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Willow’s Warwick Davis says he was inspired by Mark Hamill’s Last Jedi performance for Disney+ series

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No matter what you feel about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Mark Hamill performed one of his best roles to date. The newer approach to Luke was controversial, but we saw the actor hit new heights. His performance actually inspired another actor for his latest project. Warwick Davis recently sat down with The Hollywood Reporter […]

“I am just getting started” – Star Wars’ Kelly Marie Tran speaks out for the first time about online abuse

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It was Obi-Wan Kenobi who said “If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine” and now “the first woman of color to have a leading role in a Star Wars movie”, Kelly Marie Tran, has acted like a real hero by responding for the first time to the abuse she suffered […]

Angry Star Wars fans offer to fund The Last Jedi remake, Rian Johnson responds

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It’s fair to say that last year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi is easily the most divisive instalment in the Star Wars saga. While some fans have praised it for taking the series in a bold new direction, others have been hugely critical of Disney, Lucasfilm and director Rian Johnson for their handling of the […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Andy Serkis has been asked not to reveal Snoke’s backstory

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Andy Serkis, the actor behind Supreme Leader Snoke in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has been asked not to reveal the character’s backstory. Ever since his debut in The Force Awakens, fans have been obsessed with Supreme Leader Snoke and finding out more regarding his backstory. These details didn’t come, however, during The Last Jedi […]

SPOILERS: Rian Johnson on a certain Star Wars: The Last Jedi character using Force powers

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Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… One of the complaints that fans have levelled at Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi is General Leia’s use of Force powers in order to save herself during one of the movie’s many space battles. Chatting with EW, Rian Johnson himself took the time to […]

Rian Johnson discusses Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s big surprise cameo

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Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… Unless you’d been paying very close attention to all of the rumours during the film’s production – or you happened to be watching the UK chat show This Morning last week – chances are you got quite the surprise in the cinema during Star Wars: The […]

SPOILERS: Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill discuss Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Warning. Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… After making the briefest of appearances in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Mark Hamill returned to the galaxy far, far away this past weekend as fans finally got to catch up with Luke Skywalker post-Return of the Jedi in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson “apologizes” for the Porgs

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Much like the Ewoks in Return of the Jedi and Jar Jar Binks in A Phantom Menace, Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Porgs have been dividing fans ever since we got our first glimpse of the Ahch-To inhabitants in the film’s promotional material. And now with just hours to go until the hotly-anticipated film begins […]

Mark Hamill created his own heartbreaking backstory for Luke Skywalker between Return of the Jedi and The Last Jedi

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It seems that going into Star Wars: The Last Jedi, actor Mark Hamill had as much knowledge about Luke Skywalker’s life between Return of the Jedi and the new Sequel Trilogy as the audience – i.e. very little. And so, in preparation for his performance in Episode VIII, Hamill concocted his own tragic and heartbreaking […]