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Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson says it’s a mistake to cater to fans

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Rian Johnson, the director of Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, says that it’s a mistake to cater to fans when making a movie. Rian Johnson is certainly no stranger to surprising audiences with his films. His new film Knives Out took a lot of people by surprise and The Last Jedi infamously […]

Taika Waititi on whether he would want to direct a Star Wars feature film

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While speaking to Variety, actor-director Taika Waititi has claimed he has no plans to direct a Star Wars feature film but would want to if Lucasfilm came knocking in the future. “Oh, I don’t know anything about that, but The Mandalorian was my chance to work with some stormtroopers,” Waititi began. “Yes. Obviously I would, but […]

The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda puppet cost a cool $5 million

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It’s fair to say that the as-yet-unnamed ‘Baby Yoda’ is the breakout star of The Mandalorian, with the character not only becoming an immediate fan favourite, but also a pop culture phenomenon following the Star Wars show’s premiere on Disney+ back in November. Despite being completely kept under wraps during the marketing campaign for the […]

Rosario Dawson still wants to play Ahsoka Tano in Star Wars

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Rosario Dawson (Daredevil, Zombieland: Double Tap) has once again expressed her interest in playing the fan-favourite Star Wars character Ahsoka Tano. On Twitter, Dawson retweeted a fans tweet who compared her to Ahsoka and claimed the Star Wars character would be in her mid-40’s if she was to appear in the Disney+ series, The Mandalorian. Tell ‘em! #AhsokaLives https://t.co/n4ddfqiTl2 — […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker screenwriter explains how Rey re-balances the Force

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Some thirty years after Anakin Skywalker fulfilled the prophecy of the Chosen One by “killing” his master Emperor Palpatine in Return of the Jedi, old Sheev’s granddaughter Rey brought balance to the Force once again in last month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with her defeat of Darth Sidious in the Battle of Exegol. […]

No Palpatine scenes were cut from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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According to the special make-up effects supervisor for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, no Palpatine scenes were left out of the movie. Palpatine’s big return was one of the key components of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and the evil Sith Lord didn’t disappoint. However, with recent talk of what may or may […]

Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo hopes to work with Solo co-star Alden Ehrenreich again

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Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo has opened up about working on Solo: A Star Wars Story and hopes to work with Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo again. “I do keep in touch with Alden every once in a while,” Suotamo told The Hollywood Reporter. “But I haven’t seen him since the premieres. Every now and then, we’ll message each other, and […]

Billie Lourd played a young Leia in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Carrie Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd played a young Leia in a flashback for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. There is an awful lot going on in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker but one of the surprising scenes was the flashback of Luke and Leia training together as Jedi. The two actors were de-aged […]

Maz Kanata wasn’t a motion capture character in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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For her first two appearances in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lupita Nyong’o (Us, Black Panther) took on the role of Maz Kanata via motion capture technology. However, in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Maz was brought to life as an animatronic. In a recent interview with CinemaBlend, Creature And Special Make-Up Effects […]