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Preview of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2

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IDW Publishing releases Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2 this coming Wednesday, covering the period of October 6th, 1980 to February 8th, 1981. Take a look at a preview here…Reprints for the first time the classic Star Wars newspaper strip in its complete format. No other edition includes each Sunday page title header and “bonus” […]

Preview of Star Wars: Poe Dameron #24

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Marvel releases Star Wars: Poe Dameron #24 this coming Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here; check it out…Lor San Tekka has been captured…again! And it’s up to Black Squadron to save him. Meanwhile, Terex has his own plans in motion…to finally free himself from the grasp of the First Order!Star […]

Will This Be Star Wars Overkill?

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Neil Calloway isn’t looking forward to the newly announced Star Wars films…The Star Wars juggernaut continues apace. We have the final film in the sequel trilogy to come, and possibly endless Anthology movies – depending on how well Solo does, I’m sure we’ll get the Boss Nass movie we’ve all been waiting for. Add in […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story gets a new poster

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Following the release of the first teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, we got a series of character posters for the second Star Wars anthology movie [see here], and now we have a new one-sheet featuring Alden Ehrenreich’s smuggler alongside Qi’ra, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, and L3-37…SEE ALSO: George Lucas helped direct a scene […]

George Lucas helped direct a scene in Solo: A Star Wars Story

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As part of its Solo: A Star Wars Story coverage, Entertainment Weekly has been chatting to director Ron Howard about his work on the Anthology movie, with Howard revealing that his old pal George Lucas paid a visit to the set, and actually ended up contributing to a scene.“George is like a big brother mentor […]

HBO’s Confederate looks unlikely after Benioff and Weiss commit to Star Wars

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Back in July of last year it was revealed that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would be following up their adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire with a new HBO series entitled Confederate.Set in an alternate history of the United States where the Confederacy successfully seceded […]

Ron Howard was reluctant to replace Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Solo: A Star Wars Story

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It’s fair to say that Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a difficult production, with the studio firing original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of filming to go due to creative differences, and Ron Howard then coming on board to oversee extensive reshoots and complete the Anthology movie.Speaking to […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story looks great, but some have already made up their minds and will hate it regardless

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Samuel Brace on Solo: A Star Wars Story…Thank the Lord. Solo: A Star Wars Story at last has a teaser (or two) and the fears of the rational mind can be put to rest, at least for now, as the film about which so much has been said, actually looks pretty terrific.And I say the […]

Emilia Clarke teases Han’s relationship with Qi’ra in Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is swapping the world of Westeros for the galaxy far, far away this year as she takes on the role of the mysterious Qi’ra in Disney and Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story.Unlike the likes of Han, Chewie and Lando, Qi’ra is a new addition to the Star Wars […]