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John Williams on scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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There may be a different studio and director behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but when Episode VII opens in cinemas this December one thing that will be very familiar is the music of John Williams. The composer, who has scored all six previous movies in the Star Wars saga, has been talking to Vanity […]

It’s official: George Lucas will have no involvement with Indiana Jones 5

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When it was announced a few months back, director Steven Spielberg had said that co-creator George Lucas would be involved in Indiana Jones 5, but that now appears to be completely untrue. “He’s not [involved], to my knowledge,” screenwriter David Koepp told Collider. “I’ve had no contact with him.” Ever since Lucas sold Lucasfilm to Disney, his […]

Does Disney want Chris Pratt for Indiana Jones reboot?

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In what could be described as potentially perfect casting, Deadline is reporting that Walt Disney Pictures and Lucasfilm Ltd. are rumoured to be contemplating a reboot of their Indiana Jones franchise, with Chris Pratt (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World) their apparent No. 1 choice to take over from Harrison Ford. While any official word […]

George Lucas shares his thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, says Disney scrapped his ideas for the Sequel Trilogy

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Having retired from the Star Wars franchise, George Lucas has previously stated that he was yet to watch the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, he has now revealed that he caught the trailer while attending the cinema, telling Page Six: “I saw the trailer. I saw it in a theater because […]

George Lucas slams all-white Oscar nominations, “it’s a political campaign”

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Star Wars creator George Lucas is not a man known for mincing his words when it comes to the Academy. Having famously left the Directors Guild of America after being fined for not having a standard title sequence on Star Wars (which also meant he couldn’t get Steven Spielberg to direct one of the movies), […]

George Lucas tops the list of the richest Hollywood movie moguls

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This will come as little surprise given his $4 billion sale of Lucasfilm to Disney back in 2012, but George Lucas has topped the list of richest Hollywood movie moguls with an estimated net worth of $5.4 billion. Lucas, whose former company produced the likes of Star Wars and Indiana Jones, narrowly takes first place […]

George Lucas hasn’t watched the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer

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Having shattered all kinds of records since its release online, it seems everyone has watched the trailer for Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens… Well, everyone that is except Star Wars creator George Lucas, who has told Page Six that he’s yet to see the teaser, and doesn’t plan to watch it any time soon. […]

How Far Can Star Wars Go?

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Tom Jolliffe takes a look at the Star Wars franchise and just how far it can go… Before I start the ball rolling, I think we’ve all established that Star Wars: The Last Jedi was divisive. In the end the big band of people who thought it was a Cleveland steamer upon the chest of […]

Mark Hamill says the Star Wars prequels are more original than The Force Awakens

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To promote his return as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill has been chatting to Metro about the Star Wars saga, during which he has defended the much-maligned Prequel Trilogy, stating that Lucas’ movies were more original than Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “What I thought was great about the prequels […]