“Star Wars: Episode VII” director J.J. Abrams showed “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” director Zack Snyder what his Millennium Falcon will do to the “hunka junk” Batmobile.
Abrams released footage panning over the Millennium Falcon, possibly from the “Star Wars: Episode VII” set.
Music from the original “Star Wars” trilogy plays in the background, but quickly transitions to music from the “Dark Knight” trilogy when the camera focuses on the Batmobile attached to the Millennium Falcon.
The video was in response to Snyder sharing an image of a Stormtrooper getting arrested by the Gotham City Police Department after taking a joy ride in the Batmobile.
Snyder and Abrams’ ongoing Twitter war stared just before San Diego Comic Con 2014 back in July. Snyder fired the first shot with a photoshopped image of Superman actor Henry Cavill as a Sith.
Abrams responded with an image of “Star Wars: Episode VII” actor John Boyega as Batman. Soon after was Snyder image of “Batman and R2BIN” and Abrams’ follow-up with C-3PO as Batman.
Check out the images from Snyder and Abrams’ “Batman-Star Wars” mash-up in the slideshow above.
Speaking of C-3PO, actor Anthony Daniels recently spoke to Entertainment Weekly about reprising his role in “Star Wars: Episode VII.” Daniels described his initial conversation with director.
“I will tell you that when [director] J.J. Abrams rang me to ask about filming Episode VII, one of the first things he said after he told me how wonderful I was - and that didn’t take long - but he then said, 'Would you be interested in being in the film just doing the voice?’ I said, ‘No,’ and he said, ‘Right!’ He knew I’d say that,” Daniels told EW.
“There’s no way I would just do the voice,” he continued. “I also said that it can’t be the same suit. I will tell you that the team then got together and built a new suit. They made an entirely new lookalike with changes that you will never notice [on screen] that made my life a lot easier.”
“Star Wars: Episode VII” will be released to theaters on Dec. 18, 2015, and “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” is slated to hit theaters on March 25, 2016.
