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The Week in Star Wars – Leaked image from The Force Awakens, Benicio Del Toro for Episode VIII, Michael Jackson playing Jar Jar Binks and more

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We’ve got some new concept art and leaked images from The Force Awakens, a possible new villain for Episode VIII and The King of Pop as the most annoying character in the saga in this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars… Kicking things off with news from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and […]

The Week in Star Wars – LEGO sets for The Force Awakens leak, Guillermo del Toro pitches a Jabba The Hutt movie and more

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Following the rather large hoopla of news coming out of San Diego Comic Con, it’s been a very quiet week for Star Wars news – so this one will be rather short… Kicking things off from the world of The Force Awakens, and some images have leaked of the LEGO sets for Poe Dameron’s X-Wing […]

The Week in Star Wars – Post-Comic Con 2015 Edition: Watch the SDCC panel, first official image of Princess Leia in The Force Awakens and more

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As San Diego Comic Con comes to a close, we look back at the big Star Wars news coming out of it – and some other stuff to boot… Of course, the biggest story for this edition of The Week in Star Wars is the Hall H panel from San Diego Comic Con, which had […]

The Five Best Trailers at Comic-Con

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Anghus Houvouras with his five best trailers from this weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con… What a weekend. When Marvel Studios announced they wouldn’t have much of a presence at this year’s Comic Con, I wondered how much impact the events in Hall H would have. The annual pissing contest between studios has become one of the […]

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 […]