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Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7 Episode 11 Review – ‘Shattered’

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Ricky Church reviews the penultimate episode of Star Wars: The Clone Wars… After ‘The Phantom Apprentice‘ ended the Siege of Mandalore with two episodes of the series to go, the endgame for Star Wars: The Clone Wars has not only begun, but moved into one of the most pivotal moments of the entire Star Wars saga. ‘Shattered’ feels […]

Sam Witwer reveals George Lucas’ thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ final season so far

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Sam Witwer, who has voiced Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, has revealed that creator George Lucas is reacting positively to The Clone Wars final season so far. In a recent interview with Star Wars Holocron, Witwer revealed that George Lucas has been in contact with producer Dave Filoni and has had a positive reaction […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, The Force Awakens Blu-Ray details, Episode VIII to start shooting and more

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It’s the post Life Day edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got some harsh words from George Lucas about the new Star Wars overlords, details for The Force Awakens Blu-Ray release, information on Episode VIII and more… Happy 2016! Kicking things off the first The Week in Star Wars of 2016 with The […]

The Week in Disappointment – Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: the Force Awakens, Indiana Jones

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Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, suggests he’s not a fan of “retro” tone of Star Wars: The Force Awakens“ Remember when George Lucas accused film audiences of being racist because they didn’t turn out to see the awful Red Tails? And you cringed at […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker reportedly features an audio cameo from George Lucas

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George Lucas, creator of Star Wars, reportedly has an audio cameo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is now on the backend of its theatrical run, having crossed $1 billion worldwide and surpassed the total haul of Rogue One. The film is packed with surprise moments, lore, and […]

George Lucas meets The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda

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As Baby Yoda continues to take the world by storm, The Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau has taken to Twitter to share a cute behind-the-scenes photo from the set of the Disney+ show which sees The Child receiving a cuddle from none other than Star Wars daddy George Lucas; check it out here… SEE ALSO: The Mandalorian’s […]

Celebrating Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Its Continuing Legacy

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Ricky Church celebrates Star Wars: The Clone Wars… This month marks the 10th anniversary of the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Though a feature film of the same name was released a couple months prior to the premiere and introduced some interesting new elements to the Star Wars canon, it did not really capture […]

Mark Hamill wishes that Disney followed George Lucas’ original outline for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

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Mark Hamill has never been shy about his hesitance over Disney’s new Star Wars trilogy. While there is clearly no bad feelings between the Luke Skywalker icon and Disney, he does wish that the studio hadn’t steered away from George Lucas’ vision quite so far with the last few films. Sitting down with Metro, the […]

J.J. Abrams has been told that the unaltered versions of the Original Star Wars Trilogy will never again be released

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When Disney first purchased Lucasfilm from George Lucas, many fans of the Star Wars saga hoped this would pave the way for the original, unaltered theatrical versions of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi to make their grand return. However, so far this hasn’t proven to be the case, […]