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Carrie Fisher had completed her work on Star Wars: Episode VIII

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In the wake of the tragic news about Carrie Fisher’s unfortunate passing, many fans have wondered in the back of their minds what this means for Star Wars: Episode VIII and future films in the franchise. The sequel to The Force Awakens, directed by Looper’s Rian Johnson, wrapped filming  in July and is currently in the middle of post-production. […]

UPDATE: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story becomes the biggest film of 2016 in the UK, crosses $700 million worldwide

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After just 17 days of release, Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has overtaken Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them to become the UK’s highest-grossing movie of 2016. So far, Rogue One has pulled in £50.7 million from its run in the UK, topping off a phenomenal year […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has now passed $600 million worldwide

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It was only just a couple days ago Rogue One: A Star Wars Story crossed the $500 million mark, and now the Star Wars spin-off has reached another milestone, passing $600 million worldwide. Yesterday the Gareth Edwards-directed film earned $22.5 million in North America and $19.7 million internationally. This brings its North American gross to $340.6 million and international to […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story passes $500 million mark worldwide

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Having fended off competition from Passengers and Assassin’s Creed to retain top spot at the box office over the Christmas weekend, Lucasfilm’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has now passed the half billion mark worldwide. Rogue One grossed $64.4 million over the Friday to Sunday period in North America, with a further $471.1 million […]

Gareth Edwards discusses the original ending to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Warning. Major spoilers for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story follow. You have been warned… Those of us who’ve ventured to the cinema to see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story will likely have noticed that much of the footage seen in the trailers was absent from the final movie. We already know that the […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story grosses $71 million on Friday at the U.S. box office

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Having debuted to the biggest Thursday previews of the year, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story got its domestic run underway yesterday, with the Gareth Edwards-directed Anthology movie lighting up the box office with a Friday gross of $71 million. Rogue One’s haul is the third-biggest opening day of the year behind Batman v Superman: […]

A character from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was originally planned as a Jedi Knight

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As well as being the first non-Saga movie in the Star Wars franchise (and the first not to be scored by John Williams), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was also the first instalment to be complete devoid of Jedi characters (save for a fallen Jedi in Darth Vader, of course). However, it seems that […]

Michael Fassbender confirms meeting about a role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Michael Fassbender has been attached to numerous franchises in the past five years alone, between his work as Magneto in the X-Men films, David in Prometheus and Alien: Covenant and Aguilar in Assassin’s Creed, but he missed out on one that would have been the biggest of them all. During an appearance on Happy Sad Confused (via EW), […]

Rumour: Star Wars: Episode VIII will use practical effects for Supreme Leader Snoke

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With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story set to open this week, it’s easy to forget that we’re just a little over a year away from the release of Star Wars: Episode VIII. Nevertheless, we’re starting to get a few trickles of information and rumour about the second instalment of the Sequel Trilogy, and now […]