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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story gets an official synopsis

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The new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set to land later today [watch a teaser here], and to whet our appetites Disney and Lucasfilm have unveiled an updated synopsis for the hotly-anticipated Anthology movie, which reads as follows: From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, Rogue One: […]

Riz Ahmed discusses his character Bodhi Rook in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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With a new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story set to arrive on Thursday [watch a teaser here], Riz Ahmed has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about his character Bodhi Rook, a former Imperial pilot who has defected to the Rebellion. “A character like Bodhi is not born into the life of a […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards discusses the planet Jedha, a “holy land” for followers of the Force

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With a new trailer set to arrive this week, Gareth Edwards has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with the director offering up some insight into the planet Jedha, which is set to feature heavily in the film and is described as a “holy land” for those who follow […]

Why Are Film Sets Increasingly Troubled Places?

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This week, Neil Calloway looks at why franchise movies seem to spawn arguments between film-makers and studios… Rumours of a troubled production – and two differing cuts – of Suicide Squad add to a growing list of films that appear to have led to arguments and disagreements between the creative teams behind them and the […]

The Week in Star Wars – More production problems for Rogue One, Star Wars TV series, Han Solo trilogy and more

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The Week in Star Wars is back – and it’s another bumper edition. We’ve got the latest on production issues for Rogue One, a possible TV series, a rumoured Han Solo movie and more… We’ll kick things off this week with more news on production issues for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story [which got […]

Jimmy Smits reprising the role of Bail Organa for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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We saw from the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that Genevieve O’Reilly will be reprising her role as Mon Mothma from Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now we can officially add another returning cast member from the Prequel Trilogy. […]

Why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One

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Anghus Houvouras on why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One… Recently I wrote the following statement about film franchises in my review for Star Trek Beyond: Franchises are whores. They always have been—painted trollops far more interested in money than meaning. Any amount of love or passion obtained […]

Tony Gilroy reportedly “supervising” the edit of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Despite Lucasfilm and Gareth Edwards putting on a brave face at Star Wars Celebration, it seems there may be more drama behind-the-scenes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with The Hollywood Reporter claiming that Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Legacy) has taken the lead on post-production on the December Anthology movie. Back in June, it was […]

SDCC: Lucasfilm reveals details on Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End and new titles

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During yesterday’s Star Wars Publishing panel at the San Diego Comic-Con, Lucasfilm offered fans some details on their upcoming slate of Star Wars novels, including the concluding part of Chuck Wendig’s Aftermath trilogy, a Poe Dameron book, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story tie-ins and new young reader titles. Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath and Star […]