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J.J. Abrams on the similarities between Star Wars: The Force Awakens and A New Hope

December 16, 2019 by Liam Waddington

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams has further discussed one of the biggest complaints to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – the undeniable similarities to Star Wars: A New Hope after series creator George Lucas expressed his disappointment over the first instalment in the Sequel Trilogy, saying there was “nothing new”. “There are a […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars: The Force Awakens expected to shift $5 billion of merchandise in first year

August 31, 2015 by Gary Collinson

We all know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is going to rake it in at the worldwide box office, with predictions of a $600 million + global opening weekend, and now analyst Tim Nollen has told The Hollywood Reporter that tie-in products for the hotly-anticipated blockbuster could pull in around $5 billion in sales […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Lucasfilm had no firm story plans for Episodes VIII and IX following Star Wars: The Force Awakens

May 30, 2017 by Samuel Brace

It has been revealed that Lucasfilm didn’t have concrete plans for Star Wars: Episode VIII and Episode IX after The Force Awakens. There is of course huge anticipation for the next movie in the franchise, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and the director of that film, Rian Johnson, has commented that Lucasfilm didn’t have his movie and […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Rian Johnson, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode IX, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Star Wars toys generated over $700 million in sales in 2015

January 23, 2016 by Gary Collinson

This won’t come as much of a surprise given that the franchise has the highest grossing movie of 2015, and pulled in over $1 billion in video game revenue, but research company NPD Group has announced that Star Wars was the hottest movie toy property in the United States last year, generating $700 million in […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News, Toys Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Rumour: Star Wars: The Force Awakens to feature a Rogue One post-credits teaser

September 12, 2015 by Gary Collinson

With Star Wars: The Force Awakens just a couple of months away from release, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in production now and filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII set to commence next week, it’s no surprise that we’re being inundated with news, rumour and speculation from the galaxy far, far away, and today […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: The Force Awakens will dominate IMAX screens for an entire month

August 26, 2015 by Gary Collinson

If you’re planning on catching Star Wars: The Force Awakens in IMAX, it seems you’ll have an entire month to do so, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that IMAX has reserved all of its North American screens and the majority of screens around the rest of the world exclusively for the first instalment of Disney’s […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Tatiana Maslany rumoured to have landed a role in Star Wars spin-off

January 30, 2015 by Luke Owen

It was reported last week that  Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black), Felicity Jones (The Amazing Spider-Man 2), Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Kate Mara (The Fantastic Four) were testing out for roles in Gareth Edward’s Star Wars spin-off. Well, the folks over at Total Geek seem to found out who got the part. According […]

Filed Under: Luke Owen, Movies, News Tagged With: Gareth Edwards, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Kathleen Kennedy addresses criticisms of a lack of pre-planning for the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy

December 11, 2019 by Gary Collinson

One of the biggest criticisms of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (second only perhaps to the treatment of Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi) is the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm embarked on the series of films without a clear road map as to where the story was heading. After raising several questions […]

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

J.J. Abrams on whether it was more difficult to start the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy or end the Skywalker Saga

December 6, 2019 by Liam Waddington

In 2015, director J.J. Abrams took the helm for the first instalment in the sequel trilogy – or the seventh Star Wars episode of the saga – with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Now, in two weeks, the filmmaker has a huge task of releasing the ninth and final episode in the entire Skywalker Saga, The Rise of […]

Filed Under: Liam Waddington, Movies, News Tagged With: J.J. Abrams, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Adam Driver was scared he might hit Max von Sydow on his first day shooting Star Wars

December 3, 2019 by Samuel Brace

Adam Driver, one of the stars of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has remembered how worried he was that he might hit a co-star when shooting began on The Force Awakens. Kylo Ren is instantly identifiable by two things: his iconic lightsaber and his distinctive mask. The mask, however, is the item that initially […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Samuel Brace Tagged With: Adam Driver, Max von Sydow, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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