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Daisy Ridley, Kristin Scott Thomas and Nina Hoss to star in World War II drama Women in the Castle

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Deadline is reporting that Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), Kristin Scott Thomas (Darkest Hour) and Nina Hoss (Phoenix) are set to star in the World War II drama Women in the Castle. Based on Jessica Shattuck’s bestselling 2017 novel of the same name, Women in the Castle is being written and directed […]

Rian Johnson reveals why he cut Rey’s third lesson from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Rian Johnson, the director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has revealed why he cut Rey’s third lesson from the film. In The Last Jedi we got to see Rey participate in Jedi training with Luke Skywalker, bringing us right back to Luke’s own training with Master Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back. Luke told […]

Blu-ray Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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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: […]

Dear Daisy Ridley: Here’s where the Star Wars love went

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Anghus Houvouras on where the Star Wars love has gone… If you had told me back in 1999 in the months that followed the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that one day Star Wars would be in a more perilous place (creatively speaking), I would have chucked. Worse than the […]

Star Wars: Jyn Erso’s initial Rogue One origin story was too similar to Rey’s

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One of the original origin stories for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Jyn Erso was deemed to be too similar to Rey’s so had to be changed. The new era of Star Wars films has seen the introduction of some big new characters, including two female leads. One being Rey (Daisy Ridley) in the […]

Daisy Ridley on the upsetting online response to recent Star Wars films

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Daisy Ridley has discussed the upsetting online response to recent Star Wars films and the negative impact of social media. When Star Wars: The Force Awakens arrived in cinemas, fans of the franchise were nearly unanimous in the good vibes and their joy at having Star Wars back after the troubling prequel era. Unfortunately, the […]

Rey choosing the Skywalker name dates back to before Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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It has been revealed that the concept of Rey choosing the Skywalker name in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker dates back to before The Force Awakens. At the end of The Rise of Skywalker, after our hero defeats Palpatine, we see Rey on Tattooine, burying the Skywalker lightsabers and choosing the family name as […]

Daisy Ridley and John Boyega discuss their chemistry in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and share their favourite Star Wars movies and characters

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During a promotional interview with RocketNews24, Star Wars: The Force Awakens stars Daisy Ridley and John Boyega have been discussing their characters Rey and Finn, as well as sharing their favourite Star Wars movies and characters. “[Rey and Finn] both represent a friendship to each other that neither of us have had before. We’ve never had […]

Daisy Ridley and John Boyega talk Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Following the release of yesterday’s character posters [see here], The Hollywood Reporter caught up with rising stars Daisy Ridley and John Boyega to discuss their breakout roles as Rey and Finn in December’s wildly-anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “Rey faces a lot of challenges throughout the film, and the way she reacts to things […]