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Rian Johnson says Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Luke Skywalker is “100% consistent” with the Original Trilogy

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Despite being almost a year on from its release, Star Wars: The Last Jedi continues to be a fiercely-debated topic among fans of the Star Wars franchise. One of – if not the – most controversial aspects of the movie is the film’s handling of Luke Skywalker – and it’s not just fans who can’t let […]

Star Wars: The Clone Wars star Ashley Eckstein says season 7 stories are “incredible”

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Ashley Eckstein, one of the stars of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, has said that stories present in the upcoming seventh season are “incredible”. Among the Star Wars faithful there is a lot of hype surrounding the return of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, a proposition many have been dreaming would become reality for years. The […]

Preview of Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down #1

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IDW Publishing launches the three-issue miniseries Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down – set in the days leading up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – this week, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… Swallowed by the shifting sands of Jakku, the Imperial Star Destroyer Spectral has been […]

Disney and Lucasfilm viewing Star Wars: Episode IX as a “course correction” for the franchise

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Although Disney has enjoyed enormous financial success with the Star Wars saga since its acquisition of Lucasfilm, things haven’t been going too smoothly as of late. In December, the Mouse House released Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which – despite being a critical and commercial hit – proved to be hugely divisive amongst the fanbase, […]

Sneak peek clip and promo images for Star Wars Resistance Season 1 Episode 6 – ‘The Children from Tehar’

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Disney XD and Lucasfilm have unveiled four promotional images and a sneak peek clip from this Sunday’s sixth episode of Star Wars Resistance, ‘The Children From Tehar’. Check them out here… In “The Children from Tehar” – On a mission to replace a damaged engine, Kaz searches for two missing children for a sizeable reward. […]

Preview of Star Wars: Han Solo – Imperial Cadet #1

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Marvel Comics launches its new limited series Star Wars: Han Solo – Imperial Cadet #1 this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… YOUNG SOLO’S ADVENTURES CONTINUE! HAN SOLO escapes Corellia by joining the IMPERIAL NAVY, vowing to return for QI’RA. But how does a thief used […]

Hasbro unveils new Star Wars and Marvel Legends action figures

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Hasbro has released promotional images of four of its upcoming figures unveiled at this week’s Lucca Comics and Games event. For Star Wars fans, we’ve got a Vintage Collection Poe Dameron a Black Series Mace Windu, as well as Puma and a six-armed Spider-Man from the Marvel Legends line; check them out here… What do […]

Scrapped Boba Fett movie would have featured the bounty hunters from The Empire Strikes Back

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Over the weekend it was reported that Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy had confirmed that the long-planned Boba Fett Star Wars Anthology movie is “100% dead”, with the studio opting instead to focus its efforts on Jon Favreau’s live-action series The Mandalorian. Talk of a Boba Fett movie has been circulating since 2013, with Josh Trank […]

Star Wars Resistance Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘The High Tower’

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Ricky Church reviews the fifth episode of Star Wars Resistance… After taking a couple episodes to establish the workings of the Colossus and Kaz’s adjustment to becoming a spy and pretend-mechanic, Star Wars Resistance went back to the main plot of the Kaz’s mission to find out what the First Order wants with the Colossus and […]