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Lucasfilm and IDW announce Star Wars Adventures

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If the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi wasn’t enough excitement for one day, Lucasfilm has just announced a partnership with IDW Publishing to release a new series of Star Wars comic books aimed at younger readers. SEE ALSO: Follow all of our Star Wars Celebration coverage here “Lucasfilm is thrilled to expand […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer

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The Flickering Myth writing team share their thoughts on the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Yesterday at Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm unveiled the very first trailer for December’s hugely-anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and much like the rest of the internet, the team here at Flickering Myth was giddy with excitement! […]

Ahsoka Tano returning to Star Wars Rebels, Captain Rex/Return of the Jedi fan theory seemingly confirmed

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels creator Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm’s Pablo Hidalgo took to the stage at Star Wars Celebration yesterday for the Animated Origins and Unexpected Fates panel, during which they dropped a couple of pieces of news that will be of interest to fans of Ahsoka Tano and Captain […]

Billy Dee Williams says Lando is not in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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He was absent during Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and according to actor Billy Dee Williams, the smooth-talking scoundrel Lando Calrissian won’t be appearing in December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi either, with the actor confirming the news during yesterday’s 40th Anniversary panel at Star Wars Celebration. SEE ALSO: Watch the Star Wars Celebration tribute […]

The Week in Spandex – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, The Defenders, New Warriors, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Aquaman and more

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In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel Zombies, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Inhumans, The Defenders, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, The Punisher, New Warriors, Cloak & Dagger, X-Men, Deadpool 2, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Aquaman, Man of Steel, Gotham, DC’s Legends of […]

A crossover between Marvel’s Inhumans and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. sounding unlikely

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Although ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was the first entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to introduce the concept of the Inhumans, executive producer Jed Whedon has cast doubt over the possibility of the upcoming Inhumans TV series crossing over with his own show. “Without being able to say anything really about that show, it will […]

Kong: Skull Island passes $500 million at the worldwide box office

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Kong: Skull Island has become the third movie of the year to cross the $500 million mark at the global box office after Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and 20th Century Fox’s Logan. The second instalment of Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros.’ shared MonsterVerse, Kong: Skull Island has earned $150.7 million domestically, plus a further […]

Star Wars: Episode IX to begin shooting in January

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The latest issue of Vanity Fair has offered up plenty of juicy Star Wars details; we’ve had a rather splendid batch of character images from December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi [see here], confirmation from Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy that the next Anthology movie will be decided in June [see here], and comments from Mark Hamill as […]

Carrie Fisher’s brother says she will appear in Star Wars: Episode IX

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Although Disney and Lucasfilm ruled out the possibility of digitally recreating Carrie Fisher for Star Wars: Episode IX following her passing in December, her brother Todd Fisher has now revealed to The New York Daily News that he and her daughter Billie Lourd have granted permission for the studio to incorporate recent footage of Fisher into […]