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How Star Wars: The Last Jedi brought back that classic character to the big screen

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Warning. Major spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… The Last Jedi was full of surprises, from shocking deaths to interesting character developments, not all of which went over well with fans. One nice surprise, however, was the return of Yoda, who appeared as a force ghost to Luke before seemingly burning the sacred […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has cracked the top 20 highest grossing films of all time

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Star Wars: The Last Jedi has made its way into the top 20 highest grossing films ever at the worldwide box office. Rian Johnson’s follow up to The Force Awakens was met with near universal praise by critics but has deeply divided fans since it has hit cinemas. While some fans aren’t as in love […]

Deja Vu: The Dull Predictability of the Hollywood Tentpole Lineup

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Tom Jolliffe on whether the yearly line ups of Blockbusters are becoming too predictable… So new year rolls around, as time inevitably guarantees. At the end of the year we invariably look back. Best of lists permeate film sites across the internet land. Then as soon as we kick into a new January, we start […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi IMAX poster showcases Kylo Ren, Snoke and the Praetorian Guard

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AMC Theaters has revealed their final IMAX poster for Star Wars: The Last Jedi featuring Supreme Leader Snoke, Kylo Ren and a group of Praetorian Guards. It is available exclusively this Sunday at the cinema chain when viewing the blockbuster sequel in IMAX; check it out here… In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker […]

Christian Bale confirms he had talks about Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Last year, following the announcement that Woody Harrelson had been cast in Disney and Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, rumours surfaced claiming that Christian Bale had been sought for the role of Han’s mentor in the Star Wars Anthology movie. Well, the actor has now confirmed those reports in an interview with MTV’s Happy […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi holds off Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle at the New Year’s weekend box office

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle couldn’t quite pull off the upset over the four day New Year’s weekend as Star Wars: The Last Jedi retains its top spot at the box office. Early estimates for the weekend had The Last Jedi winning the traditional weekend but being pipped to first place by the Jumanji sequel […]

Rey’s parentage is still a wide open subject for Star Wars: Episode IX, according to Rian Johnson

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Warning. Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… It may have been disappointing for some to learn that all of the fuss over Rey’s parentage proved to be much ado about nothing in Rian Johnson’s incredibly divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi. While some felt that this moment was incredibly powerful, and all-too-true to […]

Ron Howard tweets Solo: A Star Wars Story set photo

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As has been the way with the tumultuous production, we’d only just finished celebrating the news that John Williams would be scoring Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, when rumours began to surface that Disney are bracing themselves for the kind of cinematic crash-and-burn that’d we’d never have expected from the Millennium Falcon. Stories […]

Preview of Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Princess Leia

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Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Princess Leia hits comic book stores this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of IDW Publishing… The Star Wars Forces of Destiny initiative celebrates the inspiring stories of iconic heroes from a galaxy far, far away…. Star Wars […]