EXCLUSIVE: Andy Serkis' 'The Force Awakens' Character Revealed!

By Chris Seekell

Earlier this week it was reported by Good Morning America that the voice in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser trailer was actor Andy Serkis.

We now can provide some more information concerning the character he plays. We reached out to our sources, and here are some tidbits about the character, as well as how he relates to some other characters in the film.

• Andy Serkis’ character basically looks like an old man, zombie like, almost risen from the dead.

• He is being referred to as “Uber”, similarly to how Ridley is being called Kira and Nyong’o is being called Rose.

• “Uber” has communication with Adam Driver’s Sith character, and a character played by Domhnall Gleeson. Serkis potentially is the Master pulling the strings from behind the scenes.

• All three characters are part of the new “Empire” which Gwendoline Christie’s character is also a part of. She is confirmed to be playing a Chrome Trooper.

We will let you know if we hear anything else about "Uber" and his role in the film! In the meantime, you can listen to our full podcast where we broke down this information, as well as gave our take on the new teaser and several other Episode VII related pieces of news from this past week. The discussion about Andy Serkis starts at 1:33:00 in the recording below.

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Source: 'The Force Awakens' GIF Footage, UK Reports Fake; Trailer Not Finished

By Chris Seekell

Two Star Wars: The Force Awakens reports broke online today, one from the folks at Jedi News claiming the teaser trailer had been shown to 501st members in the UK, and another from a Reddit user who posted an alleged clip of the Millennium Falcon from the trailer.

We reached out to a source close to the production, and unfortunately, both of these reports are false. The source told us that while nearly finished, the trailer is still in production. Furthermore, while the Falcon does appear in the trailer per what we heard from earlier leaked descriptions, the shot is very different from the one in the GIF.

With the release date approaching, we can expect to continue hearing a lot more rumored information about the trailer. We will do our best at the SWU to quickly separate fact from myth.

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EXCLUSIVE: Quote From 'The Force Awakens' Revealed!

By: Dominic Jones

On this week's SWU Podcast (listen below), we had the pleasure of being able to reveal to our listeners a line of dialogue from the upcoming Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.  This info was passed onto us from a reliable source close to the project.  This quote is not that spoiler-y, but if you are trying to avoid all The Force Awakens spoilers, then stop reading now!  This is your official SPOILER ALERT!

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The following is a line Han Solo says to Chewbacca upon entering the Millennium Falcon:

"Chewie, we're back home!"

This is sounds like a great moment in the film and a symbolic one for fans who have been waiting over 35 years to our heroes return to the big screen.  Check out the SWU Podcast where we revealed this information below for more analysis of this moment, plus discussion about the rumored trailer and the latest Rebels episode!

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Source: Episode VII to be Shot in New Mexico

By: Dominic Jones

An inside source has confirmed to us that shooting for Star Wars Episode VII will be taking place in various locations across New Mexico.  This has long been rumored but our source has confirmed to us that Disney has signed a three year deal to shoot the film in New Mexico and will be opening up a production office there in January.

Rumors of the New Mexico shoot have existed for some time now, and with production on the film set to be in Spring 2014, opening up a Production Office makes sense.  New Mexico is also home to some very interesting landscapes (see image above) to could lend themselves very well to a Star Wars planet.

As always, it's not official until Disney or Lucasfilm says so. 

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