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Sana Starros to lead new Star Wars miniseries from Marvel

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Marvel and Lucasfilm have announced that Sana Starros is set to strike out on her own this coming February with the launch of the five-issue miniseries Star Wars: Sana Starros from writer Jurstina Ireland and artist Pere Perez. “Justina and Pere give you the kind of Star Wars joy ride that old and new fans will thrill […]

Cinema’s Groundbreakers – George Lucas’ Star Wars

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In the latest in our ground breakers series, Tom Jolliffe looks back at where an entire franchise began in 1977’s Star Wars… It may seem odd to think, but at one time, Star Wars was something of a financial gamble. There was as much mirth at the prospect of a space saga, B picture as […]

Money to Burn: When Hollywood Spending Gets Silly

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Tom Jolliffe on when spending in Hollywood gets out of hand… Money is great isn’t it? It makes the world go round, and since the birth of the studio system in Hollywood, a lot of money has been thrown into creating movies. Even making films deemed lower budget can be deemed a costly exercise. Actors […]

The Halcyon Days of the Video Store Experience

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Tom Jolliffe casts his mind back to the era of video stores – a rite of passage for people growing up in the 80’s and 90’s… During my early years the infrequent but welcome visits to the local video shop brought with them, a huge wave of excitement. Perhaps second only to a cinema outing, […]

Overkill: Star Wars, Marvel and Disney’s upcoming slate

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Tom Jolliffe on the next few years of content for Star Wars, Marvel and Disney… Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing. Ask my belly. He likes chocolate, but this sack of indulgence is such that my daughter used it as a bongo drum this morning and shouted ‘wobbly wobbly.’ True story. […]

Star Wars: Shatterpoint trailer teases new skirmish miniatures game

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Asmodee and Atomic Mass Games have announced that they are expanding their catalogue of Star Wars titles in June 2023 with the launch of Star Wars: Shatterpoint, an all-new miniatures skirmish game which challenges players to alter the fate of the galaxy by building and commanding a strike team composed of iconic characters from across the […]

Studio Ghibli’s Star Wars short Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies hitting Disney+ on Saturday

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After teasing a mystery collaboration with Lucasfilm on its social media channels, it has now been announced that famed Japanese anime house Studio Ghibli has produced an original animated Star Wars short entitled Zen – Grogu and Dust Bunnies – and best of all, it’s hitting Disney+ this Saturday! Studio Ghibli is the anime company […]

Studio Ghibli teases mystery collaboration with Lucasfilm

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Well, here’s some potentially exciting news, as Studio Ghibli – the famed anime company co-founded by Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata and Toshio Suziki – has taken to social media to tease a mystery collaboration with Lucasfilm, the home of the Star Wars saga. https://twitter.com/JP_GHIBLI/status/1590720957676949504 As yet, there’s no further indication as to what this collaboration […]

J.D. Dillard’s Star Wars movie canned, teases Star Wars: TIE Fighter inspiration

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J.D. Dillard will no longer direct a Star Wars movie, the filmmaker has confirmed. Known for his superhero film Sleight and survival horror Sweetheart, Dillard was set to helm a Star Wars film first announced in February 2020. Luke Cage writer Matt Owens was to pen the script. The filmmaker says that Lucasfilm will no […]