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Star Wars: The Force Awakens overtakes Skyfall to become the UK’s biggest movie of all time

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has overtaken Skyfall to become the UK’s highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing the 23rd Bond movie’s £103.2 million haul in just 20 days, compared to the 66 days it took Skyfall to reach that amount. The new record coincides with today’s announcement that BAFTA has nominated The Force Awakens […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens tops Avatar as the biggest movie of all-time in North America

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It faces an uphill climb if it wants to become the biggest movie ever released, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens can take solace in the fact it is now the biggest movie to be released in North America. The previous record, held by James Cameron’s Avatar, was $760 million which has now been topped […]

Rumour: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer attached to Captain America: Civil War

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Now, this could just be speculation/guesswork, given that it would make complete sense, but Star Wars Time is reporting that the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set to be attached to fellow Disney release, Captain America: Civil War, which is set for release in May. We’re less than twelve months […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, The Force Awakens Blu-Ray details, Episode VIII to start shooting and more

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It’s the post Life Day edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got some harsh words from George Lucas about the new Star Wars overlords, details for The Force Awakens Blu-Ray release, information on Episode VIII and more… Happy 2016! Kicking things off the first The Week in Star Wars of 2016 with The […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now Disney’s biggest ever UK and US release

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to rack up the box office records, with the film now officially The Walt Disney Company’s biggest ever release in the U.K. and North America. In the U.S., the film has passed $600 million in record time, while it in the UK is has become the fastest to £80 million, […]

The Force Awakens is now the highest-grossing Star Wars movie

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Having surpassed the $1 billion mark in record time yesterday, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now ticked off another milestone, with the seventh instalment becoming the highest-grossing entry in the Star Wars saga. The Force Awakens has now pulled in $1.09 billion and counting, overtaking the $1.027 billion of Star Wars: Episode I – The […]

John Boyega says filming on Star Wars: Episode VIII to get underway “in a few weeks”

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With Star Wars: The Force Awakens raking in the cash at the box office, it looks like the cast of the film will be heading back to the galaxy far, far away this January, with John Boyega revealing at a screening in Brixton’s Ritzy cinema that production on Star Wars: Episode VIII is set to […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens becomes fastest movie to reach $1 billion worldwide

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This won’t really come as a surprise given that it has been shattering box office records left, right and centre, but Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now crossed the $1 billion mark worldwide, becoming the fastest movie in history to do so. This is the third time this year that the record has been […]

SPOILERS: One new Star Wars: The Force Awakens character was originally supposed to die

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Warning. This post contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Continue on at your own peril… A long time ago in the pre-production stage on Star War: The Force Awakens, where the film looked far, far different than the final cut, a prominent character was originally supposed to die. Star Wars references aside, the main […]

Daisy Ridley and John Boyega discuss their chemistry in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and share their favourite Star Wars movies and characters

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During a promotional interview with RocketNews24, Star Wars: The Force Awakens stars Daisy Ridley and John Boyega have been discussing their characters Rey and Finn, as well as sharing their favourite Star Wars movies and characters. “[Rey and Finn] both represent a friendship to each other that neither of us have had before. We’ve never had […]