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SDCC: Star Wars: The Force Awakens interviews with J.J. Abrams, Harrison Ford and the new cast

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Star Wars mania gripped the San Diego Comic-Con International yesterday as Disney and Lucasfilm showcased Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ve already brought you the behind-the-scenes sizzle reel which was shown to fans in attendance [see here], along with video of the full panel itself [see here], and now we’ve got some interviews with director […]

The Week in Star Wars – Pre-Comic Con 2015 Edition: Han Solo spin-off movie confirmed, Darth Vader & Boba Fett in Rogue One and more

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In this pre-Comic Con edition of The Week in Star Wars, the Han Solo movie has been confirmed, there’s a couple of possible cameos in Rogue One and more…It had been rumoured for quite some time that one of the Anthology movies for Star Wars would be focused on Han Solo. We’ve heard news stories […]

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 […]

POSSIBLE SPOILERS – Pictures of more returning characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Greg Grunberg’s role revealed?

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Warning – possible spoilers below…Since the announcement of the movie, we’ve known that the likes of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia would be back for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but there have been plenty of rumours about other possible returning roles (but not Lando it would seem). Well, starwars7news.com believes it can confirm […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens heading to Hall H for Comic-Con

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Yesterday it was revealed that Marvel Studios will be absent from the Comic-Con this year, but Disney will have a presence, as it’s just been announced that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is heading to San Diego for a Hall H panel on Friday, July 10th, which will include director J.J. Abrams, writer Lawrence Kasdan, […]

Disney makes it official that Boba Fett survived the Sarlacc in Return of the Jedi

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He’s the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy, and one of the most popular characters in the entire Star Wars universe, so being inadvertently knocked into the jaws of the Sarlacc by a blinded Han Solo is certainly no way to go.Unless you’re a fan of the Expanded Universe, the fan favorite bounty hunter […]

The Callow Way – Why Lib Dems Hate R2-D2, But UKIP Supporters Love Darth Vader

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This week Neil Calloway uncovers a poll that surveys both voting intention and favourite Star Wars characters, with some unexpected results…On Thursday, the trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens dropped at around the same time as leaders of British political parties (minus David Cameron and Nick Clegg, who obviously stayed at home to discuss […]

J.J. Abrams rumored to direct Star Wars: Episode IX

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Old reports about the future installments in the ever-expanding Star Wars film franchise – which will soon consist of one film every year – made it seem that Star Wars: The Force Awakens helmer J.J. Abrams would be handing over the keys to the beloved saga after only one film. Now, we’ve learned that that may not be the […]