But it has high-end torque like a tractor that needs to haul a trailer.
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This Desert Life
Its a lonely existence scrounging for sustenance on a junkyard planet.
Shes been alone for a long time, Ridley says.
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“When something triggers when youre 5, you know what went on but you dont understand the reasoning.
She’s hopeful for what lies ahead, whether that involves the past or not.”
So why hasnt abandonment made her bitter, angry, and… prone to the Dark Side?
Hope makes people good, a lot of the time, Ridley says.
You hope for a brighter future, and resentment is outweighed.
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Who’s Scruffy-Looking?
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Portrait of a smuggler as an older man.
There’s a lot more gray, but the same swagger.
“Well, hes been living with me.
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Out back, in the shack,” Ford says with a laugh.
What we now know for sure?
These two have met before, and it was under particularly harsh circumstances.
What this image reveals is that Dameron and Finndomeet before Boyega’s character goes AWOL.
Rey is part of the battle, too.
“Obviously that makes things a bit more tricky for Finn,” Boyega says.
“That’s genuine fear.”
There’s hope on the horizon, however.
That’s right: Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma wasn’t the only female in armor.
(The armor isn’t form-fitting, of course.)
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Fighting For the Wrong Side
First Order stormtroopers lay down intense cover fire within Starkiller Base.
Many have been conscripted and indoctrinated with hate and fear of what the Rebellion stood for.
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Why risk their lives for this cause?
They’ve been taught that’s all they’re good for.
All we know is that they give Kylo his new name after joining their order.
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Frog-Dog For Sale!
One of the first creatures revealed as part of the newStar Warsmenagerie was this desert merchant known as Bobbajo.
(The actor can see through the mouth of the large amphibian-like creature in the middle cage.)
He’s very slow, he’s very laid back."
You want them to be able to talk to you before they move.
And if they can do that, then the movement adds extra [characterization] on top.
We still don’t know his motivation (beyond vowing to finish what his idol Darth Vader started).
But Adam Driver says every villain has an internal battle.
Thats what makes those movies so universal.
I think they can get in your mind in big and sweeping ways.
If only that were true if only!
It turns out, Captain Phasmawastailored just for her.
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“We were very lucky to get to have her in the movie.
Shes not in many scenes, but her presence is powerfully felt when shes there.
“Shes never sat around a table and had a meal with someone else.
She works to feed herself, and she goes to sleep, and she gets up again.
It is a sad life,” Ridley adds.
Then the filmmakers went searching for actors with a mind toward opening up the galaxy to new faces.
Boyega says youngStar Warsfans see heroes, not color.
“Theyre not talking about race the way we grown folks are.
Theyre not talking about how much melanin is in someones skin.
That should teach us something.
There are loads of people of different shades and backgrounds.
Get used to it.
Daisy Ridley has heard that guesswork, too.
“I mean everyone isprayingthat its Darth Plagueiss staff.
But… its just a staff,” Ridley says.
“Shes a young woman in a galaxy by herself.
Its not primarily a weapon, its useful as well.
It does all sorts of things roamin around Jakku.
She uses it to defend herself.
Thats really as far as it goes, unfortunately.”
No, she doesnt have a charger!”
“Its just a plain old staff!
“The shape, overall, commands a graphic presence.
But if you get too cluttered in the shape, audiences don’t connect as strongly.
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Upgrades and Additions
TheMillennium Falconhas gone through its share of maintenance over 30-plus years.
The major alteration is obvious.
“So we liked to imagine they replaced it with a more up-to-date one.
says production designer Rick Carter.
“You feel the TIE Fighter, almost like a bat.
The X-wing is literally an X.
Or a Star Destroyer is a triangle, its an arrowhead.”
He wants to change.
He wants to make a difference.
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Hes trying to find some kind of moral dignity in this war.
I cant imagine that Han Solo would evernotbe a smartass.
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