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Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Jamie Hickey, of Blabba the Hut (Ireland’s only “dedicated Star Wars Blog/Podcast),  writes:

Yesterday we started a campaign to help Alice Baker, a budding film director and producer living with Cerebral Palsy, to deliver a message to her hero Daisy Ridley.

Our campaign #ReyofHope: an Open Letter to Daisy Ridley went somewhat viral in the Star Wars universe yesterday, and was even supported and shared by Star Wars Actors like Mark Hamill (his tweet here), Julie Dolan, Princess Leia in Star Wars Rebels (her tweet here), and Ana-Maria Leonte (Dasha Promenti in Star Wars: The Force Awakens).

But we have not achieved Alice’s goal yet, we need to get the message as loud and as far as possible, and ultimately to Daisy Ridley. Mark Hamill is filming with Daisy Ridley right now (and soon will be in Ireland) and we are confident, with your readers help, that Alices’s message will reach its destination…

#ReyofHope: an Open Letter to Daisy Ridley (Blabba The Hut)

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A video essay from filmmaker Stephen Murphy, to wit:

… bad films can be as influential as good ones. This episode focuses on The Phantom Menace, a film that is particularly influential and particularly bad. Modern blockbuster culture started in 1999 when George Lucas released his prequel into the world and cinema changed forever…

MORE: The Phantom Menace: The Most Influential Film Of The 90s (City Absurdia)

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RTE reports:

Star Wars makers Lucasfilm and Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board have confirmed that filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII is set to take place along the Wild Atlantic Way.

Lucasfilm’s Vice President of Physical Production, Candice Campos, said the company was “thrilled” to come back.

Star Wars goes Wild for Atlantic Way (RTE)

Pic: Thomas Breathnach (Men’s Journal)