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The Week in Star Wars – Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens, Max Von Sydow’s character revealed and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we look at a rather dubious rumour about Hayden Christensen returning to the Star Wars Universe, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens and more…Kicking things off as we usually do on The Week in Star Wars by looking at the latest from […]

Hardware Review – ZX Spectrum Vega

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Villordsutch reviews the ZX Spectrum Vega…I’ve been interested in getting my hands on the ZX Spectrum Vega since its conception a year or so ago.  I’ve been a ZX Spectrum user since the early 1980’s, my first Sinclair product was the ZX81, then I went straight to the hard-shelled 48K and moved to the 128K […]

Are the Oliver Twins making a new Dizzy game?

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Here is a true blast from the very dust-caked past for those of you of a certain age, and those who remember when 8-bit games where just actually called “games”.If can you recall when we traded these games upon magnetic tape we called “cassettes”, then you will also remember a certain egg from the Oliver […]

The Week in Star Wars – Mark Hamill’s ‘near death’ Force Awakens trip, Episode VIII spoilers, Rogue One set photos and more

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I’m back after a week off! And this Week in Star Wars sees some over-blown news about Mark Hamill nearly dying, Episode VIII spoilers, Rogue One set photos and more…It seems as though The Force Awakens was rather dangerous for its returning Star Wars stars. Poor old Harrison Ford was injured while on the Millennium Falcon, […]

The Week in Star Wars – Force Friday toys, Episode VIII casting, new The Force Awakens character revealed and more

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It’s a toyetic edition of The Week in Star Wars as we have all the fallout from Force Friday, some casting news for Star Wars: Episode VIII, a new banner for The Force Awakens and more…We hope you’ve got a lot of money saved, as the global Force Friday event has revealed all the Star […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One rumours, new Force Awakens footage, Kylo Ren details and more

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In this packed edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got new footage from The Force Awakens, details on new characters, some Rogue One rumours and more…Kicking things off this week (as we usually do) with The Force Awakens and we were treated to some new footage for the movie via a teaser trailer. The […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens runtime, Drew Struzan calls it the best Star Wars movie ever, Pop! Vinyl figures revealed, Darth Vader PS4 and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we recover from the bumper edition coming off D23 with some smaller nuggets of news for The Force Awakens and more…Kicking things off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and J.J. Abrams has revealed the runtime for the highly-anticipated movie. It’s shorter than any of […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens poster, images, TV spot and toys, first look at Rogue One, Colin Trevorrow directing Episode IX, Han Solo movie details, George Lucas’ inspiration for Jar Jar and more

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It’s packed edition of The Week in Star Wars with a poster, images and first TV spot for The Force Awakens (not to mention some toy stuff), a first look image and cast details for Rogue One, details about Han Solo’s Anthology movie, Colin Trevorrow confirmed for Episode IX, George Lucas revealing his inspiration for […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens IMAX details, new LEGO sets for 2016, Star Wars Steelbook Blu-Ray details and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’re looking at the IMAX details for The Force Awakens, we’ve got details of LEGO sets for 2016 and the new Steelbook Blu-rays as well as some video game and comic book news…Kicking things off this week is some details about the IMAX screenings of Star […]