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Kathleen Kennedy addresses criticisms of a lack of pre-planning for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

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One of the biggest criticisms of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (second only perhaps to the treatment of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi) is the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm embarked on the series of films without a clear road map as to where the story was heading. After raising several questions […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has created “new rules” for the franchise, according to Adam Driver

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It looks like Star Wars: The Last Jedi is going to shake-up the Star Wars formula a bit, according to Kylo Ren himself. Adam Driver recently sat down for an interview with The Huffington Post where the actor shared his enthusiasm for director Rian Johnson, and the new ideas he is bringing to the franchise: “[Johnson] created […]

Rian Johnson wants to direct an episode of The Mandalorian

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Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, wants to direct an episode of The Mandalorian season two. Disney+ has found quick success with their first-ever live-action Star Wars TV show, The Mandalorian. Fans have taken to the new series instantly, praising it for its classic Star Wars feel, visuals, and characters. Fans of […]

Movie Review – Knives Out (2019)

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Knives Out, 2019. Directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Ana De Armas, Lakeith Stanfield, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Michael Shannon, Christopher Plummer, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindholme SYNOPSIS: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the […]

Movie Review – Knives Out (2019)

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Knives Out, 2019. Written and directed by Rian Johnson. Starring Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, LaKeith Stanfield, Jamie Lee Curtis, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, Christopher Plummer, Michael Shannon, Jaeden Martell, Riki Lindhome and Katherine Langford. SYNOPSIS: A detective investigates the death of a patriarch of an eccentric, combative family after his 85th birthday […]

Rian Johnson playing coy about possible Prince William and Harry cameos in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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With Daniel Craig making a stealth appearance in 2015’s The Force Awakens, there has been a lot of rumors going around regarding celebrity cameos in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. We know that Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) will have some sort of cameo, and Tom Hardy has been rumored for some time. That’s not all, however, […]

Rian Johnson wouldn’t change a thing about Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson, says he wouldn’t change anything about the movie. The Last Jedi has been divisive to say the least, delighting and upsetting fans in seemingly equal measure. The film has still gone on to make huge amounts of cash at the box office but audiences are hardly […]

Rian Johnson offers brilliant Twitter response to Star Wars: The Last Jedi force projection criticism

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Officially the most divisive Star Wars movie of the saga, Rian Johnson has spent the last few days divulging information about creative choices made on Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Whether that’s questions about Rey’s parentage, Snoke’s fate, or what happened to the Knights of Ren, he has answered them in a manner that has fully […]

Rian Johnson explains the ‘let the past die’ theme of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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‘Let the past die’ was the central theme of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi and now the director has explained the thinking behind it. Throughout the film a number of characters brought up this theme of letting the past die in one way or another, including two of the film’s key figures Luke […]

Why are Star Wars fans acting like Kelly Marie Tran smothered their inner child?

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Anghus Houvouras on toxic fandom… Obviously she didn’t. No rational mature adult human-being could validate a statement like this. It’s the kind of hyperbolic verbal spasm that has become a staple of fandom ever since cinematic obsessives made declarations like ‘George Lucas raped my childhood’ because they thought the prequels weren’t that good. I’m always […]