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The Mandalorian’s record-setting piracy stats doesn’t “serve Disney right”

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Martin Izzard on the record-setting piracy of The Mandalorian… It might sound silly – like I’m the nark standing in the corner telling the 17 year olds not to drink beer – but do people really need reminding that piracy is illegal? Wired recently reported that The Mandalorian, the anchor show on the new Disney+ […]

Nothing in Star Wars: The Last Jedi got in the way of J.J. Abrams’ plans for The Rise of Skywalker

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According to J.J. Abrams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi in no way stopped any of his plans for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Star Wars: The Last Jedi certainly featured plenty of shocking moments, with director Rian Johnson making a handful of decisions that Episode VII director J.J. Abrams apparently wouldn’t have thought of. […]

Ewan McGregor says his Disney+ Star Wars series will examine Obi-Wan’s trauma

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Ewan McGregor, the star of Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi series, says the show will look at the trauma the character suffers resulting from the fall of the Jedi. There is no question that Obi-Wan Kenobi has been through a lot, especially when we find him during his time watching over Luke. Not only has the Jedi […]

Ewan McGregor talks Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series, has known about his return for four years

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After reworking its plans for an Anthology movie following the poor performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lucasfilm finally announced the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi this August, with Ewan McGregor set to reprise his role as the Jedi Master for a live-action TV series on Disney+. Speaking to Men’s Journal to promote the release […]

Daisy Ridley says it was “fun” to play Dark Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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In the D23 trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, fans were shocked to witness Rey wearing dark robes and holding a double-bladed red lightsaber. Now, Daisy Ridley has opened up about Dark Rey, how much she enjoyed playing the role and how the scene moved herself and the rest of the crew. “It’s […]

Oscar Isaac opens up on Anthony Daniels’ goodbye speech to Star Wars

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Oscar Isaac has opened up about the last day of shooting Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and how his emotional big wrap speech was stolen by Star Wars veteran Anthony Daniels who was preparing to say goodbye to the franchise. “I was feeling like ‘I’ll see everybody at reshoots. See you in a few months,’” Isaac said […]

J.J. Abrams says marketing for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker deliberately hasn’t been as secretive

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J.J. Abrams, the director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, doesn’t think the film’s marketing has been particularly secretive this time around. There are always plenty of questions and mysteries going into a new Star Wars film and this is how fans like it. And while we know next to nothing about the actual […]

John Boyega has confessed that he was the culprit who left the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker script under his bed

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Recently, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams revealed that the script for Episode IX had almost leaked online after one of the stars of the film left their script under their bed and it ended up on eBay. However, the mystery has now been solved regarding who the culprit was as John Boyega confessed […]

Hasbro’s Star Wars: The Black Series adds the Heavy Infantry Mandalorian

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Following his memorable appearance in this past Friday’s action-packed episode of The Mandalorian, Hasbro has announced that the ‘Heavy Infantry Mandalorian’ – a.k.a. Paz Vizsla – is coming to the Star Wars: The Black Series action figure line; check out the official promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Disney open to the possibility of a Mandalorian […]

J.J. Abrams was disappointed by the ‘death’ of Darth Maul in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker director J.J. Abrams has revealed that he was left disappointed by the duel between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace owing to Maul’s swift exit from the Prequel Trilogy. “It’s an incredible score,” Abrams told SiriusXM. “I remember the reason I […]