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The Biggest Opening Weekends of 2016

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Luke Owen charts the biggest opening weekends of 2016… It’s fair to say that 2016 has been rather disappointing in terms of the quality of movie delivered, and the biggest opening weekend for 2016 would have been fourth last year behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Jurassic World and Avengers: Age of Ultron. With that […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One reviews, Mark Hamill shares his thoughts, Episode VIII trailer and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars is – predictably – Rogue One: A Star Wars Story heavy as we’ve got reviews, clips, TV spots and more… Firstly, I would like to thank Gary and Oli for looking after The Week in Star Wars in my absence. Let’s kick things off this week […]

Flickering Myth’s Top Ten Movies of 2016

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Flickering Myth’s writing team present our top ten movies of 2016… As 2016 draws to a close and we ring in the New Year, Flickering Myth’s writers have been putting our collective heads together to vote on the best cinematic offerings from the past twelve months. As always, we’ve voted on our individual top ten […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story enjoys a $290 million global opening weekend

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has pulled in a worldwide box office opening weekend of $290.5 million, which is at the lower end of the initial tracking suggesting a haul of anywhere between $280 and $300 million. Domestically, Rogue One grossed $155 million across the Friday-Sunday period, the second biggest December opening in history […]

Gareth Edwards on incorporating unused footage from A New Hope into Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Warning: Spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story follow. You have been warned… We already knew that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story would be bringing back several characters from the Original Trilogy – namely Darth Vader and Mon Mothma – but, as rumoured, the film also featured a number of “surprise” characters, such as Grand Moff […]

Mark Hamill shares his thoughts on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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We’ve already heard that George Lucas has given his seal of approval to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now Luke Skywalker himself Mark Hamill has taken to Twitter to share his thoughts on Lucasfilm’s first Anthology movie: Perfect Cast Astonishing Action Non-Stop Thrills Grabs U from the 1st frame & never lets go! […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story earns $29 million in Thursday preview screenings in the US, over $60 million worldwide

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As expected, the Force is strong with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story at the box office, as Disney and Lucasfilm’s first Anthology movie has debuted with $29 million in Thursday previews in North America. Rogue One’s Thursday opening is the biggest of the year so far, topping Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice ($27.7 […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One tracking massive global opening, major cameos rumoured, Star Wars: Episode VIII title possibly revealed and more

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Gary Collinson rounds up all the latest Star Wars news ahead of Rogue One’s release this coming week… Well, here we are. The next time you read a Week in Star Wars, we’ll have a brand new Star Wars movie! Yes, following its premiere on Saturday night, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story rolls out around […]

Original Trilogy Characters We Could See In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Gary Collinson looks at some Original Trilogy characters we could see in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story… In a week’s time, director Gareth Edwards will take us back to the galaxy far, far away with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the hotly-anticipated first Anthology movie from Disney and Lucasfilm. And […]

Rumour: Major Original Trilogy cameos for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reportedly revealed

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Just yesterday I wrote an article discussing which Original Trilogy characters could potentially appear in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story [read it here], and now a rumour is circulating which suggests that Darth Vader, Mon Mothma and Bail Organa won’t be the only familiar faces in the hotly-anticipated Anthology movie. Now, the rumour comes from Reddit, […]