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Excerpt from Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars: Thrawn novel released online

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Longtime fans of the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, now known as Legends, received a great gift when fan-favourite villain Grand Admiral Thrawn was brought into actual canon through his role in the Star Wars Rebels television series, voiced by House of Cards‘ Lars Mikkelsen. Timothy Zahn, the author who created him, has been working on Star Wars: Thrawn,a […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Through Imperial Eyes’

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Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels – ‘Through Imperial Eyes’… David Oyelowo is what you might think of as a ‘proper’ actor. He ran a theatre company alongside his wife and has starred in Oscar-worthy films. He’s the real deal, so we’re very lucky to have him in Star Wars Rebels. This week we’re even […]

Jar Jar Binks lobbies Ron Howard for role in the Han Solo Stars Wars spinoff in latest Funny or Die video

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Earlier in the week it was announced that Phil Lord and Chris Miller had been fired from the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff film due to creative differences. Essentially, they had gone way too far down the comedic route, which honestly should have been expected when they were hired, but I digress. Everyone on the Internet […]

The fate of Jar Jar Binks revealed in Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End

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Tuesday sees the release of  the third and final chapter of Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath book trilogy, which serves as a bridge between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and Mashable is reporting that the novel will reveal the fate of one of the most reviled characters from the galaxy far, […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 15 Review – ‘Legacy of Mandalore’

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Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels – Legacy of Mandalore… If you’re not caught up yet, here’s my review of the previous episode – Trials of the Darksaber. Do you like watching Mandalorians do all the cool things that Mandalorians are known for? Do you appreciate a good Sabine story? You do? Good, because after […]

Is Finn from Star Wars a hero or a mentally imbalanced, disgruntled former employee?

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Anghus Houvouras on whether Star Wars’ Finn is a hero, or a mentally imbalanced, disgruntled former employee… If Star Wars: The Last Jedi has taught us anything, it’s that there are those who take the happenings of a galaxy far, far away a little too seriously. I didn’t like The Last Jedi. It was messy, […]

Woody Harrelson says his Han Solo character is “a bit of a criminal”

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Earlier this week it was announced that Woody Harrelson has signed on for a role in Lucasfilm’s second Star Wars Anthology movie, based around the adventures of a young Han Solo, and now the actor has spoken for the first time since his casting about joining the galaxy far, far away. “I’m a mentor to […]

Director Rian Johnson talks Star Wars: Episode VIII, Luke Skywalker and Rey

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A few days ago we brought you some comments from Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson, where he revealed that the middle-chapter of the Sequel Trilogy will pick up straight after the final shot of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, as well as touching upon Rey’s journey and her training under Luke Skywalker. Well, […]

Even Dame Judi Dench is pestering Daisy Ridley for Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoilers

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Despite the best efforts of Josh Gad, Daisy Ridley seems to be keeping any and all details on Star Wars: The Last Jedi close to her chest. However, that hasn’t stopped Ridley and Gad’s Murder on the Orient Express co-star and British screen legend Dame Judi Dench from taking a crack at prising some info […]