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Book Review – Star Wars: Ahsoka

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Ahsoka… In 2008, the Star Wars: The Clone Wars film introduced fans to Ahsoka Tano, a character who polarized viewers nearly as much as Jar Jar Binks did. Unlike the annoying Gungan though, Ahsoka eventually gained a large fanbase. Over the course of the series, gone were the mentions of […]

Tessa Thompson, Zoe Kravitz and Naomi Scott test for female lead in the Han Solo Star Wars movie

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With Alden Ehrenreich locked in for the title role, it looks like we can expect some imminent casting news on Lucasfilm’s Han Solo prequel, with Variety reporting that testing has been taking place this week in London for two key roles in the Star Wars spinoff. According to the site, Tessa Thompson (Creed), Zoe Kravitz […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character descriptions for Moroff, Pao and two new Stormtroopers

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Thanks to the folks at Making Star Wars, we’ve got a few new character descriptions for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, featuring two of the film’s alien supporting characters, along with a couple of Imperial Stormtrooper classes; take a look… Moroff (Gigoran species) Moroff seeks out combat zones to sell his brawn and firepower to […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Holocrons of Fate’

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Chris Cooper reviews the second episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Like a shiny hologram message on the dashboard of your ships controls, I need to give you a heads up. There are some slight spoilers here. I’ve avoided so much trying to write this but I wouldn’t have two words to rub together […]

Four Years of Disney’s Star Wars

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Tom Nightingale looks back on four years of Disney’s Star Wars… It’s been the equivalent of a whole US presidential term since Disney acquired Lucasfilm for a staggering $4.05 billion. “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers” declared George Lucas as he traded the most iconic […]

Marvel launching Star Wars: Classified ongoing comic book series

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With Star Wars: Darth Vader set to end next month, Marvel has announced that it is launching a new ongoing series in December entitled Star Wars: Classified. The new series will join the main Star Wars title and Star Wars: Poe Dameron as Marvel’s third ongoing Star Wars series, and will see Darth Vader writer […]

When Will Shared Universes End?

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This week Neil Calloway questions how long cinematic shared universes can last… It was announced on Thursday that Margot Robbie – given the sweetener of an Executive Producer to boot – had signed on for a Harley Quinn solo movie. This followed hot on the heels of the news that Anne Hathaway would be open […]

Michael Giacchino replaces Alexandre Desplat as composer on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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It looks like the extensive reshoots on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has led to scheduling conflicts for composer Alexandre Desplat, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the Oscar-winner is no longer available to score the film. Stepping in as Desplat’s replacement is another Academy Award-winner in Michael Giacchino, who has worked extensively with […]

VFX reel showcases ILM’s digital effects work on Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Despite all of the talk of a return to the practical effects focus of the Original Trilogy in the build up to the release of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the visual effects wizards at Industrial Light & Magic still had their work cut out on the film when it came to digital effects. Although […]