The Verge has put together the highlights of the Star Wars panel from San Diego Comic Con. While the night did not feature any trailers or posters, it did a lot for fandom. The night featured Abrams saying he paid due respect to the fandom and the previous films. His comments went a long way to help assure fans of a quality new film, and a give us a solid idea for the new direction of Star Wars. The panel also put the new heroes and villains of the The Force Awakens along side the Legendary Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford! Fans were especially ecstatic to see Ford as he was absent from Celebration Anaheim. Also revealed was a stunning behind the scenes video, which can be viewed on the official website of Star Wars.
To top it all off, a Star Wars concert was held after the panel, for everyone who attended.
(Photos by Berent Lawton of Rebels Roundtable)
Author: Len Cline
Len Cline has been a fan of Star Wars since he saw a pirated “A New Hope” with a TV dinner when he was around 3 (He only remembers the Tantive 4 battle), he was in his “Primary Star Wars Introduction Age” (PSWIA for short) (aka. 7 years) when “Revenge of the Sith” came out. Len fell out of the active Star Wars fandom for a few years and explored the majority of science fiction eras (except for the 90’s , which is a big deal (Except for Star Trek) until he was brought back through the Star Wars podcasting community. Len loves to read science fiction (Asimov being his favourite writer) and also enjoys the classics (Dostoyevsky anyone?). He loves all things philosophy (Cogito ergo sum!), politics (De Toqueville and Machiavelli!), and poetry (Mathew Arnold and T.S. Eliot for the win!). He is also an anglophile. Len’s worldview is colored by many things in his life: He’s a devout Catholic and holds his beliefs high, as well as believing that morality and personal responsibility are paramount. Len hopes to move to Europe to attend college for philosophy and/or other social sciences. He then aims to put his studies to good use for the world (hopefully just like Luke Skywalker!).