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Jyn Erso’s mother was a Jedi in early Rogue One: A Star Wars Story draft

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This week we’ve been learning a lot about how Gareth Edward’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story could have turned out – from its original ‘happy’ ending to Orson Krennic’s death at the hands of Darth Vader – and now we’ve learnt of another discarded idea thanks to Entertainment Weekly. In an early draft of the story, the […]

Yoda in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Aquaman pushed back, Venom movie gets release date, Guardians Vol. 3 confirmed and more – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… YODA IN THE LAST JEDI? It’s been rumoured on several occasions that the Jedi Master Yoda will be making an appearance in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (as a Force Ghost, presumably), and Frank Oz has further fuelled the speculation in an interview where he revealed he’s been asked […]

The Matrix Rebooted, The Batman delayed, Rogue One’s original ending and more – Daily News Roundup

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Rounding up yesterday’s big news stories… THE MATRIX REBOOTED The big story from yesterday is a report that Warner Bros. is in early development on a reboot of The Matrix, having tapped Zak Penn (X-Men 2, X-Men: The Last Stand, The Avengers) for a new take on the material, which could potentially star Michael B. Jordan […]

Fantastic Beasts 2 details, Power Rangers spoilers, Leia update and more – Daily News Roundup

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FANTASTIC BEASTS RETURN After scoring a pretty good monster hit last year with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, it was revealed yesterday that its sequel will start production in August 2017 for release the following year. No extra cast have been confirmed, but we know this is the second in a five part series […]

The Week in Star Wars – Detailed The Last Jedi scene descriptions leaked, Rebels renewed, more Han Solo casting and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars is back with details of scenes from The Last Jedi, some news on Star Wars Rebels, Han Solo casting news and more… Let’s kick things off with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as some scenes from the movie were shown to Disney shareholders this week. The […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi scenes revealed, future DC plans announced, Aladdin start date and more – Daily News Roundup

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STAR WARS: THE FIRST SPOILERS As we reported yesterday, some footage was shown to Disney investors of Star Wars: The Last Jedi which revealed Luke Skywalker’s opening words as well as appearances from Leia and Chewie. Well, some detailed descriptions of those scenes have now leaked online. We won’t post them here, but if you […]

Detailed description of Star Wars: The Last Jedi footage surfaces

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Yesterday it was widely reported that Disney had showcased footage from December’s massively anticipated Star Wars: The Last Jedi at an investor’s conference. While the original news came with a brief description of what was seen, the folks at Slash Film have now shared a detailed breakdown of the footage; take a look here… An […]

The Week in Star Wars – First look at Han Solo movie, new Original Trilogy Blu-Ray rumours, Jar Jar is The Last Jedi and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has our first look at the Han Solo movie, some new Original Trilogy Blu-Ray rumours, Abrams talking all things Star Wars and more… Let’s kick things off with the Han Solo spin off movie, which is currently in production. Although we don’t have an official title […]

New Chewbacca actor wants to make Peter Mayhew proud

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As officially announced yesterday, Finnish-born actor Joonos Suotamo will be taking over the role of Chewbacca from Peter Mayhew for the currently-in-production Han Solo Star Wars spinoff film. Suotamo, who also performed as Chewie alongside Mayhew in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens and will do so again in this year’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has […]