheWrap (@TheWrap) December 31, 2015

#LuHan was named the official China Ambassador for #TheForceAwakens & he’s taking on the dark side. https://t.co/C7eduVPvOX

— Star Wars (@starwars) December 30, 2015

Kylo Ren Rides BB-8 and Plays Flaming Bagpipes in the Rain

Make Your Own Z6 Riot Control Stormtrooper Baton from ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ – https://t.co/ohK7aOwU3l pic.twitter.com/RWNNrOLOkr

— Robot6 (@Robot6) December 31, 2015

Episode VIII News and Rumors

How Will the New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy End? Lawrence Kasdan Says There’s Ideas, But No … https://t.co/pQdhPHG4Qy pic.twitter.com/7onMMzs6cF

— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) December 23, 2015

Star Wars Awakens: Exclusive Interview With Billy Dee Williams https://t.co/pEsG3bH8B1 #StarWars

— Jedi News (@JediNewsUK) December 23, 2015

A Star Wars: The Force Awakens set returns for Star Wars: Episode VIII! #StarWars… https://t.co/tEXgZFN1kD pic.twitter.com/1H5K9gEMUj

— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) December 28, 2015

.@jessyel The unflappable Mr. @steveyedlin will be behind the camera for VIII. We’ve been making movies together since we were 18.

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) December 29, 2015

John Boyega says filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII to get underway “in a few weeks” https://t.co/Quj4tOxxLJ pic.twitter.com/syUosHvjFc

— The Star Wars Report (@StarWarsReport) December 29, 2015

Training starts soon.

— John Boyega (@JohnBoyega) December 31, 2015

Will Nien Nunb be back for Star Wars: Episode VIII? Most likely according to Mike Quinn.… https://t.co/UcSKqoxJEl pic.twitter.com/uYfjuvESjZ

— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) December 29, 2015

Around The Web

Exclusive: Daisy Ridley on lending her voice to the Studio Ghibli classic, #OnlyYesterday: https://t.co/VTHkgz1yvu pic.twitter.com/zRAwrQmwlG

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 28, 2015

Daisy Ridley leads the voice cast in @GKIDSfilms’ #OnlyYesterday trailer https://t.co/A7ksykEWi5 pic.twitter.com/KtDBTVMVpe

— ComingSoon.net (@comingsoonnet) December 30, 2015

Just thought I’d share the rest of the photos from @HamillHimself‘s visit to GOSH, truly amazing pic.twitter.com/AofTR8j5MH

— Mark Hamill fangirl (@hamill_fangirl) December 23, 2015

Clearly (Chewie w/out head on) a rehearsal & Harrison smacks my hand for trying to be a backseat driver. #GoofySW https://t.co/pGB9jRZ7zY

— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) December 29, 2015

Be Afraid: “Star Wars” Fans Built a 15-Foot Star Destroyer That Actually Flies https://t.co/LML88pNJ14 pic.twitter.com/m4F7nqmGGZ

— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) December 24, 2015

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher Reflect on the ‘Embarrassment’ That Was the ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ – https://t.co/dolsOq5LJK @YahooMovies

— Star Wars Events (@StarWarsEvents) December 25, 2015

Some cool StarWars shadow art @starwars_facts @StarWarsJunk @starwars_facts pic.twitter.com/QxCVBlOon7

— Mr.DC Comic original (@DCcomicOriginal) December 28, 2015

These incredible paper X-wings defy the Force: https://t.co/kRsqrGbFVn #StarWars pic.twitter.com/Z9lSNjzZtE

— Nerdist (@nerdist) December 28, 2015

‘Star Wars’ Legacy: How George Lucas Discovered Tatooine And Helped Tunisia Win The Nobel Peace Prize https://t.co/FBku1FS9mQ

— Deadline Hollywood (@Deadline) December 29, 2015

President Carter watched the original Star Wars at Camp David with Anwar Sadat https://t.co/Cvk2svfyNo pic.twitter.com/nkb2yjjJHx

— io9 (@io9) December 29, 2015

How do young stars deal with sudden fame? https://t.co/l6Ho2JOeA0 pic.twitter.com/LxBh8FpAD8

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 29, 2015

Kristen Stewart offers some words of wisdom to #StarWars star Daisy Ridley: https://t.co/WKlSsEsFod pic.twitter.com/SkQjbAeqn0

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 29, 2015

Leonardo DiCaprio explains why he passed on playing Anakin in the #StarWars prequels: https://t.co/5t74F4yzR3 pic.twitter.com/HR10GN6X0G

— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) December 30, 2015

Harrison Ford working as a carpenter building a studio for Sergio Mendes back in 1970. Photo shared by Sergio Mendes pic.twitter.com/GNEVdwC2YL

— Historical Pics (@HistoricalPics) December 30, 2015

Books

#StarWars titles hit best-seller list https://t.co/XnoOm142Lz

— USA TODAY Life (@usatodaylife) December 30, 2015

So how does one write a top-secret #TheForceAwakens book? Alan Dean Foster tells us all: https://t.co/9SvQW2OfxD pic.twitter.com/CvEIlqmAwL

— Yahoo Movies (@YahooMovies) December 25, 2015

How the Abandoned ‘Star Wars’ Expanded Universe Inspired ‘Force Awakens’ https://t.co/n3IKqdLnqC

— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) December 23, 2015

Comics

I wish to the gods she’d written Princess Leia. https://t.co/BzdT2RbxZE

— Justin Bolger (@TheApexFan) December 27, 2015

EXCL. PREVIEW: @GerryDuggan & @philnoto‘s “Chewbacca” Finale Assaults the Empire https://t.co/DMZE43A2Mc pic.twitter.com/owM0QtZemV

— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) December 24, 2015

The Chewbacca comic finally answers a question #StarWars fans have pondered for years https://t.co/xhz8BW5FSw pic.twitter.com/4qCPOzLpMe

— io9 (@io9) December 30, 2015

Marvel Ships Star Wars And Spider-Man Comics Early In Error…. https://t.co/wOgLnNKel5

— Bleeding Cool (@bleedingcool) December 29, 2015

EXCL. PREVIEW: “Vader Down” Continues in @jasonaaron & @mikedeodato‘s “Star Wars” #14 https://t.co/8q6KcpyNkN pic.twitter.com/TfGOktUr6u

— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) December 31, 2015

Video Games & Internet

‘Star Wars’ awakens to $1 billion in video game sales – https://t.co/SpANpQ5TLc pic.twitter.com/NS9soZhH0p

— Robot6 (@Robot6) December 31, 2015

Star Wars Battlefront: Major update coming to Xbox One, PS4 and PC https://t.co/CK3upYuSZD

— thebeardedtrio (@thebeardedtrio) January 1, 2016

Collecting

Mark Hamill Tired of ‘#StarWars‘ Fans Getting Duped by Fake Autographs: https://t.co/NZZ8y69IQH pic.twitter.com/rFzsu3VcPe

— Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 28, 2015

This LEGO “Star Wars” Ewok Village is Big Enough For An Actual Ewok https://t.co/4jFf2tb1Yc pic.twitter.com/KZjLhwfqCs

— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) December 23, 2015

Here come our @starwars First Order Flametroopers, burning across the galaxy in a white-hot streak! #TheForceAwakens pic.twitter.com/QEaIN7N7Ih

— Hot Wheels (@Hot_Wheels) December 28, 2015

Get this exclusive print this Sunday when you see @starwars in @IMAX 3D! Get tix! https://t.co/QZsBRj2G76 pic.twitter.com/35fKB61z9r

— AMC Theatres (@AMCTheatres) December 29, 2015

@StarWarsJunk hasbro put stickers to cover up their mistake lol. Just found this a little funny. pic.twitter.com/msLSFKOoD9

— PAT IS GOOD (@PAT_IS_GOOD) December 31, 2015