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Avengers: Infinity War may top Star Wars: The Force Awakens for record box office opening weekend

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Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War hit tracking earlier this month with a projected domestic box office opening weekend of around $200 million. Since then however, it has been revealed that Infinity War is outselling the COMBINED pre-sales of the past seven Marvel Cinematic Universe movies – Black Panther, Thor: Ragnarok, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Doctor Strange, Captain America: […]

Exclusive Interview – Rian Johnson on the reaction to The Last Jedi, “delicious fanboy tears” and his new Star Wars trilogy

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Tom Beasley sits down with Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson ahead of the film’s release on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK… Three months after its cinema release caused backlash and controversy all over the internet, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally due on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK. Featuring […]

What Will Constitute Success and Failure for Avengers: Infinity War?

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Samuel Brace on Avengers: Infinity War… Avengers: Infinity War has an unenviable task ahead of it. On one hand it has a decade of marketing behind it and will undoubtedly reap a huge sum once it makes its long awaited bow at the box office; on the other, the metric for success regarding this Marvel […]

Harrison Ford “didn’t really give a rat’s ass” about passing the torch in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Despite the fact that Disney and Lucasfilm brought back Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) for its Sequel Trilogy, it has become very apparent that the focus on the Star Wars saga has now shifted to a new generation, including the likes of Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega […]

Hasbro reveals new Star Wars: The Vintage Collection and Black Series action figures

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A few days ago we got a look at a selection of Hasbro’s upcoming action figures for Solo: A Star Wars Story [see here], and now Hasbro has revealed some of its upcoming Star Wars: The Vintage Collection and Star Wars: The Black Series offerings for 2018, which includes characters from Solo, The Force Awakens, […]

Will This Be Star Wars Overkill?

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Neil Calloway isn’t looking forward to the newly announced Star Wars films… The Star Wars juggernaut continues apace. We have the final film in the sequel trilogy to come, and possibly endless Anthology movies – depending on how well Solo does, I’m sure we’ll get the Boss Nass movie we’ve all been waiting for. Add […]

There was no time for Han’s funeral in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, says director Rian Johnson

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For being the best reviewed sci-fi movie of 2017, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has sure ruffled many feathers. Amidst a flurry of complaints, one issue fans have had is the somewhat muted reaction The Last Jedi had to Han Solo’s death in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While there were references in The Last […]

Star Wars’ Kylo Ren has been voted the seventh greatest movie villain ever

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Kylo Ren, the antagonist from the sequel trilogy of Star Wars films, has been voted as the seventh greatest movie villain ever. Ren caught the attention pretty quickly upon his debut in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, thanks to his distinctive mask and odd looking lightsaber. But the character, played by Adam Driver, has more […]

The Week in Star Wars – More Solo: A Star Wars Story reshoots, The Force Awakens original ending, The Last Jedi passes $1.2 billion and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has the latest on those Solo reshoot rumours, the original ending for The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi’s box office performance and more… Let’s kick things off with the latest rumours from the troubled Solo: A Star Wars Story. The film hit a nasty bump in […]

It’s Impossible to Please Each Faction of Star Wars Fan, So Was Rian Johnson Right Not to Even Try?

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Samuel Brace on Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Given the longevity of the Star Wars series and the various factions amongst the franchise’s fans that have emerged over the decades, it seems to me that it’s nigh impossible to please each one of them, and perhaps, if you believe this hypothesis carries any water, that […]