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The Cinematic Universe Fascination: A Bigger Picture Obsession

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Tom Jolliffe on Hollywood’s fascination with the shared cinematic universe… Marketing, labelling, packaging. It’s everywhere. In cinematic terms it’s more important than ever. Everything is governed by men with clipboards. Or the modern equivalent. I suppose it’s all tablets now. I’m a cave dwelling Cro-Magnon man, so I wouldn’t know but there’s an inherent need […]

Rian Johnson discusses Carrie Fisher’s role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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While there’s plenty of excitement for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the release will be certainly bittersweet, given that it will mark the final time we get to see Carrie Fisher in the role of Leia Organa, the actress having sadly passed away this past December. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, writer-director Rian Johnson […]

Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill think you should avoid all Star Wars: The Last Jedi marketing

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Details on Star Wars: The Last Jedi have flowed a little more steady recently. We’ve had plenty of comments from the cast, as well as sneak peeks at some truly bizarre (and yes – adorable) alien species that will be introduced to the Star Wars universe. This is just the tip of iceberg, apparently, as director […]

Ron Howard shares set videos from the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff featuring a speeder junkyard

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Since Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm, there’s been intense levels of secrecy surrounding the likes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. That extended to the as-yet-untitled Han Solo spinoff… until Ron Howard came on board as a replacement for directors Phil Lord and Chris […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s K-2SO gets a Premium Format Figure from Sideshow

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Sideshow Collectibles has unveiled its K-2SO Premium Format Figure from the blockbuster anthology movie Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The limited edition piece is available to pre-order now, priced at $650 and is expected to ship September-November 2018; take a look at the official promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Pre-order via Sideshow Collectibles   K-2SO […]

John Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran on Finn being a big deal in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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After defecting from the First Order and passing himself off as a “big deal” in the Resistance in an effort to impress Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, John Boyega’s Finn now finds himself a core part of the good guys in December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi – although it seems he’s not […]

John Boyega took roles between Star Wars movies because he had “something to prove”

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Actor John Boyega has explained his reasoning behind taking other roles between Star Wars entries. Boyega hit the big time when he signed on for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Upon the film’s release he was catapulted to an entirely new level of fame, much like Mark Hamill before him all those years ago. Boyega […]

Rian Johnson on the differences between Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Empire Strikes Back

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It’s no surprise that there will be some parallels to Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and the second movie in another little-known trilogy set in the Star Wars universe. After all, the second movie in any major trilogy always seems to the one that tests the main characters; it’s usually the darkest, and often […]