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The Pick of the Flicks Podcast #5 – Bristol Bad Film Club founder Ti Singh on Raiders of the Lost Ark

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On The Pick of the Flicks Podcast, a different guest drops in every week to chat about their favourite movie. This week, Bristol Bad Film Club founder and author Ti Singh chats about Indiana Jones’s inaugural adventure in Raiders of the Lost Ark… On this episode of the podcast, Ti Singh stops by to chat […]

Rumour: Lucasfilm has enlisted George Lucas to help with Star Wars: Episode IX script

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Lucasfilm has found itself in uncharted waters this year, with the latest Star Wars movie Solo: A Star Wars Story becoming the first instalment of the saga to tank at the box office, and many fans turning on Disney for its handling of the franchise, particularly after the hugely divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi.Disney’s […]

George Lucas helped direct a scene in Solo: A Star Wars Story

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As part of its Solo: A Star Wars Story coverage, Entertainment Weekly has been chatting to director Ron Howard about his work on the Anthology movie, with Howard revealing that his old pal George Lucas paid a visit to the set, and actually ended up contributing to a scene.“George is like a big brother mentor […]

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 George […]

The Problem With Fan Expectations

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Henry Bevan on the problem with fan expectations…I love Spider-Man. Spider-Man 2 is my favourite superhero film, I was addicted to 1990s TV show. Tobey Maguire is an underrated actor. But, I didn’t like Spider-Man: Homecoming, at first. I hated how Peter’s quest to be a hero relegated the supporting characters and I felt the […]

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 was […]

What did George Lucas think of Star Wars: The Last Jedi?

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Whatever your feelings about the Star Wars prequels, George Lucas must be revered for shaping the galaxy far, far away, and while he wasn’t too keen on the “retro tone” of The Force Awakens, it appears that the godfather of this galaxy was altogether more complimentary about Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi.His rep, Connie […]

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 […]

George Lucas still offers Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars suggestions about the Jedi

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Disney may have rejected his ideas for the Sequel Trilogy, but it seems that George Lucas still offers Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy the occasional piece of advice relating to the Star Wars saga.“Not really,” Kennedy told EW when asked whether Lucas still offers input into the films and the stories for upcoming films. “But he’ll whisper […]