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The Week in Star Wars – New Rogue One trailer featuring Darth Vader, update on Tony Gilroy’s role in the production, young Lando in Han Solo movie, Rebels season 3 update and more

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The Week in Star Wars is dedicated to Kenny Baker.  You were the droid we were looking for. This edition of The Week in Star Wars brings you the brand new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as well as some casting rumours for young Lando in Han Solo: A Star Wars Story […]

Kylo Ren reacts to the Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer

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Last week Disney and Lucasfilm released the new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story; our writing team were very impressed by what we saw [read our reaction here], but what did the Master of the Knights of Ren make of this new look at December’s Anthology movie? Well, thanks to YouTube channel Auralnauts, […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Week in Star Wars: Star Wars Celebration Europe Edition – Rogue One trailer and behind the scenes, Thrawn confirmed for Star Wars Rebels, Episode VIII and Han Solo updates and loads more

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It’s the post-Star Wars Celebration Edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got a lot to cover including Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Episode VIII, Star Wars Rebels, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Battlefront and more… Right, let’s kick things off with everything from Star Wars Celebration Europe – […]

Gareth Edwards discusses Rogue One: A Star Wars Story alien creatures Pao and Bistan

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During the Star Wars Celebration sizzle reel for Rogue One, we got our first glimpse of two alien creatures from December’s Anthology movie, affectionately dubbed by fans as “Bigmouth” and “Space Monkey”, and now director Gareth Edwards has offered up some details on the two characters, who are actually called Pao and Bistan. “There was […]

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. […]

The Week in Star Wars – More on the Rogue One reshoots, Episode VIII nears production end, new games from E3, Hayden Christensen return and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns with some updates on the Rogue One reshoots, all the news coming out of E3 (new games!) and Hayden Christensen begging to return yet again… We’ll kick things off this week with an update on those Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reshoots. If you’re behind on the story, […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One character details and artwork, rumoured Episode VIII title and scene description, and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got some character details for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a couple of Star Wars: Episode VIII rumours and more… We’re kicking this off this week with some official news about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film is just seven months away, and to get us […]

The Week in Star Wars – Darth Vader confirmed for Rogue One, new images and character descriptions revealed, Star Wars: Underground details

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It’s a Rogue One special for The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got everything you need to know… Before we kick off, this edition of The Week in Star Wars marks the first anniversary of the feature – thank you to everyone who has read it and continues to read it! Kicking things off […]