It’s a packed edition of The Week in Star Wars following a new poster and trailer for The Force Awakens alongside some record breaking ticket sales, #BoycottStarWarsVIII, Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side and more… Well, what a week this has been. We’ll kick things off with last Sunday’s new poster for Star Wars: The […]
Friday the 13th reboot delayed again, will now be released in 2017
Through a deal with Warner Bros. over the distribution rights to Interstellar, Paramount Pictures picked up the rights to once again produce movies based on Friday the 13th. But since then, the road back to Camp Crystal Lake hasn’t been plain sailing. Originally slated for release on March 3rd, 2015, Friday the 13th was pushed back […]
October 21st 2015 – How Much Did Back to the Future Part II Get Right?
Luke Owen celebrates Back to the Future Day… Well guys and girls, it’s finally here. The day Marty, Doc and Jennifer arrive in “the future”. The day Biff steals the time machine and goes back to 1955 to create an alternate 1985 by giving his younger self the Greys Sports Almanac that tells him every […]
Theory: Luke Skywalker is Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Luke Owen with a wild fan theory for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… “There has been an awakening, have you felt it?” Kylo Ren is the new big baddy of the Star Wars Universe. The leader of the First Order, he’s a man who is obsessed with the work of Darth Vader and will use […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer
The Flickering Myth writing team discuss the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… Disney and Lucasfilm sent the internet into meltdown yesterday by releasing the full theatrical trailer for December’s massively-anticipated blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The latest glimpse at the film seemed to get the whole world talking, and of course […]
J.J. Abrams responds to “anti-white” remarks against Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Prior to the trailer being released, a Twitter trend called #BoycottStarWarsVII caught the Internet’s attention, as loud vocal complaints were being made about Star Wars: The Force Awakens being “anti-white”. The group rejected the idea that the movie had such a diverse cast, calling the film “anti-white propaganda” and that J.J. Abrams was a “Jewish activist” . Whether […]
UK cinema chains adding extra premium to Star Wars: The Force Awakens tickets in first week of release
At least two UK cinema chains, Odeon and Vue, are set to charge an extra ticket premium for showings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in the first week of the blockbuster’s December release. SEE ALSO: Watch the final trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens SEE ALSO: J.J. Abrams promises “more primitive, aggressive and […]
J.J. Abrams says it’s “no accident” that Luke Skywalker is missing from Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster and trailer
Since the release of the new poster and trailer last week, there has been a lot of speculation among fans about where Luke Skywalker is in the marketing for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Many feel that he’s jumped to the Dark Side, and going by the thread of comments from this article, there are a […]
Star Wars: Can Nostalgia Be A Bad Thing?
Ricky Church on whether nostalgia can be a bad thing… Last week Star Wars: The Force Awakens released its final trailer and crashed many theater sites in its sale of tickets, literally breaking the Internet. The reception of the trailer has been overwhelmingly positive, stirring the emotions of a grown adult to make them feel […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens set for a $600 million opening weekend
Following the awesome new trailer and record breaking ticket sales, it looks like Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set for a rather large opening weekend. Experts are saying that the movie could have the biggest domestic opening of all-time with around $300 million (beating Jurassic World’s $208 million), which added to a worldwide taking of […]
