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Rian Johnson compares Star Wars: The Last Jedi to the Original Trilogy

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While J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens was an enormous success at the box office, one of the biggest criticisms aimed at the film was that it adhered to closely to the plot of Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. And, with December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi said to be taking the […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi behind-the-scenes sizzle reel rumoured for D23

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With the news that a new trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been classified, and word that Lucasfilm are skipping Comic-Con in favour of D23, there’s been a lot of expectation that we’ll be getting our second look at December’s hotly-anticipated Episode VIII during the Disney Expo next weekend. Well, according to rumours […]

Warcraft 2 plot revealed, new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer, Han Solo loses directors and more – Daily News Roundup

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WARCRAFT 2 It’s no secret that Duncan Jones had issues directing last year’s Warcraft, and the man himself held a Q&A screening of the movie on Monday night in London. During the session, Jones spoke about what he would have done with Warcraft 2, which likely won’t happen now. “This first film is about establishing […]

The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One’s original ending, Yoda and The Last Jedi, Darth Vader vs Darth Maul and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, Gareth Edwards has been talking about the original Rogue One ending, Frank Oz has seemingly let slip Yoda’s inclusion in The Last Jedi, and Dave Filoni has revealed that Darth Vader and Darth Maul were going to go head-to-head in Star Wars Rebels… With the home-entertainment […]

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

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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 […]

John Boyega says Star Wars: The Last Jedi “was a bit iffy”

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Unless Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker somehow manages to outdo it, 2017’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi looks set to go down as the most divisive chapter of the Skywalker Saga, and it seems it’s not only fans who are split over the movie. Mark Hamill wasted little time in sharing his disappointment over […]

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

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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 […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has created “new rules” for the franchise, according to Adam Driver

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It looks like Star Wars: The Last Jedi is going to shake-up the Star Wars formula a bit, according to Kylo Ren himself. Adam Driver recently sat down for an interview with The Huffington Post where the actor shared his enthusiasm for director Rian Johnson, and the new ideas he is bringing to the franchise: “[Johnson] created […]

Nothing in Star Wars: The Last Jedi got in the way of J.J. Abrams’ plans for The Rise of Skywalker

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According to J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi in no way stopped any of his plans for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Star Wars: The Last Jedi certainly featured plenty of shocking moments, with director Rian Johnson making a handful of decisions that Episode VII director J.J. Abrams apparently wouldn’t have thought of. […]