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Rian Johnson reveals Kylo Ren’s thought process during his big Snoke scene in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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The Last Jedi may be close to exiting theatres now but many are still pondering some of the more shocking moments of the film. Perhaps the biggest surprise to be found was Kylo Ren’s decision to betray Supreme Leader Snoke, killing him in front of Rey. Luckily, Johnson has divulged a few details about when […]

Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to make new series of Star Wars films

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It has certainly been a busy time for Star Wars fans with the recent release of The Last Jedi, the upcoming spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story and the conclusion of the television series Star Wars Rebels later this month. There’s much more to look forward to, though, as Lucasfilm and Disney have announced a new series of Star Wars films will be coming […]

Domhnall Gleeson says his Star Wars: The Last Jedi force choke scene was tough to navigate

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Being force choked, or rather, acting like you’re being force choked, is harder than it looks according to Domhnall Gleeson. In Star Wars: The Last Jedi there were a number of impressive uses of the force, one of those was certainly when Snoke force choked Hux despite the two being vast distances apart. It was […]

The Flickering Myth Reaction to the Solo: A Star Wars Story teaser trailer

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They certainly made us wait, but yesterday Disney and Lucasfilm delivered our very first look at their second Star Wars Anthology movie, Solo: A Star Wars Story, with the release of a teaser trailer. Much has been written about the film’s production troubles, which saw original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller fired with just […]

New Solo: A Star Wars Story character names have been revealed

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Some key new characters in Solo: A Star Wars Story have had their names revealed. The marketing campaign for Solo has at last got under way. First we had a TV spot on Super Bowl Sunday, and then the following day a teaser with even more footage of the new anthology film. Combining those with […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story character posters featuring Han, Chewie, Lando and Qi’Ra

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Following the first trailer [watch it here], Disney and Lucasfilm have released four new character posters for Solo: A Star Wars Story featuring Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), and Qi’Ra (Emilia Clarke); check them out here… SEE ALSO: First images from Solo: A Star Wars Story Board the Millennium […]

Watch the official Solo: A Star Wars Story teaser trailer

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After the Super Bowl aired a brief TV spot for the next Star Wars spin-off Solo: A Star Wars Story, Good Morning America has now revealed the first full official teaser trailer for the film! Directed by Ron Howard, the film stars Alden Ehrenreich as everyone’s favourite smuggler as it traces his origin to become one […]

Is the future of film original screenplays or franchise continuations?

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George Chrysostomou on original screenplays vs. franchises… After watching Edgar Wright’s critically and commercially successful Baby Driver, it struck me that this was the first movie I had watched in a while that was not only imaginative and unique, but was not based on any source material such as a novel or comic series, not a […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story Super Bowl teaser finally gives us a glimpse at the spin-off

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Finally, after production turmoil that would take up a Star Wars opening credits-sized scrawl of text, we get a glimpse at Solo: A Star Wars Story via this Super Bowl TV spot. Even more promising is the tease that we’ll get the full trailer tomorrow! There’s not much to go on, but we do get […]