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Rian Johnson discusses new Star Wars trilogy, won’t feature any legacy characters

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In the build up to the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and its incredible marketing campaign, fans were delighted when Lucasfilm announced that Rian Johnson had been given the keys to a brand new trilogy of movies. Of course, this mood quickly changed, with half of the fanbase outraged by Johnson’s creative decisions […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: TIE Fighter #5

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Star Wars: TIE Fighter #5 hits comic book stores on Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of Marvel… The mission is to deal a devastating blow to THE REBELLION. Can the squadron come together in time to complete the mission? And will any survive the fight? […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #35

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #35 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… It’s time for DOCTOR APHRA to do what she does best: honor her commitments, help people in need, do the right thing. Hahaha, nope, the people she’s swindling won’t buy that […]

Ewan McGregor in talks for Obi-Wan Kenobi return in Disney+ Star Wars series

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Deadline is reporting that Ewan McGregor is in talks with Lucasfilm to reprise his role as the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi for a live-action Star Wars TV show on the Disney+ streaming service. As previously rumoured, Lucasfilm had been planning an Obi-Wan movie under its Star Wars Anthology banner, although both this and the long-planned […]

Avengers: Endgame directors discuss their favourite Star Wars characters

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Joe and Anthony Russo, the directors of Avengers: Endgame, have revealed which Star Wars characters are their favourites. With Marvel and Star Wars all falling under the Disney umbrella, and with the massive success of Avengers: Endgame, many fans might be thinking how cool it would be to see the Russos direct a Star Wars […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason… Timothy Zahn’s return to the galaxy far, far away with his latest novel, Star Wars: Thrawn – Treason, tells a fairly compelling tale involving the Grand Admiral that serves as a close to the trilogy of new Thrawn books. Zahn’s characters are interesting as he presents a unique mystery […]

Star Wars Resistance to end with season 2, trailer released

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With so much attention aimed towards December’s release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, it might be easy to forget Disney XD’s animated series Star Wars Resistance is also returning. A trailer for the upcoming season has now been released which reveals the villainous Kylo Ren will be making an appearance in the series. However, along with the […]

Star Wars Saga to receive new Blu-ray and DVD re-release

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As revealed by Core of Movies on Twitter, Disney and Lucasfilm are set to issue Blu-ray and DVD re-releases of the first ten movies in the Star Wars saga to coincide with the upcoming arrival of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. As you can see above, the re-releases cover all ten films – The […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker score will include themes from the entire franchise

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Don Williams, brother of John Williams, has revealed the score for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will feature themes from the entire Star Wars franchise. On Friday, the Academy of Scoring Arts hosted a score study of Jurassic Park – one of John Williams’ most iconic scores. The event also featured Don Williams, a performer and “veteran studio percussionist” […]