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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screenwriter discusses the original “happy ending” from the first draft

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Over the weekend we brought you some comments from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards, who discussed how the reshoots changed the original ending that had been shot for the blockbuster Anthology movie. And now screenwriter Gary Whitta has been chatting to EW about the very first draft of the script, which would […]

Star Wars Identities – The Exhibition @ The O2 London Review

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Thomas Harris reviews Star Wars Identities – The Exhibition at the O2… The 02 Arena, somewhat appropriately, looks a hell of a lot like a monolithic spacecraft descended upon Greenwich. With it’s protruding antennae and it’s vast almost cityscape-come-Brazil-capitalist-hell hole underbelly, it’s an appropriate fit for an exhibition celebrating all things Star Wars. Past restaurants, an […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 19 Review – ‘Twin Suns’

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Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels – ‘Twin Suns’… Wow. Now before we get started, I’m foregoing the ‘no spoilers’ rule on this review. This is an extremely rare occurrence for me, but there is no possible way I can talk about Twins Suns without touching upon what happens within it. As it’s been a […]

New Star Wars: Darth Vader series will pick up from the end of Revenge of the Sith

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IGN is reporting that Marvel is set to launch a brand new Star Wars: Darth Vader ongoing comic book series from writer Charles Soule and artist Giuseppe Camuncoli, which will pick up from the end of Revenge of the Sith and explore Vader’s ‘Year One’ as the apprentice of Emperor Palpatine.“The book begins one second […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi will “absolutely address” Rey’s parents

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The question on the minds of Star Wars fans around the world (and moviegoers in general) is the mystery sounding Rey’s parentage. Is she a Skywalker? A Kenobi? A Palpatine? Or is she the offspring of an entirely different bloodline, and one that we aren’t expecting? Regardless, it seems that the tantalizing drama is set to be […]

Early reactions to a rough cut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi describe it as “different”

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Although Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released to mass critical success, the one seemingly unanimously agreed upon gripe was that it aped A New Hope, so it’s refreshing to hear that those who have seen an early rough cut of director Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi are describing the blockbuster as “different”.Speaking to Fandango […]

Why You Should Avoid All Movie Marketing

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Neil Calloway argues that believing the hype only leads to disappointment… I can pinpoint the precise moment the scales fell from my eyes and I stopped believing the hype. It was a morning in 1999, and George Lucas was sitting in a shed not far from where I now live, autographing a pair of boxer […]

Rian Johnson says he considered Lando Calrissian for the DJ role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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We’re two movies into the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy now and to the disappointment of many fans, there’s been no sign of Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian. Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has revealed that he did give some thought to using the galaxy’s smoothest smuggler in the role that was ultimately  […]