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Star Wars: The Force Awakens character spotlight reveals Finn’s lineage?

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Warning. Potential spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens follow…Just yesterday, we brought you some comments from Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy who confirmed that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will explore the next generation of the Skywalker family. This supports the rumours and speculation that either Rey (Daisy Ridley), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) or both could […]

The Week in Star Wars – Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens, Max Von Sydow’s character revealed and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we look at a rather dubious rumour about Hayden Christensen returning to the Star Wars Universe, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens and more…Kicking things off as we usually do on The Week in Star Wars by looking at the latest from […]

John Boyega says Finn’s story in Star Wars: The Force Awakens mirrors Luke Skywalker and Han Solo

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With less than three months to go until the hugely-anticipated arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’re going to be inundated with promotional material between now and the end of the year, and much of that will revolve around one of our new heroes Finn, played by John Boyega.SEE ALSO: Gwendoline Christie on playing […]

SDCC: Star Wars: The Force Awakens interviews with J.J. Abrams, Harrison Ford and the new cast

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Star Wars mania gripped the San Diego Comic-Con International yesterday as Disney and Lucasfilm showcased Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ve already brought you the behind-the-scenes sizzle reel which was shown to fans in attendance [see here], along with video of the full panel itself [see here], and now we’ve got some interviews with director […]

7 actors who could play Marvel’s new Spider-Man

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Luke Owen looks at actors who could play Spider-Man…What amazing news to wake up to on a Tuesday morning – Spider-Man has come home to Marvel to be part of their cinematic universe. The world famous wall-crawler will start swinging through New York in 2017 for our third Spider-Man series in the last fifteen years.According to […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens character names revealed… via Topps-style trading cards

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Disney and Lucasfilm have decided to peel back the veil of secrecy surrounding Star Wars: The Force Awakens ever so slightly by revealing the names of the new characters seen in the recent trailer via a selection of “trading cards” that pay homage to the classic Topps collectibles from the original 1977 movie. Check them […]

John Boyega addresses racist comments from Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer

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It was a trailer that was very well recieved by Star Wars fans (if the Flickering Myth Reaction is anything to go by) but there were some who felt that John Boyega (Attack the Block) shouldn’t play a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens because – get this – he’s black. Aside from the […]

Watch the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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It’s here! Disney and Lucasfilm have given us our first look at the hugely-anticipated first instalment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and we’ve got it for you right here. Why are you even wasting your time reading this? Check it out right here… So, what do […]