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Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art features alternate designs for Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra

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We’ve already seen some concept art from Solo: A Star Wars Story featuring alternate designs for the Millennium Falcon and Dryden Vos, and now its the turn of Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra thanks to some early illustrations showing various different incarnations of Han’s former flame turned Crimson Dawn lieutenant; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Emilia Clarke […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story Isn’t Terrible, But It’s Not Great Either

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The latest Star Wars movie wasn’t as bad as Neil Calloway expected… Back in December last year I wrote a provocative piece stating that Solo: A Star Wars Story would be terrible. As it turns out, I was wrong. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great either. On the Star Wars scale it’s more prequel […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art features radically different Dryden Vos designs

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While it’s unlikely we’ll ever know exactly what changes Ron Howard made to Solo: A Star Wars Story, one aspect of the film we do know he was responsible for in its entirety was the villain Dryden Vos, with Howard casting Paul Bettany in the role after Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s original choice Michael […]

Marvel announces Star Wars: Beckett one-shot

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Marvel has announced that it is set to explore the backstory of Woody Harrelson’s Tobias Beckett from Solo: A Star Wars Story with the release of the one-shot comic Star Wars: Beckett from writer Gerry Duggan and artists Will Sliney, Edgar Salazar and Marc Laming. THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DEADLY! TOBIAS BECKETT taught HAN […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer discusses the deleted Tag & Bink scene

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Last October, Ron Howard revealed that the fan favourite Dark Horse Comics characters Tag & Bink were set to make their official in-canon debut in Solo: A Star Wars Story, where the hapless duo would be portrayed by screenwriter Johnathan Kasdan and first assistant director Toby Hefferman. As it happened, Tag and Bink ended up on the […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Han Solo Mudtrooper Hot Toys collectible figure revealed

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Hot Toys has revealed its 1/6th scale Han Solo Mudtrooper collectible figure which is based on the likeness of Alden Ehrenreich’s smuggler during his time in the Empire in the Star Wars anthology movie Solo: A Star Wars Story; take a look at the promotional images here… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles In the […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art showcases alternate Millennium Falcon designs

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For its appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story, the iconic Millennium Falcon received a shiny makeover, with the task of coming up with a new look for the classic ship falling to Lucasfilm’s design supervisor James Clyne. “The way I saw it, it’s like ripping a tablecloth off, you know those magicians that rip […]

Preview of Marvel’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation #3

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Marvel’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation continues this coming Wednesday with the release of the third issue; check out a preview here… The tyrannical First Order is hot on the Resistance’s tail – Supreme Leader Snoke has discovered a way to track Leia Organa and her crew through hyperspace. Fuel and time is running […]

Tom Hanks wanted to make a cameo appearance in Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Tom Hanks wanted to make an appearance as a Stormtrooper in Solo: A Star Wars Story. Appearing in a Star Wars film is the dream of many actors across the generations and we have seen numerous big name actors appear in cameo roles (sometimes in roles that were cut) as Stormtroopers in the past, just […]