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Mark Hamill on disagreeing with Rian Johnson over Luke Skywalker’s role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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It looks like Mark Hamill, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson had very different views for Luke Skywalker’s arc in the film. Speaking to Screen Rant at a Last Jedi press junket, the Star Wars icon gave a firm “No” when asked if his vision for Luke’s role in the film matched […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #1 to receive second printing

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After selling out today, Marvel has announced that Charles Soule and Will Sliney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Kylo Ren #1 will be returning to comic book shops for a second printing. “I can’t believe that I’m the guy who gets to write that,” said Soule with regards to the series which charts the fall […]

J.J. Abrams says this time he is definitely done with the Star Wars franchise

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J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, says this time he is one hundred percent done making Star Wars films. In no time at all, fans around the world will get to experience The Rise of Skwalker for themselves – the last film in the Skywalker saga. J.J. Abrams returned to […]

Rian Johnson is at the “very beginning” stages of planning his new Star Wars trilogy

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Earlier this month, it was announced that Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson would be directing a brand-new trilogy set in the Star Wars universe. These films would be canon, but not following the Skywalker saga, effectively allowing the director to let his imagination go wild. So how much thought has Rian Johnson […]

No Lando in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, according to director Rian Johnson

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With Star Wars: The Force Awakens feeling like a reunion, of sorts, with the series’ iconic characters, it’s natural to hope for even more cameos in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and one such character is Lando Calrissian. Given the character’s upcoming appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story, played by Donald Glover, it feels like […]

Lord and Miller break silence on Solo: A Star Wars Story: “The experience of shooting the movie was wonderful”

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The expulsion of Phil Lord and Chris Miller from the director’s chairs of Solo: A Star Wars Story is old news at this point. Since then, the film has wrapped under director Ron Howard, and we have been treated to a host of behind-the-scenes images, an actual title, etc. With production over, it’s a good […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Oscar Isaac stresses that Poe Dameron is not the next Han Solo

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens caught a lot of flack for feeling like a retread of A New Hope. Poe Dameron, for example, is a handsome, wisecracking, crack shot pilot in a leather jacket. Sound familiar? Well, Poe Dameron actor Oscar Isaac wants to make clear that he doesn’t think that his character is a […]

Disney CEO Bob Iger isn’t ruling out future Star Wars trilogies

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Bob Iger, the CEO of Disney, says he is not ruling out future trilogies in the Star Wars franchise. This month, the Skywalker saga and the sequel Star Wars trilogy is coming to an end with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. We have also learned from Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy that they will be […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker tracking $450 million global opening, new ‘Special Look’ promo released

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The wait is finally over, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker beginning its global roll out today as Disney and Lucasfilm bring the curtain down on the Sequel Trilogy and the Skywalker Saga some 42 years after George Lucas first transported audiences to the galaxy far, far away. According to Deadline, the J.J. Abrams-directed […]