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Hot Toys unveils its Luke Skywalker figure from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Hot Toys has unveiled its 1/6th scale collectible Luke Skywalker figure which is based on the likeness of Mark Hamill in the upcoming blockbuster sequel Star Wars: The Last Jedi; take a look at the official promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Pre-order via Sideshow Collectibles And here’s the deluxe version… In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, […]

Sideshow’s Return of the Jedi Luke Skywalker Deluxe Figure available to pre-order now

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Sideshow has unveiled a batch of promotional images for its 1/6th scale Luke Skywalker Deluxe figure which is based on the likeness of Mark Hamill in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. The collectible is available to pre-order now, priced at $235.00; check it out here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Pre-order via Sideshow Collectibles “I’ll […]

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 […]

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams SYNOPSIS: […]

The Witcher showrunner reacts to Mark Hamill fan-casting as Vesemir

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Since Netflix’s The Witcher series was announced, fans have taken to social media to offer their dream casting of Mark Hamill as Vesemir, Geralt of Rivia’s mentor and father figure. Now, in a recent interview with IGN, The Witcher showrunner Lauren Hissrich has spoken out about the fan-casting and how excited she was when Mark Hamill responded to the […]

FX’s What We Do in the Shadows season 2 premiering in April, Mark Hamill to guest star

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As part of the Television Critics Winter Press Tour, FX has announced that its acclaimed vampire mockumentary series What We Do In the Shadows will be returning for its second season this April. The second season of the series, based upon Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi’s cult 2014 film of the same name, will get […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker writer explains how the Luke and Leia flashback was created using Return of the Jedi footage

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While the scenes of Carrie Fisher’s performance as General Leia in The Rise of Skywalker were constructed using unused footage from The Force Awakens, writer Chris Terrio has revealed that the flashback sequence with Luke and Leia was crafted using footage from Return of the Jedi. “We also had access to the dailies from the Original Trilogy, and […]

The Star Wars Holiday Special continues to be a baffling, fascinating cultural relic

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To compliment the release of the “final” entry into the Skywalker Saga, Shaun Munro revisits the most infamous piece of Star Wars media in existence, 1978’s legendarily woeful Star Wars Holiday Special… While Star Wars fans routinely squabble over whether The Phantom Menace or The Last Jedi is the movie which sent the franchise irreversibly hurtling off […]

Movie Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams. SYNOPSIS: […]