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SPOILERS: J.J. Abrams on why Kylo Ren turned to the Dark Side prior to Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Warning. This point contains MAJOR spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you haven’t seen it yet and you don’t want to be spoiled, turn back now. You have been warned.. While Star Wars: The Force Awakens answers the big mystery surrounding the saga’s new villain Kylo Ren, revealing his real – or rather, former – identity, […]

Second Opinion – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens UK Press Conference Report

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Simon Columb reports from the UK press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… It’s early on December 17th and the Corinthia Hotel, seconds away from the Thames River running through central London, is the location of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens press conference. Those core fans are probably only waking up now after […]

Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens just fan-fiction on a big budget?

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Luke Owen asks an important question… J.J. Abrams has been praised by critics lucky enough to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens early (including yours truly), but there is something that has been hanging over the film for some time now. When Disney announced that they were releasing a new series of movies based in the Star Wars […]

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015 Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]

J.J. Abrams on not directing Star Wars: Episode VIII

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Despite relaunching the Star Wars saga with next week’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams will be handing over the reins for the rest of the Sequel Trilogy, with Rian Johnson (Looper) helming Star Wars: Episode VIII and Colin Trevorrow (Jurassic World) rounding things out with Star Wars: Episode IX. Chatting with the […]

J.J. Abrams explains why Leia isn’t a Jedi in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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I think it’s pretty safe to assume that following Return of the Jedi, the majority of fans expected Luke Skywalker to pass on what he had learned about the ways of the Force to his sister Leia. However, as we’ve seen from the marketing campaign of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Leia is not a Jedi, […]

J.J. Abrams confirms no post-credit scene for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Earlier today at a press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams stated that the hotly anticipated next entry into the worldwide revered saga contains no post-credits sequence whatsoever. There isn’t even a middle-credits stinger. Basically, once the movie is over, you can feel free to leave the theater, provided sticking around […]

J.J. Abrams promises “more primitive, aggressive and rougher” lightsaber action in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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While the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy offered up a number of memorable lightsaber duels, they have come in for criticism due to their heavily choreographed and elaborate nature, and it seems that hasn’t been lost on J.J. Abrams, with the director telling Empire that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will see a return to the […]

J.J. Abrams completes Star Wars: The Force Awakens, promises less lens flare

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During a ‘Celebrity Nerd-Off’ interview with Stephen Colbert at the Montclair Film Festival, director J.J. Abrams has revealed that at 2:38 AM on Saturday morning he completed the mix for Star Wars: The Force Awakens ahead of its hotly-anticipated release this December. SEE ALSO: First clip and new TV spot from Star Wars: The Force […]