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4 Things Disney Has Got So Right with Star Wars

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Samuel Brace on four things that Disney has got so right with Star Wars… Navigating the toxic pages of the internet can open oneself up to a host of narratives that are infuriatingly mendacious. This is, after all, a place where dwellers operate routinely in schadenfreude and where negativity rules the day. It’s hard not […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Age of Resistance – Captain Phasma #1

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Age of Resistance – Captain Phasma #1 this Wednesday; check out a preview of the issue here… ANOTHER GUN! STORMTROOPERS don’t get a name. They are simply a tool of the EMPIRE. But PHASMA has a name, and one young soldier wants what she has. One stormtrooper has ambition. And […]

New promo artwork for Star Wars series The Mandalorian

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Thanks to Making Star Wars, we’ve got a look at some newly released promotional artwork from the upcoming Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which features the bounty hunter droid IG-11, along with Pedro Pascal’s titular gunslinger… SEE ALSO: The Mandalorian star discusses George Lucas’ involvement with the Star Wars series After the stories of Jango […]

Maybe they shouldn’t have brought back Han, Luke & Leia to Star Wars

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Anghus Houvouras on whether Lucasfilm should have kept Han, Luke and Leia out of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy… There are times where I feel like Star Wars has become my white whale. At some point in my life I marveled at its magnificence, but now I’ve become embittered by its existence which continues to […]

Daisy Ridley says the question about Rey’s parents will be definitively answered in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Daisy Ridley, who stars as Rey in the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has revealed that the film will definitively answer the question of who Rey’s parents are. One of the big mysteries in the sequel trilogy of Star Wars films has been the identity of Rey’s parents, with much speculation being thrown […]

Daisy Ridley wasn’t surprised by backlash to Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Daisy Ridley, who stars as Rey in the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, says that she wasn’t surprised by the online backlash to Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Star Wars: The Last Jedi received universal acclaim from critics upon release but there was a very loud contingent of fans who were not shy […]

New LEGO Star Wars sets feature iconic Star Wars: A New Hope scenes

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The LEGO Group has unveiled two new Star Wars sets – Obi-Wan’s Hut and Luke Skywalker’s Landspeeder, both from Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope – which are set to go on display later this month at San Diego Comic-Con before hitting stores in January 2020, priced at $29.99 apiece. 75270 – Obi-Wan’s […]

Daisy Ridley says Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is “a brilliant end to the story”

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Although she’s recently ruled out the possibility of returning in the new Star Wars trilogies from Rian Johnson and Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, we do still have one more appearance from Daisy Ridley’s Rey to look forward to this December as J.J. Abrams brings the curtain down on the Sequel […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars Adventures #23

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IDW Publishing releases Star Wars Adventures #23 this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here; check it out… Join Lando Calrissian and Chewbacca aboard the Millennium Falcon for another rollicking mission on behalf of the Rebel Alliance! Star Wars Adventures #23 is out this Wednesday, July 3rd, priced $3.99.