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More spooky Star Wars tales coming this October with Return to Vader’s Castle

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Following on from last year’s successful weekly miniseries Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader’s Castle, IDW Publishing has announced that it will be serving up more spooky stories from the galaxy far, far away this October with Star Wars Adventures: Return to Vader’s Castle, a five-issue miniseries from writer Cavan Scott (Star Wars Adventures). “I […]

Daisy Ridley addresses “vicious” social media reactions to Star War: The Last Jedi

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Daisy Ridley, the star of the upcoming Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has commented on the at time “vicious” responses to The Last Jedi on social media. Unfortunately, it seems to be a consistent theme these days that overzealous fans react in an aggressive manner online when a film or TV show doesn’t meet […]

The Journey to Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker begins with Star Wars Adventures #27

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IDW Publishing has announced that it will be filling in some of the blanks between Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker with a three-part story arc from writer John Barber and artist Derek Charm, which is set to get underway in October’s Star Wars Adventures #27. With the New […]

Daisy Ridley teases “epic” lightsaber duel between Rey and Kylo Ren in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

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Daisy Ridley, who stars as Rey in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, has teased an “epic” lightsaber duel for the movie. There are certain things that fans demand from Star Wars and one of those things is an exciting lightsaber duel. With The Rise of Skywalker, fans should be satisfied as Daisy Ridley has […]

Rick Famuyiwa reportedly in talks to direct the Cassian Andor Star Wars series

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Having secured a showrunner back in December in Stephen Schiff (The Americans), it seems that Lucasfilm may now have found one of its directors for the upcoming Rogue One: A Star Wars Story prequel series focussing on Diego Luna’s Rebel spy Cassian Andor. According to a report from Discussing Film, Lucasfilm is in talks with […]

Jon Favreau already working on season 2 of Star Wars series The Mandalorian

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Back in April, a rumour surfaced online suggesting that Disney+ had already renewed Lucasfilm’s upcoming live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian for a second season, and creator and executive producer Jon Favreau has seemingly confirmed that fact during a recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. “We’re done with the first season and I’m actually writing […]

Gina Carano explains how The Mandalorian and Jon Favreau have given her more confidence as an actress

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Gina Carano, former MMA fighter and one of the stars of The Mandalorian, has explained how an emotional interaction with Jon Favreau has given her new confidence. A number of people have made the transition from combat sports to Hollywood and Gina Carano is certainly someone who is doing it successfully. Next for her is […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34

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Marvel Comics releases Star Wars: Doctor Aphra #34 this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here… UNSPEAKABLE REBEL SUPERWEAPON CONTINUES! Hiding out on the world where she grew up, everyone’s favorite scoundreless, DOCTOR APHRA, takes a trip down memory. NB: Turns out memory lane is a hellhole covered […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s Sith Trooper revealed through new merchandise

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The official Star Wars website has pulled back the curtain on the next evolution of Imperial/First Order soldiers, the Sith Trooper, who will be seen on screen this December in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Check out the Hot Toys, Hasbro and Funko collectible figures, all of which will be available in Early Release […]