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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker concept art features alternate Dark Rey designs

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Artist Adam Brockbank has shared some concept art from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker offering a look at two of the early designs for ‘Dark Rey’; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Daisy Ridley says it was “fun” to play Dark Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker https://www.instagram.com/p/B_XDnqLlYr-/ https://www.instagram.com/p/B_KX9ColrKd/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading   Star Wars: […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker coming to Disney+ this May 4th

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Disney+ subscribers will soon be able to enjoy The Skywalker Saga from start to finish in its entirety, as Disney has announced that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is coming to the streaming service two months earlier than scheduled and will be available this May the 4th, a.k.a. Star Wars Day. SEE ALSO: Read […]

Blu-ray Review – Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, 2019 Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marie Tran, Ian McDiarmid, Dominic Monaghan, Greg Grunberg, Jimmy Vee, and Billy Dee Williams. SYNOPSIS: […]

Dear Daisy Ridley: Here’s where the Star Wars love went

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Anghus Houvouras on where the Star Wars love has gone… If you had told me back in 1999 in the months that followed the release of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace that one day Star Wars would be in a more perilous place (creatively speaking), I would have chucked. Worse than the […]

Babu Frik only survived Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker thanks to Steven Spielberg

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Babu Frik, the loveable little alien from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, was kept from dying in the film by the intervention Steven Spielberg according to a rumour. Babu Frik has made a big impact on the Star Wars fandom since his debut in The Rise of Skywalker, with many fans enjoying the cute […]

Daisy Ridley on the upsetting online response to recent Star Wars films

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Daisy Ridley has discussed the upsetting online response to recent Star Wars films and the negative impact of social media. When Star Wars: The Force Awakens arrived in cinemas, fans of the franchise were nearly unanimous in the good vibes and their joy at having Star Wars back after the troubling prequel era. Unfortunately, the […]

Anthony Daniels says C-3PO originally had much larger role in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Having been sidelined for much of the Sequel Trilogy, C-3PO played a rather key role in the plot of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the beloved droid undergoing a memory wipe in order to translate the inscription of a Sith dagger which ultimately leads the Resistance heroes to the resurrected Emperor Palpatine. However, actor […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker editors feel The Last Jedi undid the storytelling of The Force Awakens

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One of the biggest criticisms of the Sequel Trilogy is the lack of a single, overarching vision for Episodes VII, VIII and IX, with Disney and Lucasfilm opting instead to take things one film at a time and allowing directors J.J. Abrams and Rian Johnson to steer things in their own direction rather than working […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Domhnall Gleeson wanted Hux’s spy story to play out a little longer

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Domhnall Gleeson, one of the stars of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, says he wanted Hux’s spy plot to play out a little longer. In the final chapter of the Skywalker saga, it is revealed that Hux is a spy for the Resistance, embedded inside the First Order. Towards the end of the Rise […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker concept art features an alternate Darth Vader-inspired helmet for Kylo Ren

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Designer and sculptor Luke Fisher has revealed a piece of concept art for Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker which offers a Darth Vader-inspired look for the Sith Lord; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Rey choosing the Skywalker name dates back to before Star Wars: The Force Awakens https://www.instagram.com/p/B-cmK4MDxhs/   Star […]