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George Lucas gives his verdict on Star Wars: The Force Awakens

December 8, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Over the weekend, Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy revealed that Star Wars creator George Lucas “really liked” Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now the bearded one himself has briefly given his verdict on the new movie. “I think the fans are going to love it,” said Lucas, who was appearing at the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: George Lucas, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

George Lucas has seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens and “really liked it”, according to Kathleen Kennedy

December 5, 2015 by Gary Collinson

It’s not quite a public endorsement from the man himself, but Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy has told The Hollywood Reporter that George Lucas is one of only a handful of people to have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and that the creator of the saga “really liked it.” Kennedy added that Lucas will attend the […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: George Lucas, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

George Lucas explains why Greedo shoots first in Star Wars

November 30, 2015 by Gary Collinson

It’s a question that fans have been asking ever since the Special Edition release of Star Wars in 1997: why oh why did George Lucas decide to have Greedo shooting first during the bounty hunter’s confrontation with Han Solo in the Mos Eisley cantina? Well, speaking to the Washington Post, Lucas has explained that he felt […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: George Lucas, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope

The Week in Star Wars – New footage from The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill talks Luke Skywalker’s secret, George Lucas says Disney changed his vision and more

November 22, 2015 by Luke Owen

After a bumper edition of The Week in Star Wars last weekend, we’ve got even more new footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a couple of TV spots and new images, Mark Hamill on keeping Star Wars secrets, Andy Serkis talking Supreme Leader Snoke, George Lucas on Disney changing his vision for the […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Luke Owen, Movies, News, Television, The Week in Star Wars, Video Games Tagged With: George Lucas, Star Wars, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: Chewbacca, Star Wars: Darth Vader, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Vader Down, Super Star Wars

The Week in Disappointment – Star Wars, The Hobbit, Merlin, Spectre and Gambit

November 21, 2015 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Peter Jackson admits ‘I didn’t know what the hell I was doing’ on the Hobbit” You know, I have to give Peter Jackson some props. Last year when I included The Hobbit films amongst ‘the most disappointing films of all time’, I got so much […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies, The Week in Disappointment Tagged With: Gambit, George Lucas, Marvel, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Pierce Brosnan, Simon Kinberg, Spectre, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hobbit, The Merlin Saga

George Lucas on Star Wars: The Force Awakens straying from his original vision for the Sequel Trilogy

November 20, 2015 by Gary Collinson

With less than a month to go before Disney relaunches the Star Wars franchise with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, CBS News has been chatting with the saga’s creator George Lucas, who spoke about Disney and director J.J. Abrams’ decision to stray from his original vision for the Sequel Trilogy. “The issue was ultimately, they looked at […]

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Is J.K. Rowling the new George Lucas?

September 26, 2015 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras on whether J.K. Rowling is the new George Lucas… First, they create something truly amazing. A generation-defining intellectual property that penetrated pop culture at a molecular level. Their sensational story took the world by force and evolved beyond the written word to the silver screen and beyond: Toys, merchandise, video games, theme parks. […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Books, Movies Tagged With: George Lucas, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Star Wars

George Lucas says Goofy inspired Jar Jar Binks

August 15, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Star Wars creator George Lucas was in attendance at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California yesterday, during which he revealed that one of the Mouse House’s iconic cartoon characters served as the inspiration for the most-loathed character from the galaxy far, far away: Jar Jar Binks. “I can’t even begin to tell you how much […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: George Lucas, Goofy, Star Wars

John Williams on scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens

May 27, 2015 by Gary Collinson

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 […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: George Lucas, J.J. Abrams, John Williams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

George Lucas thinks another Howard the Duck movie could happen

April 19, 2015 by Gavin Logan

Howard the Duck is one of Marvel’s more bizarre creations and when the original movie came out in 1986 it didn’t exactly take the box-office by storm. Speaking recently at the Tribeca Film Festival producer and co-creator George Lucas commented on the movie’s lack of success and mentioned that even the worst movies can “float […]

Filed Under: Gavin Logan, Movies, News Tagged With: George Lucas, Howard the Duck, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe

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