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Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Darth Vader #29

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Darth Vader #29 next week, and we have the official preview of the issue for you below…Techno (re)union! Three decades ago, Anakin Skywalker slaughtered Wat Tambor, leader of the Techno Union, along with the rest of the Separatist leaders by the command of the Emperor. So who is the pirate […]

Star Wars: Andor Episode 12 Review – ‘Rix Road’

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Chris Connor reviews the season one finale of Star Wars: Andor…After the reset of ‘Daughter of Ferrix ‘ and the forces descending on Maarva’s funeral to spring a trap for Andor, the finale ‘Rix Road’, had a lot to live up to. Could the series, which has earned the best  reviews for a Star Wars […]

Dark Horse previews Star Wars: Tales from the Rancor Pit original graphic novel

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Get ready for a trio of spooky stories from the galaxy far, far away this week as Dark Horse Comics releases the original graphic novel Star Wars: Tales From the Rancor Pit; check out the official preview below…It’s a dark and stormy night on Tatooine as Jabba the Hutts victim hangs perilously above the rancor […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Revelations #1

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Marvel Comics teases the future of its Star Wars titles next week with the release of Star Wars: Revelations #1, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here…The can’t-miss star wars issue of the year! After WAR OF THE BOUNTY HUNTERS came CRIMSON REIGN…now in the midst of HIDDEN EMPIRE, Qi’ra […]

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 and […]

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 there […]

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 still […]

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, the […]

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. In […]