>> Jimmy: HI THERE, WE'RE BACK WITH THE CAST OF "ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY." I JUST HANDED YOUR CHARACTER -- I WANTED TO SEE YOU PLAY WITH YOURSELF JUST FOR A SECOND. >> I JUST WAIT TILL I'M IN PRIVATE TO FINISH THAT OFF. >> Jimmy: THAT LOOKS GREAT. NOW, AFTER FINALLY FINDING A PARKING SPOT FOR HIS "MILLENNIUM FALCON," HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF "ROGUE ONE," HE'S GARETH EDWARDS! I DIDN'T SEE YOU WALK IN HOW ARE YOU DOING? WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. I GOT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THE MOVIE. AND IT IS FANTASTIC. REALLY, I GOT TO SEE ABOUT 30 MINUTES OF IT. AS DID OUR TEAM OF NERDS HERE AT THE SHOW. WE REALLY LOVED IT. EVERYONE CAME OUT SAYING IT WAS GREAT. NOW YOU ARE -- I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THIS. BUT YOU ARE A "STAR WARS" NERD ON A LEVEL AT WHICH I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER EVEN HEARD ABOUT BEFORE. I MEAN, TO THE POINT WHERE I ALMOST QUESTION YOUR MENTAL HEALTH. WHEN YOU WERE A KID, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU SEEN THE ORIGINAL "STAR WARS"? >> I LOST COUNT. I HAD IT ON BETAMAX, BORROWED IT OFF MY NEIGHBOR, PROMISED TO RETURN IT TWO HOURS LATER. I NEVER GAVE IT BACK. I WATCHED IT 300 TIMES MAYBE AS A KID. >> Jimmy: 300 TIMES. HAVE YOU SENT THE NEIGHBOR A GIFT OF ANY KIND? >> NO. >> Jimmy: IT SEEMS LIKE YOU SHOULD. DID THAT CONTINUE ON INTO YOUR ADULT LIFE? >> YEAH. MY 30th BIRTHDAY. MY GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME WAS LIKE, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY? LET'S HAVE A PARTY. I WAS LIKE, I DON'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS, IT WOULD BE EMBARRASSING. THE THING I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO IS GO TO TUNISIA AND SEE THE PLACE THEY SHOT "STAR WARS." FOR MY 30th I SLEPT THE NIGHT IN LUKE SKYWALKER'S HOME IN THE DESERT AND WATCHED THE SUN SET ON THE SALT FLATS WITH THE IGLOO. IT WAS FUNNY. THROUGH THE WHOLE TRIP YOU EVERY NOW AND AGAIN, IT'S THE MIDDLE OF NORTH AFRICA, BUT YOU PASS ANOTHER PERSON THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU, WHO ALSO HAS A GIRLFRIEND, AND BOTH GIRLFRIENDS LOOK AT EACH OTHER LIKE, THIS RELATIONSHIP IS OVER. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: I'M SURPRISED THESE GUYS HAVE GIRLFRIENDS THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. THAT TO ME IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWER OF "STAR WARS." NOW YOU FIND YOURSELF IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE DIRECTING THIS MOVIE AND I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS FOR YOU. ONE OF THEM IS, LIKE, WHO GETS TO MAKE THE BIG DECISIONS? DO YOU MAKE THEM AND DO ARE YOU YOU KNOW THEM BY THE STUDIO? OR THEY LET YOU DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO? HOW DOES THAT GO? >> I MAKE THEM ALL. [ LAUGHTER ] >> Jimmy: THAT SEEMS WISE. >> THE MAIN PERSON WHO MAKES ALL THE DECISIONS IS DARTH VADER. >> Jimmy: YES. DARTH VADER, FOR INSTANCE, IS A CHARACTER, OBVIOUSLY. BUT THAT IS TRUE OR FALSE IN THIS FILM? >> IT'S IN THE TRAILER, SO I CAN SAY TRUE. >> Jimmy: YOU CAN SAY TRUE. SO DARTH VADER, THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WENT TO THEM AND SAID, I WOULD LOVE FOR DARTH VADER TO BE IN THIS MOVIE? >> IT WAS KIND OF INEVITABLE. LIKE WITHOUT SPOILING IT FOR PEOPLE. OUR FILM IS CONNECTED TO THE ORIGINAL. SO THE FACT HE'S IN THAT AT THE BEGINNING, IT FEELS LIKE HE'S GOT TO AT SOME POINT TURN UP IN OUR MOVIE. >> Jimmy: WHAT IS IT LIKE WHEN YOU GUYS ARE ON THE SET WITH DARTH VADER? >> SCARY. >> Jimmy: IS IT REALLY? >> HORRIBLE. YEAH. YOU START HEARING -- THE BREATHING SOUND. YOU CONNECT WITH YOUR NIGHTMARES IN A SECOND AND YOU BECOME A 6-YEAR-OLD AND [ BLEEP ], [ BLEEP ], WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO? DO I LOOK AT THE EYES? NO, NEVER AT THE EYES! WE WERE JUST IN VAEP. JAPAN. THEY DON'T LOOK AT YOU EITHER. AND I FELT LIKE THAT. >> Jimmy: REALLY? >> WHEN YOU COME IN AND EVERYONE GOES LIKE THIS, THAT'S HOW IT FEELS TO WALK THROUGH A ROOM AND EVERYONE GOES SILENT. THEY JUST GO DOWN, IT'S A GREAT FEELING. >> Jimmy: YEAH, WOW. JAMES EARL JONES -- >> DARTH VADER. >> DARTH VADER'S VOICE. WAS IT ALWAYS GUARANTEED HE WOULD DO IT? >> I WASN'T SURE. WE APPROACHED HIM, HE WAS KIND ENOUGH TO AGREE. BUT JAMES EARL JONES IS THE VOICE OF DARTH VADER. >> Reporter: FOR SURE, YEAH. >> WE WENT TO NEW YORK, DID AN INITIAL ADR SESSION. THERE'S THE SCREEN WITH THE FILM ON IT. THE ACTOR FACES THE SCREEN. YOU SIT BEHIND THEM. AND I WAS HAVING LIKE THIS FREAK-OUT FANBOY MOMENT. DID HADN'T HAPPENED IN LIKE YEARS AND YEARS THAT JAMES HAD DONE THE VOICE FOR DARTSS VADER. BUT EVERYONE ELSE WAS SO PROFESSIONAL. YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, IT'S JUST ME. THEN HE DOES ONE OF THESE FIRST LINES AND IT ENDED UP INVOLVING THE WORD WHERE HE SAID, "THE POWER." WE ALL LOOKED AT EACH OTHER LIKE -- [ LAUGHTER ] WE WERE LIKE GOING -- THEN HE WOULD TURN ROUND. WE'D GO -- [ LAUGHTER ] THAT WAS GREAT, JAMES, JUST DO IT ONE MORE TIME. HE'D LOOK BACK AND WE'D GO -- >> Jimmy: DID AT ANY POINT HE SAY "THIS IS CNN" OR DID YOU LEAVE THAT OUT? THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF DARTH VADER TURNED TO THE CAMERA AND SAID, "THIS IS CNN." MAYBE THE NEXT ONE. THERE WON'T AN SEQUEL TO THIS MOVIE, WILL THERE? >> THERE'S "ROGUE TWO: A NEW HOPE." [ LAUGHTER ] THAT WAS A VERY GEEKY JOKE. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Jimmy: STILL HOPING. DID ANY OF YOU AT ANY POINT, DID ANY OF YOU ACCIDENTALLY BLOW IT? >> WELL, IT WASN'T ME. [ LAUGHTER ] IT WAS MY SON. HE'S 8 YEARS OLD, COME ON. >> Jimmy: OKAY. >> BUT I WAS DOING A FACETIME. WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO FACETIME. ANYTHING, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO DO ANYTHING. >> Jimmy: YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO COMMUNICATE WITH FAMILY? LIKE YOU WERE ON THE O.J. JURY OR SOMETHING, WOW. >> I HAD A LITTLE BIT, AND I WAS TALKING. BEHIND ME THERE WAS STORM TROOPERS AND THESE AMAZING CREATURES. SO I'D JUST GO, HEY, LOOK, LOOK! AS SOON AS I DO THIS, I SEE THAT HE TAKES A SCREEN SHOT. >> Jimmy: OH, THAT LITTLE SCAMP. >> WAIT, WAIT! GOOD-BYE, DAD! FIVE MINUTES OF TERROR. I WENT, OH MY GOD, I'M NEVER WORKING AGAIN! I CALLED EVERYONE IN MEXICO, POLICE, EVERYTHING. [ LAUGHTER ] GRAB THE PHONE, DESTROY IT! >> Jimmy: DID HE DESTROY IT OR IS HE HOLDING YOU RANSOM FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS? >> I DON'T KNOW YET. HE HAS THAT LOOK.
Jiang Wen is conspicuously absent from all of these promos. Maybe they're worried he'll drop another spoiler.
Was this it, or is there more?
oh my gosh, i want to sleep in the desert in tunisia too. how rad.