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Rumour: Kathleen Kennedy stepping down from Lucasfilm

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After taking up position as President of Lucasfilm following George Lucas’ sale to Disney, Kathleen Kennedy has overseen the relaunch of the Star Wars saga, with the first three Disney-backed films – Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi – enjoying enormous box office success […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story DLC coming to Star Wars Battlefront II

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Players will be able to dive into the past of the Star Wars universe with the upcoming DLC release of The Han Solo Season for Star Wars Battlefront II. Beginning June 12, fans can make the famous Kessel Run themselves with the new content, using Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo and Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian to get the job done. […]

Why are Star Wars fans acting like Kelly Marie Tran smothered their inner child?

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Anghus Houvouras on toxic fandom… Obviously she didn’t. No rational mature adult human-being could validate a statement like this. It’s the kind of hyperbolic verbal spasm that has become a staple of fandom ever since cinematic obsessives made declarations like ‘George Lucas raped my childhood’ because they thought the prequels weren’t that good. I’m always […]

The Disney Monopoly

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Disney’s dominance at the cinemas… You know that castle? The Disney Castle. We all know it. How about that Mouse lad and his lady friend? Sure. We know them. Right now Disney is on a high. Why so? Well it’s because in the past decade or so they’ve become an all […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story editor reveals how Ron Howard transformed the movie

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The editor of Solo: A Star Wars Story has revealed how Ron Howard changed the movie once he came on board as director. With veteran director Ron Howard coming aboard Solo once 80 percent of the film had already been made and then tasked with bringing the movie to fruition; it’s not surprising that vast […]

Hasbro’s SDCC Exclusive Star Wars The Vintage Collection Doctor Aphra Comic Set

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With next month’s San Diego Comic-Con fast approaching, Hasbro has unveiled promotional images for its first Star Wars SDCC Exclusive, The Vintage Collection Doctor Aphra Comic Set, which was the winner of last year’s fan choice poll for the recently relaunched Vintage Collection. Take a look here… Celebrate the legacy of STAR WARS with premium, […]

Darth Maul: What does the future hold for the Star Wars villain?

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George Chrysostomou on what the future might hold for Darth Maul… Spoilers below for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Dark Disciple… The return of Darth Maul in Solo has left many people excited for the possibilities this comeback might herald. Whilst speculation is rife with the many potential narratives we […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story suffers disastrous second weekend, set to become the lowest grossing Star Wars movie

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Disney and Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story suffered a rather poor opening last weekend with just $148 million worldwide, and things certainly haven’t gotten any better for the Anthology movie second time around. Domestically, Solo earned $29 million – the lowest second weekend for any Star Wars movie since the days of the Original […]