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Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: The High Republic #3

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Star Wars: The High Republic #3 is out this coming Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview below courtesy of Marvel Comics… GUARDIAN NO MORE! Vildar and Matty at the mercy of the GUARDIANS OF THE WHILLS! The truth about Tey Sirrek revealed. Terror is about to strike at the Temple of Kyber! […]

Rian Johnson says The Last Jedi’s “gleeful humor” felt “essentially Star Wars”

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With Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery finally revealing its secrets on Netflix today (read our ★★★★★ review here), while doing the press-rounds director Rian Johnson has been speaking about another of his high-profile sequels. It has been over five-years since Star Wars: The Last Jedi became the spark that lit the flame on the […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: The High Republic – The Blade #1

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Next week sees the release of Star Wars: The High Republic – The Blade #1 from Marvel Comics, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here… Hundreds of years before the Skywalker Saga, witness the rise of a legend – the mighty Jedi PORTER ENGLE, perhaps the most skilled lightsaber wielder […]

Disney+ 2023 preview teases first look at Ahsoka, Loki season 2, Peter Pan & Wendy, and much more…

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As we near the end of a year in which Disney+ have delivered their most triumphant small-screen show in the form of Andor, as well as taking the Marvel brand in a different direction with Ms. Marvel and She-Hulk, the Mouse House are keen to let audiences know that there is much more to come […]

Hot Toys celebrates 20 years of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones with Anakin and Padme sixth scale figures

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In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, Hot Toys and Sideshow have unveiled the sixth scale Movie Masterpiece Series Anakin Skywalker and Padme Amidala figures which are based on the likeness of Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman in the middle chapter of the Prequel Trilogy. Check […]

LEGO Star Wars 2023 sets include a TIE Bomber, 501st Legion Clone Battle Pack and Boba Fett Microfighter

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The LEGO Group has officially unveiled three new sets from the LEGO Star Wars theme in Boba Fett’s Starship Microfighter (75344), 501st Clone Troopers Battle Pack (75345), and a TIE Bomber (75347) in celebration of the 40th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi; check out the promotional images below… Boba […]

Andor: A Star Wars show by any other name…

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Anghus Houvouras on Star Wars: Andor… “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.” This is a quote from William Shakespeare where he establishes two things: 1. The convention of naming things is irrelevant 2. While being one of history’s greatest writers, he wasn’t […]

Avatar: The Most Successful Movie with Zero Cultural Impact

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Anghus Houvouras on James Cameron’s Avatar and its total lack of cultural impact… We’re living in an age of entertainment extremism, where passionate fans go to ludicrous lengths to engage in hyperbolic talking points about their favorite film or franchise. It can be exhausting, wading through social media and hearing people make bold declarations not […]