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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer sets Star Wars record but falls short of Disney’s other big hitters

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Disney and Lucasfilm unveiled the first trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker earlier this month during Star Wars Celebration, but unlike most major blockbuster trailer releases these days, the studios remained tight-lipped when it came to touting how successful the trailer launch was in terms of viewership. Well, as Deadline has revealed, that’s […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion – Han Solo #1

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The galaxy’s favourite smuggler takes centre stage this week as Marvel releases Star Wars: Age of Rebellion – Han Solo #1; check out a preview of the issue here… After helping destroy the DEATH STAR, HAN SOLO’s ready to cash in his reward and return to life as a scoundrel. But when LUKE SKYWALKER asks […]

John Boyega expects Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will be his last outing as Finn

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John Boyega doesn’t expect to reprise his role of Finn after Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. The next entry in the Star Wars saga, The Rise of Skywalker, is being billed as the end of the nine film Skywalker saga as well as being the final film in the sequel trilogy. Therefore, it seems […]

SPOILERS: Another huge Original Trilogy character return rumoured for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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If rumours are to be believed, Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian and Ian McDiarmid’s Emperor Palpatine aren’t going to be the only Original Trilogy characters making their return to the galaxy far, far away in December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,. According to Making Star Wars, Harrison Ford has filmed a sequence for the […]

IDW to publish Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Graphic Novel Adaptation this September

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IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to publish Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Graphic Novel Adaptation this September, delivering an all-ages take on the sixth episode of the Star Wars saga. The war between the Rebels and the Empire continues in this latest graphic novel adaptation! Is the Rebellion about to be crushed […]

Kathleen Kennedy says Lucasfilm planning “the next ten years or more” of Star Wars

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Disney CEO Bob Iger may have revealed that Star Wars will be taking a hiatus from the big screen following the release of this December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, but that doesn’t mean that Lucasfilm is slowing down behind the scenes. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter after Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm president Kathleen […]

The Mandalorian will be released weekly on Disney+

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Earlier this month it was confirmed that Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian will be one of the original launch series on Disney+ when the streaming service launches this November. However, if you were looking forward to binging all eight episodes on day one ahead of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker the following month, you may […]

2019 has proven that Disney is going to win the Franchise War (if it hasn’t already)

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Anghus Houvouras on Disney and ‘the franchise war’…  When it comes to long term strategies, Disney has orchestrated a masterful game of chess. Like a master playing multiple games moving from board to board using a variety of techniques to back every other Hollywood studio into a corner. A few years ago it became clear […]

J.J. Abrams on fans calling Star Wars: The Force Awakens too similar to A New Hope

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J.J. Abrams, director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has discussed fans calling his The Force Awakens too similar to A New Hope. While fans around the world enjoyed seeing Star Wars: The Force Awakens in cinemas, one  point of complaint was that the film was very similar to A New Hope. What does […]