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The Star Wars Holiday Special continues to be a baffling, fascinating cultural relic

December 24, 2019 by Shaun Munro

To compliment the release of the “final” entry into the Skywalker Saga, Shaun Munro revisits the most infamous piece of Star Wars media in existence, 1978’s legendarily woeful Star Wars Holiday Special… While Star Wars fans routinely squabble over whether The Phantom Menace or The Last Jedi is the movie which sent the franchise irreversibly hurtling off […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Shaun Munro, Television Tagged With: Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Star Wars, The Star Wars Holiday Special

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

December 22, 2019 by Shaun Munro

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams. SYNOPSIS: […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Shaun Munro Tagged With: Adam Driver, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Ian McDiarmid, J.J. Abrams, Jimmy Vee, John Boyega, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Keri Russell, Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Hamill, Naomi Ackie, Oscar Isaac, Richard E. Grant, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

December 20, 2019 by Robert Kojder

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams SYNOPSIS: […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Robert Kojder Tagged With: Adam Driver, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Vee, John Boyega, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Keri Russell, Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Hamill, Naomi Ackie, Oscar Isaac, Richard E. Grant, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

J.J. Abrams doubles down on his regret that Leia and Chewbacca didn’t embrace in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

December 18, 2019 by Liam Waddington

After directing two Star Wars films in the Sequel Trilogy – Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker – J.J. Abrams has doubled down and admitted he still regrets the decision for Chewbacca to walk past General Leia Organa during the ending of The Force Awakens. “I always look at what I have done […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Video Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

December 18, 2019 by EJ Moreno

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019. Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams In […]

Filed Under: EJ Moreno, Flickering Myth TV, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Adam Driver, Anthony Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Domhnall Gleeson, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Vee, John Boyega, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Keri Russell, Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Hamill, Naomi Ackie, Oscar Isaac, Richard E. Grant, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker ‘Special Look’ promo features more of Carrie Fisher’s Leia

December 13, 2019 by Amie Cranswick

A new special look promo has been released for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which includes interviews with director J.J. Abrams, and stars Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, and features a few snippets of previously unseen footage including a shot of Carrie Fisher’s Leia handing over the Skywalker […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News Tagged With: Carrie Fisher, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Daisy Ridley on the difficulties of filming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker without Carrie Fisher

December 5, 2019 by Liam Waddington

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker star Daisy Ridley, who is best known for playing Rey, has discussed the difficulties of filming the final episode without Carrie Fisher as Leia Organa. “It was very difficult. It was emotional doing it because you’re also weirdly picturing her. You’re not picturing how the scene is going to be,” […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

J.J. Abrams says the most important thing for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is making a film Carrie Fisher would be “proud of”

December 2, 2019 by Liam Waddington

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams claims the most important aspect of Episode IX is making a film that the late great Carrie Fisher would be proud of – and believes the crew has done that. “I don’t want to talk about that, per se, because it just — I don’t think it’s quite […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: Carrie Fisher, J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

J.J. Abrams says that Carrie Fisher somehow knew he would direct Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

November 29, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Despite Carrie Fisher passing away before Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the beloved actress apparently predicted that J.J. Abrams would return to direct the movie. Star Wars legend Carrie Fisher passed away before The Last Jedi was released so J.J. Abrams utilised unused footage of Fisher so she could appear in the last movie […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Carrie Fisher, J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Leia was originally going to be ‘The Last Jedi’ in Star Wars: Episode IX

November 9, 2019 by Gary Collinson

As we’ve heard previously, Disney and Lucasfilm’s plan for the Original Trilogy heroes of Han Solo, Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa was for each to come to the forefront in a different chapter of the Sequel Trilogy – Harrison Ford’s Han in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill’s Luke in Star Wars: The Last […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Carrie Fisher, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode IX

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