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The Week in Star Wars – New poster and trailer for The Force Awakens, J.J. Abrams responds to “anti-white” claims, box office predictions, Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side and more

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It’s a packed edition of The Week in Star Wars following a new poster and trailer for The Force Awakens alongside some record breaking ticket sales, #BoycottStarWarsVIII, Luke Skywalker turning to the Dark Side and more…Well, what a week this has been. We’ll kick things off with last Sunday’s new poster for Star Wars: The Force […]

The Week in Star Wars – New trailer for The Force Awakens, runtime rumours, female directors are “going to happen” and more

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We’ve got a couple of rumours in this edition of The Week in Star Wars surrounding trailers, ratings and runtimes. We’ve also got word on female directors joining the universe, comic book previews and new maps for Battlefront…Kicking things off as we normally do with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and a new rumour surfaced […]

The Week in Star Wars – Force Friday toys, Episode VIII casting, new The Force Awakens character revealed and more

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It’s a toyetic edition of The Week in Star Wars as we have all the fallout from Force Friday, some casting news for Star Wars: Episode VIII, a new banner for The Force Awakens and more…We hope you’ve got a lot of money saved, as the global Force Friday event has revealed all the Star […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One rumours, new Force Awakens footage, Kylo Ren details and more

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In this packed edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got new footage from The Force Awakens, details on new characters, some Rogue One rumours and more…Kicking things off this week (as we usually do) with The Force Awakens and we were treated to some new footage for the movie via a teaser trailer. The […]

The Week in Star Wars – First Order Stormtrooper details, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets revealed, Rogue One begins filming and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, new information about the First Order Stormtroopers revealed, plenty of LEGO Star Wars bits and pieces and the secret history of Obi Wan Kenobi…Kicking things off with only a couple of bits of The Force Awakens news (which is bound to explode this coming week with […]

The Week in Star Wars – New promo banner and character sketches for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ewan McGregor wants to return as Obi-Wan and more

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This week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars sees a new promotional banner and character sketches for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the return of Obi Wan Kenobi and clips from Star Wars Rebels…Following a load of leaked images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens last week, we got a new promotional banner for […]

Frank Oz to guest star in Star Wars Rebels as Yoda

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We’ve already heard one iconic Star Wars voice in Star Wars Rebels, with James Earl Jones making a guest appearance as Darth Vader in the feature-length premiere ‘Spark of Rebellion’, and now TV Guide has revealed that Frank Oz will also be reprising the role of Yoda for an upcoming appearance in the show.With Yoda […]

Star Wars: Ahsoka casts its live-action Ezra Bridger in Eman Esfandi

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Ezra Bridger is the latest animated Star Wars character to make the jump into live action, with Eman Esfandi (Red 11, King Richard) signing on to play the young hero of Star Wars Rebels in Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: Ahsoka.The series sees Esfandi joining Rosario Dawson in the title role as Ahsoka Tano, […]

Star Wars: Ahsoka series will feature Sabine Wren, Hera Syndulla and Chopper from Rebels

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It had already been revealed that Star Wars Rebels’ Sabine Wren would be making the jump from animation to live-action in the upcoming Star Wars: Ahsoka Disney+ series, and now during Star Wars Celebration it has been revealed that the Mandalorian warrior will be joined by a couple of her old shipmates from the Ghost.As […]

Hayden Christensen dived into Clone Wars and Rebels ahead of Star Wars return

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Some seventeen years on from his last foray into the galaxy far, far away, Hayden Christensen makes his Star Wars return next month as he reunites with Prequel Trilogy co-star Ewan McGregor for Lucasfilm’s Disney+ series Star Wars: Obi Wan Kenobi.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Christensen spoke about his preparation for his return, revealing that he […]