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Rian Johnson slightly changed the ending of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, discusses Luke’s exile

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As the director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson obviously holds a lot of sway with the Star Wars franchise, and it seems this extended to some input in J.J. Abrams’ first film in the Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Since The Last Jedi begins pretty much where The Force Awakens ends, with Rey holding out Luke’s old lightsaber to […]

Rumour: Leia and Snoke to have a showdown in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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On one end of the Star Wars rumour spectrum, you have generally reliable sources such as Making Star Wars, and on the other you have random posters dropping “insider knowledge” on Reddit. This latest report about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, highlighted by Nerdist, comes from the latter, and so while there may be some truth […]

Rumour: Two new characters from the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff revealed

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As you’d expect with a Star Wars movie, details on the upcoming Han Solo Anthology film are being kept tightly under wraps at Lucasfilm. We do know that Alden Ehrenreich is playing Han, with Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, and Woody Harrelson as Beckett, Han Solo’s mentor, who may or may […]

The Frenzied Fraud of Forced Fandom

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Anghus Houvouras on the frenzied fraud of forced fandom… The true casualty of the current state of geek cinema is how entertainment sites have mirrored the 24 hour news cycle first introduced by CNN back in the 1980’s. The idea that there is enough happening in the world to necessitate news every minute of every […]

The Week in Star Wars – Episode IX release date revealed, next anthology movie update, The Last Jedi rumours and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns with some updates on Episode IX, The Last Jedi, Rogue One, Han Solo, Rebels, Battlefront II and more… First off, congratulations to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which has knocked George Lucas’ 1977 Star Wars from the all-time domestic top 10… …But let’s really kick things off with Star […]

Greedo actor reveals deleted Han Solo scene from Star Wars, talks ‘Han Shot First’ debate

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During an interview with Sci-Fi Central, actor Paul Blake – who portrays the character of Greedo in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope – has revealed a deleted scene from George Lucas’ 1977 classic, which would have taken place in Mos Eisley’s Docking Bay 94. “There’s a brilliant little sequence which I loved […]

Beauty and the Beast knocks Star Wars out of the all-time domestic box office top 10

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For the first time since its release in 1977, George Lucas’ Star Wars no longer sits in the top ten of the all-time highest-grossing domestic movie releases, with Disney’s Beauty and the Beast surpassing the $461 million haul of A New Hope to climb to tenth place. Here’s the all-time top ten highest-grossing movies in North America: […]

Rogue One creator is ‘tinkering with’ a new Star Wars Anthology idea

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The man who created the concept for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Industrial Light & Magic’s John Knoll, is hard at work on another idea for an upcoming installment in the Star Wars Anthology series. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter at a ‘Rogue One Super Session’ during the National Association of Broadcasters Show, Knoll had […]

Emilia Clarke talks Han Solo Star Wars spinoff, says Alden Ehrenreich is “magnificent”

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For those unsure of Alden Ehrenreich landing the coveted role of Han Solo, his co-star Emilia Clarke evidently thinks he is a good candidate for the big shoes to fill in 2018’s much-anticipated spinoff blockbuster Han Solo: A Star Wars Story. Naturally, due to the extreme secrecy shrouded in anything Star Wars related, the actress couldn’t […]