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The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One character details and artwork, rumoured Episode VIII title and scene description, and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got some character details for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, a couple of Star Wars: Episode VIII rumours and more… We’re kicking this off this week with some official news about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The film is just seven months away, and to get us […]

Star Wars Battlefront 2 set for release in the fall of 2017

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Earlier this year it was announced by EA that a sequel to the mulitplayer shooter Star Wars Battlefront is in development, and would come out “next year”. Well, speaking on an investor conference call, EA chief financial officer Blake Jorgensen has revealed that Star Wars Battlefront 2 will arrive “a year from now” – just […]

Are Movie Studios Ruining Shared Universes?

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Ricky Church on whether movie studios are ruining shared universes… In the years since the Marvel Cinematic Universe began and its massive success at the box office has come a tidal wave of news that studios seek to emulate Marvel’s idea of a shared universe for their franchises. For some studios, namely Warner Bros. with […]

Theory: The female lead in the Han Solo movie will be his wife

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Luke Owen looks at the casting rumours for Han Solo: A Star Wars Story… It was reported by Variety this week that Disney and Lucasfilm had begun casting the female lead of the Han Solo anthology movie, set for release on May 25th, 2018. The names included Tessa Thompson (Creed), Zoe Kravitz (X-Men: First Class) and […]

The Week in Star Wars – Darth Vader confirmed for Rogue One, new images and character descriptions revealed, Star Wars: Underground details

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It’s a Rogue One special for The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got everything you need to know… Before we kick off, this edition of The Week in Star Wars marks the first anniversary of the feature – thank you to everyone who has read it and continues to read it! Kicking things off […]

LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures to premiere in June

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Disney XD has announced that the latest chapter of the Star Wars saga, LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, will premiere in June. Set between the events of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the action comedy series follows the Freemakers, a family of sibling scavengers who operate a salvage and repair […]

The Week in Star Wars – Darth Vader in Rogue On casting, Young Han Solo casting, Rey’s parents in The Force Awakens and more

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Order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US We’ve got a bit of EXCLUSIVE news in the latest edition of The Week in Star Wars, and some updates on the casting for Young Han Solo, Rey’s parents and more… We’ll kick things off this week by talking about Darth Vader in […]

Star Wars Exclusive: Rogue One’s Darth Vader casting revealed

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Following last month’s correct report on who Scoot McNairy was really playing in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (spoilers: it wasn’t Jimmy Olsen or Metallo), we’ve now got a Star Wars exclusive for you this morning on the casting of Darth Vader. It was reported last year that the Sith Lord would feature in Rogue One: […]

Mads Mikkelsen lets slip his Rogue One: A Star Wars Story role

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Warning. Spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story follow… He was absent from the first trailer, but it seems that Hannibal star Mads Mikkelsen has let slip a spoiler about his role in Decembers’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story during an interview with Sky News. “I read the script and it was very beautiful,” said Mikkelsen, […]