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J.J. Abrams opens up about the lack of planning on the Star Wars sequels

May 28, 2021 by Matt Rodgers

J.J. Abrams has a lot to say right now. Not only is he developing a Superman reboot for Warner Bros., and working on an adaptation of the popular videogame Portal, but he’s also celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the release of Super 8, and it’s while doing the rounds promoting his ode-to-Spielberg that he opened […]

Filed Under: Matt Rodgers, Movies, News Tagged With: J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

John Boyega says his Star Wars co-stars were supportive of his Sequel Trilogy criticism, open to returning as Finn

October 28, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Many Star Wars fans found themselves underwhelmed by Disney and Lucasfilm’s Sequel Trilogy – including one who just so happened to be part of the core cast of The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. John Boyega, who plays the Stormtrooper-turned-Resistance big shot Finn, certainly hasn’t been shy when it comes […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

A Lack of Vision: The Missed Opportunities of the Skywalker Saga – Rey Nobody

September 20, 2020 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras completes his analysis of the missed opportunities of the Skywalker Saga… The following is a continuation of the thought process laid out in Part One: The Emancipation of Anakin where I suggest one minor pivot to Anakin’s core motivation; The deep psychological scar of slavery. Every motivating factor from why he wants to […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Mark Hamill has voice cameos in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One, and Solo

June 24, 2020 by Samuel Brace

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Mark Hamill has revealed that he has been in all of the Star Wars films except the prequels, thanks to hidden voice cameos. It was recently revealed that Mark Hamill had a secret voice cameo in The Mandalorian season one as EV-9D9. Hamill has since confirmed this news and also made public that his Star […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, Mark Hamill, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mark Hamill describes his involvement in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy as “bittersweet”

May 17, 2020 by Gary Collinson

Having bid farewell to the galaxy far, far away with December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Mark Hamill is currently back doing the press rounds for his latest project, a guest role in FX’s vampire comedy series What We Do In the Shadows, although naturally – as has been the case his entire career […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Mark Hamill, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Dear Daisy Ridley: Here’s where the Star Wars love went

April 19, 2020 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras on where the Star Wars love has gone… If you had told me back in 1999 in the months that followed the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that one day Star Wars would be in a more perilous place (creatively speaking), I would have chucked. Worse than the […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Daisy Ridley, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker editors feel The Last Jedi undid the storytelling of The Force Awakens

April 12, 2020 by Gary Collinson

One of the biggest criticisms of the Sequel Trilogy is the lack of a single, overarching vision for Episodes VII, VIII and IX, with Disney and Lucasfilm opting instead to take things one film at a time and allowing directors J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson to steer things in their own direction rather than working […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: J.J. Abrams, Rian Johnson, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The Top 15 Film Scores of the 2010s

March 11, 2020 by admin

Hasitha Fernando on the top film scores of the 2010s… To say a film’s score is an integral aspect of it is a gross understatement. The right score can do a lot of things. It can elevate a film from the realm of mediocrity to the extraordinary, breathe life into characters, augment the emotional impact […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Hasitha Fernando, Movies Tagged With: Black Panther, How to Train Your Dragon, If Beale Street Could Talk, Interstellar, Maleficent, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, Ready Player One, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hobbit, The Shape of Water, The Wolfman, tron legacy, War for the Planet of the Apes, Wolf Totem

J.J. Abrams apparently wanted Palpatine to return during Star Wars: The Force Awakens

March 4, 2020 by Samuel Brace

J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, reportedly wanted to bring back Palpatine during The Force Awakens. In recent days, we have received more clarification about how Emperor Palpatine returned during the events of The Rise of Skywalker. Thanks to the official novelization and actor Ian McDiarmid, we now that Palpatine’s […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Ian McDiarmid, J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

LEGO Star Wars – Jakku Quadjumper (75178) Review

May 28, 2017 by Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Star Wars’ Jakku Quadjumper set… Summer is here, which means a brand new wave of LEGO Star Wars sets! And, with the Star Wars: The Last Jedi tie-in sets not arriving until later in the year, The LEGO Group has taken the opportunity to revisit Star Wars: The Force Awakens for a couple of brand […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, LEGO, Reviews, Toys Tagged With: LEGO, LEGO Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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