According to director J.J. Abrams, Carrie Fisher’s unused footage has worked really well within Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. One concern regarding Episode IX was how would the late Carrie Fisher and her character Leia would fit into the movie. We know that director J.J. Abrams is using unused footage to keep her involved […]
J.J. Abrams on fans calling Star Wars: The Force Awakens too similar to A New Hope
J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has discussed fans calling his The Force Awakens too similar to A New Hope. While fans around the world enjoyed seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens in cinemas, one point of complaint was that the film was very similar to A New Hope. What does […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will further explore Rey’s parentage
The topic of who Rey’s parents are will be further explored in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker according to director J.J. Abrams. Ever since Star Wars: The Force Awakens came out, the question of who Rey’s parents are has been a popular one. The Last Jedi seemed to suggest that who her parents are […]
J.J. Abrams consulted with George Lucas about Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
With December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, director J.J. Abrams faces the mammoth task of not only trying to get the anti-Star Wars: The Last Jedi fans back on board with the Sequel Trilogy, but also delivering a fitting conclusion to the Skywalker Saga, spanning all nine Episodes over the past 42 years. Speaking […]
J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy confirm Emperor Palpatine return in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Well, it looks like Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian isn’t the only Original Trilogy cast member set to make his return to the galaxy far, far away for the first time in the Sequel Trilogy in December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, as both director J.J. Abrams and Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy have confirmed […]
J.J. Abrams says Star Wars: Episode IX might be “incredibly special”
At the risk of jinxing himself, J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: Episode IX, says that the film might be “incredibly special”. There might not be another director with more pressure on him to succeed than J.J. Abrams and the upcoming Star Wars: Episode IX. Not only is the director tasked with ending this […]
J.J. Abrams almost said no to Star Wars: Episode IX
J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: Episode IX, has revealed how he nearly said no to coming back to the franchise. There was many an excited fan when news broke that J.J. Abrams would be returning to direct Star Wars: Episode IX. The director, of course, helmed Star Wars: The Force Awakens before stepping […]
Rian Johnson isn’t bothered if J.J. Abrams retcons The Last Jedi in Star Wars: Episode IX
With a trailer for Star Wars: Episode IX expected to arrive at Star Wars Celebration next weekend, we’ll soon have our first glimpse at the closing chapter of Disney’s Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, and what is being billed as the final instalment of the Skywalker Saga. Given the hugely divisive reaction to 2017’s Star Wars: […]
Can J.J. Abrams turn things around after Star Wars: The Last Jedi?
Samuel Brace on Star Wars: Episode IX… The Star Wars sequel trilogy can still be saved but we need J.J. Abrams to be the hero Luke couldn’t be when he returns for Star Wars: Episode IX. Star Wars: The Force Awakens wasn’t a perfect movie, but it was the movie we needed, the movie Star Wars needed […]
Guillermo del Toro to direct Zanbato for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot
As revealed by Collider, Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions for Zanbato, a new project which he is set to write and direct. While plot details are being kept under wraps, the film reportedly follows a young girl between the ages of 10 and […]