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New Rey and Kylo Ren footage revealed in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker promo

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Coming hot on the heels of the new illustrated poster, the official Star Wars YouTube account has now dropped a promo for next month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which features a few snippets of previously unseen footage of Rey (Daisy Ridley) and Kylo Ren (Adam Driver); watch it here… SEE ALSO: Chewie, Finn […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is a chess match between the Jedi and the Sith according to Oscar Isaac

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Oscar Isaac, one of the stars of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has said the film is part of a chess match between the Jedi and the Sith. The age-old battle between the Jedi and the Sith has been a consistent presence across Star Wars canon and while no Sith and very few Jedi […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets eight new images

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EW has unveiled a batch of promotional images from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker featuring Rey (Daisy Ridley), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), Finn (John Boyega), Jannah (Naomi Ackie), Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran), a group of Stormtroopers and Snowtroopers, and a first look First Order Allegiant General Pryde (Richard E. […]

The ‘child’ in The Mandalorian has a name, according to Carl Weathers

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The Mandalorian’s secret character known only as ‘The Child’ does have a name, according to star Carl Weathers. Disney+’s The Mandalorian has gone down very well with Star Wars fans, with many praising it for its classic Star Wars vibe and atmosphere. One of the show’s biggest surprises was the reveal of an infant known […]

Oscar Isaac on the dynamic between Poe, Finn and Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Poe, Finn, and Rey, the three main Star Wars heroes introduced in the Sequel Trilogy, haven’t been given the opportunity to share the screen together so far. In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we saw Finn and Poe, and Finn and Rey spent time together as duos. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi, all three characters […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets a new illustrated poster

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With exactly a month to go until Disney and Lucasfilm bring the curtain down on the Skywalker Saga, a new illustrated poster for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released online courtesy of Dolby Cinemas, and features Poe Dameron’s lone X-Wing facing off against the Sith Fleet glimpsed in the trailers for the […]

Chewie, Finn and Poe featured in new Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker image

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Entertainment Weekly has revealed a new image from J.J. Abrams’ conclusion to the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which gives us a new shot of Resistance heroes Poe (Oscar Isaac), Finn (John  Boyega), and Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo) in the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Daisy Ridley says […]

Colin Trevorrow to receive story credit on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Although J.J. Abrams is said to have started with a blank canvas when he replaced Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow in the director’s chair for Episode IX, it has been revealed that Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly will still be receiving a story credit on next month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. […]

J.J. Abrams says Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker tells the Leia story it would have told had Carrie Fisher lived

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Some two years after her passing, Carrie Fisher returns to the big screen next month for one final outing as Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, with director J.J. Abrams crafting her role from unused footage shot during production on 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While Leia was expected to play […]