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SDCC: Journey to The Force Awakens book Star Wars: Aftermath to be a trilogy

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Last week, we got our first look at Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath via the Star Wars official site, and now Entertainment Weekly are reporting that the book is the first part in a trilogy. The book not only sets up the new Star Wars cannon about what happened after Return of the Jedi, but […]

SDCC: Star Wars: The Force Awakens interviews with J.J. Abrams, Harrison Ford and the new cast

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Star Wars mania gripped the San Diego Comic-Con International yesterday as Disney and Lucasfilm showcased Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We’ve already brought you the behind-the-scenes sizzle reel which was shown to fans in attendance [see here], along with video of the full panel itself [see here], and now we’ve got some interviews with director […]

SDCC: Marvel announces new Star Wars: Chewbacca limited series

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Marvel has announced that everyone’s favourite wookie Chewbacca is set to follow in the footsteps of Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian by headling his own limited series, which comes courtesy of the creatuve team of Gerry Duggan (Deadpool) and Phil Noto (Black Widow). “Chewy is on a very important mission when we first meet him, […]

The Week in Star Wars – Pre-Comic Con 2015 Edition: Han Solo spin-off movie confirmed, Darth Vader & Boba Fett in Rogue One and more

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In this pre-Comic Con edition of The Week in Star Wars, the Han Solo movie has been confirmed, there’s a couple of possible cameos in Rogue One and more… It had been rumoured for quite some time that one of the Anthology movies for Star Wars would be focused on Han Solo. We’ve heard news […]

SDCC Rumour Debunked: Is this the full slate of Star Wars films?

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A possible full slate of Star Wars films has been leaked prior to their announcement at San Diego Comic Con in the next few days. The image claims that the line-up will include Kenobi: The Balance of the Force and Star Wars Anthology: Fett/Solo along with Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One and the untitled Episodes VIII […]

The Week in Star Wars – First Order Stormtrooper details, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets revealed, Rogue One begins filming and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, new information about the First Order Stormtroopers revealed, plenty of LEGO Star Wars bits and pieces and the secret history of Obi Wan Kenobi… Kicking things off with only a couple of bits of The Force Awakens news (which is bound to explode this coming week […]

The Week in Star Wars – New promo banner and character sketches for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ewan McGregor wants to return as Obi-Wan and more

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This week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars sees a new promotional banner and character sketches for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the return of Obi Wan Kenobi and clips from Star Wars Rebels… Following a load of leaked images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens last week, we got a new promotional banner […]

Ewan McGregor would like to return as Obi-Wan Kenobi for new Star Wars movie

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There were some rumours earlier this month that Disney and LucasFilm were not only planning a new movie based around Ewan McGregor’s Obi-Wan Kenobi, but an entire trilogy. While we’ve got no official confirmation on these rumours (though they seem unlikely), McGregor at least seems open to the idea. “I’d be happy to do the […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens heading to Hall H for Comic-Con

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Yesterday it was revealed that Marvel Studios will be absent from the Comic-Con this year, but Disney will have a presence, as it’s just been announced that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is heading to San Diego for a Hall H panel on Friday, July 10th, which will include director J.J. Abrams, writer Lawrence Kasdan, […]