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Ranking The Star Wars Universe (2017 Edition)

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The Flickering Myth staff rank the Star Wars Universe…With the franchise now at ten theatrical films, we began ranking the Star Wars Universe starting last year and saw Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back run away with the vote. Can Irvin Kershner’s space opera top the list again, or will the divisive […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Last Jedi receives amazing reviews and good box office news and more

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The Week in Star Wars is back with a Last Jedi special, with reviews of the film, everything you need to know about the box office and much more…It’s finally here! Rian Johnson’s eighth adventure in a galaxy far, far away with Star Wars: The Last Jedi! Reviews for the film were incredibly strong – […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Last Jedi trailer (but Rian Johnson says don’t watch it), Battlefront 2 first thoughts and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns with a bumper issue that is stocked with The Last Jedi updates. We’ve got trailers, posters, IMAX displays and thoughts from director Rian Johnson. As well as Star Wars Rebels, Battlefront 2 thoughts, comics, toys and more…Let’s kick this edition of The Week in Star Wars off with the […]

The Week in Star Wars – More trouble for Lucasfilm as Episode IX loses its director, who is The Last Jedi and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns with bad news coming from the Lucasfilm camp, Rian Johnson’s comments on The Last Jedi and a load of toy images…Right, so let’s look at the Colin Trevorrow situation then. It was revealed this week that Trevorrow (Jurassic World) had become the fourth director since the Disney-era to vacate […]

The Week in Star Wars – New footage from Rogue One, The Force Awakens 3D Blu-ray reviewed, Eddie Redmayne on auditoning for Kylo Ren

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars features more new footage from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, as well as a review for the 3D Blu-Ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Eddie Redmayne’s bad audition and more…With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just over a month away (it’s so […]

The Week in Star Wars – Daisy Ridley on Rey’s parents and Mary Sue, new Rogue One image and more

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The latest edition of The Week in Star Wars features comments from Daisy Ridley talking about her character’s parents and whether she’s a Mary Sue, a new image for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the film’s director ‘fanboying’ and more…One of the big questions coming out of last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens is surrounded the […]

The Week in Star Wars – Loads of new Rogue One images and posters, Donald Glover is young Lando, Joss Whedon directing a Star Wars movie and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars contains a batch of new images and posters from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, updated casting for young Lando, Joss Whedon on Star Wars, deleted scenes from Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more…Well kick things off with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and […]

J.J. Abrams on the fateful showdown between Kylo Ren and Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to arrive on 3D Blu-ray next month, bringing with it a commentary from director J.J. Abrams. USA Today has managed to get an exclusive clip from the commentary featuring the climactic showdown between Han Solo and Kylo Ren, during which Abrams shares his opinion on Ben Solo’s state […]

The Week in Star Wars – New Rogue One trailer, poster and reactions, Obi-Wan movie, new ongoing comic series and more

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In your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got a brand new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (and a new poster), some more talk about an Obi-Wan movie and more…Let’s be honest, we’re going to kick off with the new trailer Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, aren’t we? […]

The Week in Star Wars – Force Friday toy images, Warwick Davis set for Episode VIII, more Star Wars films confirmed

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars sees LOADS of promotional images from toys being released from Force Friday, a returning actor from the original trilogy, more Star Wars films on the way and more…Let’s kick things off with the latest updates from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and thanks to the folks […]