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Star Wars Battlefront 2 gets a trailer for Starfighter Assault mode, livestream on Tuesday

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One of the battle modes that was sorely missed in EA’s Star Wars Battlefront was space battles between Rebel and Imperial ships (at least until DLC rolled out). Thankfully, EA has made Starfighter Assault for Star Wars Battlefront II and has released a trailer showing off the new mode for fans. Additionally, EA has also revealed that fans […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi images featuring Porgs, Caretakers, Praetorian Guards and more

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Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got a batch of new images from Star Wars: The Last Jedi featuring Rey (Daisy Ridley), Luke (Mark Hamill), Finn (John Boyega), Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), Chewbacca and the Ahch-To inhabitants the Porgs and the Caretakers, along with shots of Supreme Leader […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director talks Supreme Leader Snoke and his Praetorian Guard

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As part of its Star Wars: The Last Jedi cover story, Entertainment Weekly has been chatting to Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson, who has been teasing Supreme Leader Snoke’s involvement in December’s follow-up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as the introduction of his Praetorian Guard.“Similar to Rey’s parentage, Snoke […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi character posters get the LEGO treatment

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During last month’s D23 Expo, Lucasfilm released a series of character posters for Star Wars: The Last Jedi featuring Luke Skywalker, General Leia, Rey, Kylo Ren, Finn and Poe Dameron [see here and here], and now The LEGO Group has unveiled its own versions of the posters featuring the characters in minifigure form; check them […]

Star Wars: Episode IX gets a new screenwriter

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Star Wars: Episode IX is set for a rewrite, with THR reporting that British screenwriter Jack Thorne (Skins, Wonder) has signed on to pen a new draft of the script for the final chapter of the Sequel Trilogy.According to the site, director Colin Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly have been hard at work […]

The Week in Star Wars – Darth Vader in Han Solo, leaked The Last Jedi images and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns after a short hiatus with some big updates from Han Solo and The Last Jedi, as well as some comic book and Episode IX news too…Let’s kick things off with Han Solo, and a new report from Jedi News has revealed that Spencer Wilding has landed himself a role […]

Gwendoline Christie talks Star Wars: The Last Jedi, praises director Rian Johnson

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Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie is set to return to the galaxy far, far away this December as she reprises her Star Wars: The Force Awakens role as Captain Phasma for the second instalment of Disney and Lucasfilm’s Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly at the Television Critics […]

Rogue One’s Darth Vader actor has a role in the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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The man behind Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Darth Vader is set to have a role in the untitled Han Solo spinoff.Spencer Wilding was the actor behind some of Rogue One’s most talked about and frightening scenes, taking on the role of Darth Vader in the movie. And according to reports, he set to […]

Shazam director revealed, new look at Pacific Rim: Uprising, Mega Man movie and more – Daily News Roundup

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SHAZAM!It was reported earlier this week that Shazam would be heading into production next February, and this has now been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter. The film will be helmed by David F. Sandberg, who is directing Annabelle: Creation for WB’s sister company New Line. Peter Safran, who is producing Annabelle: Creation as well as James Wan’s Aquaman, is apparently […]

Han Solo set photo, original Spider-Man: Homecoming plot, Carrie Fisher in The Last Jedi and more – Daily News Roundup

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HAN SOLO PHOTOHe’s only been director for a few weeks, but Ron Howard has already shared a behind-the-scenes photo from the untitled Han Solo movie, featuring everyone’s favourite Wookie Chewbacacca. Check it out here.LIGHT POSTERIt will debut on Netflix in August and premiere at FrightFest the night before, and yesterday we got a brand new […]