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J.J. Abrams apparently wanted Palpatine to return during Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, reportedly wanted to bring back Palpatine during The Force Awakens. In recent days, we have received more clarification about how Emperor Palpatine returned during the events of The Rise of Skywalker. Thanks to the official novelization and actor Ian McDiarmid, we now that Palpatine’s […]

J.J. Abrams says Leia is no longer referred to as Princess in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Entertainment Weekly has already unleashed four Star Wars: The Force Awakens covers, a huge batch of images, and comments from Harrison Ford about his return as Han Solo. Now the site has turned its attention to Leia Organa, with director J.J. Abrams revealing that the Rebel hero is no longer going by the title of Princess. “She’s referred […]

J.J. Abrams’ discusses the First Order’s Starkiller Base from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Last month, we got our first look at the First Order’s new superweapon Starkiller Base with the release of the theatrical poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with the design of the planet-sized weapon evoking the Empire’s feared battle station the Death Star. And speaking to Entertainment Weekly, J.J. Abrams has pretty much confirmed […]

J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy talk Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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As part of Entertainment Weekly’s cover story on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy have offered up a few plot teases for the hotly-anticipated film. SEE ALSO: Check out twelve new images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens SEE ALSO: J.J. Abrams offers up some details on Star Wars: […]

J.J. Abrams offers up some details on Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Kylo Ren

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Earlier today Entertainment Weekly offered up some new images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, including a couple of shots of Adam Driver’s lightsaber-weilding villain Kylo Ren. Now, speaking to the site, director J.J. Abrams has offered up a few intriguing details about the latest bad guy to menace the galaxy far, far away. “The […]

J.J. Abrams has toned down the Original Trilogy references in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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When J.J. Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan took over writing duties from Michael Arndt on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it was said that one of the reasons for the rewrite was that Abrams wanted to shift some of the focus back to the characters of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia, as opposed to […]

SPOILERS: J.J. Abrams reveals how he lured a legend back for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Please treat this warning with the same importance you would apply to reading a Star Wars crawl: This story contains HUGE SPOILERS for The Rise of Skywalker… Now that the discourse dust is beginning to settle on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, maybe we can focus on some of the more positive elements of […]

Harrison Ford on returning as Han Solo in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Harrison Ford has publicly stated since the Original Trilogy that he was keen for Han Solo to die for the benefit of the overall Skywalker Saga, and the actor finally got his wish at the hands of Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, as a surprise to everyone, Ford made a small […]

J.J. Abrams reveals Mark Hamill’s role in the Star Wars: The Force Awakens table read

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After watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens, you were probably left wondering why Lucasfilm bothered to bring Mark Hamill in for the cast table read when his character Luke Skywalker had no lines in the movie. Well, as you’d expect with a J.J. Abrams movie, it was partly to retain the movie’s secrets, but the director […]