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The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens is a “generational story” of Skywalkers, Admiral Ackbar returning, Star Wars Battlefront playthrough and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got thematic details of The Force Awakens, a shocking poll number, a returning character, playthrough of Star Wars: Battlefront and more… Kicking things off with Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Kathleen Kennedy has been talking about the movie’s themes and how the Skywalker family play […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens character spotlight reveals Finn’s lineage?

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Warning. Potential spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens follow… Just yesterday, we brought you some comments from Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy who confirmed that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will explore the next generation of the Skywalker family. This supports the rumours and speculation that either Rey (Daisy Ridley), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) or both […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens databank entries reveal details on new characters and the First Order’s Starkiller Base

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After yesterday’s surge of Star Wars news [keep up to date with it all here], the official site has updates its databank with some information on characters and locations from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, including the First Order’s Starkiller Base and its new superweapon, which is “capable of destroying entire star systems”. Check out […]

J.J. Abrams talks Kylo Ren, Supreme Leader Snoke and the First Order from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Yesterday Empire Magazine unleashed a brand new image of Adam Driver’s Kylo Ren, the new villain from December’s hugely anticipated blockbuster Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now we have some comments from director J.J. Abrams, who briefly details Kylo Ren’s allegiance to Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) and the inspiration for the First Order. […]

Drew Struzan says The Force Awakens “is going to be THE BEST Star Wars” we’ve ever seen

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During the D23 Expo, Lucasfilm released a brand new poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens from Drew Struzan, and the legendary artist – whose work includes the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Back to the Future franchises –  has been speaking to Movie Weekly about the design and how it came about. SEE ALSO: […]

J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy talk Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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As part of Entertainment Weekly’s cover story on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy have offered up a few plot teases for the hotly-anticipated film. SEE ALSO: Check out twelve new images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens SEE ALSO: J.J. Abrams offers up some details on Star Wars: […]

J.J. Abrams offers up some details on Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Kylo Ren

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Earlier today Entertainment Weekly offered up some new images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, including a couple of shots of Adam Driver’s lightsaber-weilding villain Kylo Ren. Now, speaking to the site, director J.J. Abrams has offered up a few intriguing details about the latest bad guy to menace the galaxy far, far away. “The […]

Rumour: Jiang Wen joins the cast of Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

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Following the news that Donnie Yen has been cast in Star Wars: Episode VIII, we’ve got a new rumour for the Gareth Edwards directed spin-off Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. According to Yahoo! Singapore, Chinese actor and director Jiang Wen has joined the cast. Wen is perhaps best known for his Let the Bullets Fly, […]

Disney’s Bob Iger plays down Star Wars: The Force Awakens box office predictions

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With various box office analysts suggesting that December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens could cross the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger has tried to play down expectations for the first chapter of the studio’s Sequel Trilogy during a conference call with investors. “On the Star Wars front, we […]