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See Harrison Ford digitally inserted into the Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer

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Alden Ehrenreich faces a rather daunting task this coming week as he steps into the shoes of Harrison Ford to portray the iconic Han Solo in Disney and Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. While Ehrenreich performs admirably by all accounts [read our review here] for many, we’re sure, there’s only ever going to be […]

UPDATE: Rumoured plot details for the Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars spinoff

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UPDATE: Turns out this may well be a fake, as @Dantooine points out on Twitter that the alleged synopsis is the same as the 2013 novel Kenobi by John Jackson Miller. Original story follows… Last week it was reported that Lucasfilm and writer-director Stephen Daldry (The Hours, Billy Elliot) are in pre-production on the long-rumoured […]

Preview of Marvel’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation #2

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Marvel’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi Adaptation continues this coming Wednesday with the release of the second issue; take a look at a preview here… The Resistance has found Luke Skywalker! But the First Order is hot on their tail…and they are out for blood. Join writer Gary Whitta (ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY) and […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Donald Glover says Lando Calrissian is the only role he ever really wanted

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With Solo: A Star Wars Story set to arrive in cinemas next week, actor Donald Glover has been speaking to CBR about getting the opportunity to portray a young version of the iconic, smooth-talking scoundrel Lando Calrissian, and how much it meant to him to be cast in the role made famous by Billy Dee […]

Ron Howard clarifies decision to turn down Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

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Ron Howard has spoken further about his decision not to direct Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. Star Wars coming back in 1999 with The Phantom Menace was a big deal, just as it was when the saga returned a few short years ago with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Directing the comeback would, of course, […]

Emilia Clarke loved re-shooting Solo: A Star Wars Story scenes with Ron Howard

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Emilia Clarke has revealed that she was really happy to re-shoot Solo: A Star Wars Story with Ron Howard as director. Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a tumultuous history, mainly the changing of directors late into the game that led Ron Howard to come in and re-shoot vast amounts of the movie. Solo […]

Lando: A Star Wars Story in development at Lucasfilm? Well, not quite

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Reports are circulating on the internet that Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy has announced that the next Star Wars Anthology movie will focus around the character of Lando Calrissian, played by Donald Glover in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The original story, from Premiere France, quoted Kennedy as stating that: “We think that the next spinoff will […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story gets new character posters and TV spot

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Following a behind the scenes featurette and a batch of concept art for Solo: A Star Wars Story, four new character posters have arrived online for the Star Wars anthology movie ahead of its release next week featuring Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), Qi’Ra (Emilia Clarke); check them out […]