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The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens premiere date, John Boyega on rasicm in Star Wars, Episode VIII casting, Boba Fett solo movie rumours and more

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It’s a rather short edition of The Week in Star Wars, but there’s still some news about The Force Awakens, casting for Episode VIII and some toy bits from New York Comic Con… Kicking things off with the much anticipated Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and it was announced this week that the movie will have […]

John Boyega addresses racist reactions to his role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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The first teaser for Star Wars: The Force Awakens arrived online back in February, and despite offering only the briefest of glimpses into the film, the majority of fans of the saga were left blown away… that is, save for a few buffoons, who expressed their displeasure over the fact that British actor John Boyega […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens is a “generational story” of Skywalkers, Admiral Ackbar returning, Star Wars Battlefront playthrough and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got thematic details of The Force Awakens, a shocking poll number, a returning character, playthrough of Star Wars: Battlefront and more… Kicking things off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Kathleen Kennedy has been talking about the movie’s themes and how the Skywalker family play […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens character spotlight reveals Finn’s lineage?

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Warning. Potential spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens follow… Just yesterday, we brought you some comments from Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy who confirmed that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will explore the next generation of the Skywalker family. This supports the rumours and speculation that either Rey (Daisy Ridley), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) or both […]

Kathleen Kennedy says Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues the “generational story” of the Skywalkers

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When Disney first announced that it was producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens – then known simply as Star Wars: Episode VII – it was assumed by pretty much everybody that the new trilogy would feature the next generation of Skywalkers, focussing on either the children of Luke Skywalker or Leia Organa (and Han Solo). Fast-forward […]

Tim Rose returning as Admiral Ackbar in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Back in June, a behind-the-scenes image surfaced from Star Wars: The Force Awakens suggesting that Admiral Ackbar would be returning for the first instalment of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy, and now actor Tim Rose has revealed that he’ll be reprising his role from Return of the Jedi. “I’m very frustrated by [the secrecy on the film],” […]

The Week in Star Wars – Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens, Max Von Sydow’s character revealed and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we look at a rather dubious rumour about Hayden Christensen returning to the Star Wars Universe, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens and more… Kicking things off as we usually do on The Week in Star Wars by looking at the latest […]

Domhnall Gleeson on General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Over the past week we’ve heard from both Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma) and John Boyega (Finn) about their roles in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now it’s the turn of Domhnall Gleeson, who plays the First Order’s General Hux, commander of Starkiller Base. SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 4 Hints We […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 4 Hints We Learnt From Star Wars: Aftermath

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Ricky Church with four hints for Star Wars: The Force Awakens from Aftermath… Despite being less than 4 months until its release, there is still a whole lot we don’t know about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Its plot is still unknown, we don’t know the true identities of Finn and Rey, we don’t know […]