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'Star Wars' Responds to Brie Larson Wanting to be a Jedi

Published Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:15:15 -0600

Imagine you're playing a pretty big deal superhero in a Marvel Studios film, and your co-star just happens to own a Star Wars screen-used lightsaber, which they bring to set and let you play with. (Stop it with your euphemisms, let us have this pure moment, k?)

That's what happened with Oscar winner Brie Larson and her Captain Marvel co-star, Samuel L. Jackson. According to Larson in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, while the 21st MCU film was in production, Jackson brought his purple Mace Windu lightsaber to set for May the 4th, and let Larson hold it. She says she cried, and we can't really blame her.

She followed the story up with the declaration that she wants to be a Jedi, and Star Wars was quick to respond.

"I got to hold his [@SamuelLJackson's] lightsaber! He brought it to me on set on May the 4th, and I cried. It was so cool. I wanna be a Jedi.'-@brielarson via @EW's #CaptainMarvel cover story.

The Force is definitely with you, Captain. 💪

— Star Wars (@starwars) March 1, 2019

So was artist BossLogic, who did this beautiful piece featuring Larson in her semi-Binary form but as a Jedi:

We'd totally be ok with this crossover in some form *cough* comics *cough*.

The first "public" screening of Captain Marvel happened in Los Angeles and so far, the reactions are overwhelmingly positive. Everyone loves Goose the cat, everyone loves Ben Mendelsohn, and everyone LOVES Brie Larson as the good Captain. (You can read about the first reactions here.)

Anna Boden (first female director for Marvel Studios, only took 21 films) and Ryan Fleck are directing from a script they wrote with Liz Flahive, Carly Mensch, Meg LeFauve, Nicole Perlman, and Geneva Robertson-Dworet.

Captain Marvel stars Oscar winner Brie Larson as Carol Danvers, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Jude Law as the commander of Starforce (who may or may not have two names), Clark Gregg as Phil Coulson, Lee Pace returning as Ronan the Accuser, Djimon Hounsou as Korath the Pursuer, Gemma Chan as Minn-Erva, Ben Mendelsohn as Skull Commander Talos, Lashana Lynch as Maria Rambeau, Algenis Perez Soto, McKenna Grace, and Annette Bening in as-yet-undisclosed roles.

Captain Marvel is set to hit theaters on March 8th 2019 (International Women's Day), and tickets are on sale now.

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