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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel explains how The Emperor avoided death in Return of the Jedi

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While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker may have been light on explanations when it came to its storytelling, the recently published novelisation has been shining a light on some of the unanswered questions surrounding the final chapter of the Skywalker Saga – most specifically, the return of Emperor Palpatine following his apparent death in […]

Dave Filoni on the Star Wars Rebels references in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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While Marvel likes to constantly remind us that “It’s All Connected” with regards to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we’re yet to see any of the studio’s TV shows referenced on the big screen. However, that’s certainly not the case over at Lucasfilm, with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story featuring several Easter eggs for fans of […]

Bryan Cranston to play Zordon in the Power Rangers movie

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The official Twitter account for Lionsgate and Saban’s upcoming Power Rangers movie has announced that Bryan Cranston has signed on to appear in the film, with the Breaking Bad and Trumbo star set to play Zordon, the nemesis of the evil Rita Repulsa, creator of the Power Morphers and the Dinozords, and mentor to the […]

F. Gary Gray looking to bring something different to Fast & Furious franchise with Fast 8

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Over the weekend, Vin Diesel shared the first promotional image for Fast & Furious 8, which is set to see director F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Straight Outta Compton) picking up the baton from Fast & Furious 7 helmer James Wan for what’s said to be the first instalment of “one last trilogy to […]

The CW president describes DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as “Guardians of the Galaxy meets Doctor Who”

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With just over a week to go before The CW unleashes its latest Arrowverse spinoff DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, network president Mark Pedowitz has been speaking about the time-travelling superhero series at the Television Critics Association press tour, describing it as “Guardians of the Galaxy meets Doctor Who“. “It is fun, it’s big, it’s lighter than Arrow and The Flash,” states […]

Andy Serkis reveals details about Supreme Leader Snoke from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Earlier this week, some concept art arrived online which claimed to depict the character – or at least an early design – of Supreme Leader Snoke from Star Wars: The Force Awakens [see here], and now Andy Serkis has been speaking about his performance capture role as the mysterious villain to Entertainment Weekly, revealing a few […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker novel confirms that Palpatine was a clone

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While Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker offered very little by way of an explanation for the return of Emperor Palpatine, thanks to the official novelization we have official in-canon confirmation that it wasn’t Old Palpy’s decaying corpse we saw in the movie, but rather a clone body inhabited by the spirit of the Sith […]

Frustrated Ramblings: I’m Sorry, But You’ve Lost Me

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DJ Haza reflects on six years of Lost with more ‘Frustrated Ramblings Of An Aspiring Filmmaker”… If, like me, you had been eagerly anticipating the long awaited final episode of Lost and all the answers that were destined to accompany it then you too would have looked like a school kid on Christmas morning. We […]