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Rumoured details on Benicio Del Toro and Laura Dern’s Star Wars: Episode VIII characters

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While much of the focus at the moment is on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the folks at Making Star Wars have offered up a few rumoured details on two new characters set to debut in the galaxy far, far away in next year’s Star Wars: Episode VIII. According to the site, who had a […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Catalyst – A Rogue One Novel

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Catalyst – A Rogue One Novel… One of the most interesting eras in the Star Wars timeline is the gap between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope in which Palpatine transitioned the Republic into the Empire, cementing his legacy as Emperor. Just as intriguing is the development of […]

Interview: Composer Jesse Harlin on giving video games such as Mafia III and Star Wars: The Old Republic life through music

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We chat with composer Jesse Harlin… When one’s first credit in the video game industry is a franchise like Star Wars: Republic Commando, becoming a seasoned veteran is destined to happen pretty quickly. Over a decade later and having worked on such highly acclaimed titles as Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, […]

Marvel announces new Star Wars: Darth Maul comic series

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USA Today has revealed that Marvel is set to launch a brand new Star Wars comic miniseries based upon the fan-favourite Sith Lord Darth Maul, which will take place prior to the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. The new five-issue series from writer Cullen Bunn and artist Luke Ross will […]

DVD Review – Elstree 1976 (2015)

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Elstree 1976, 2015. Directed by Jon Spiral. Featuring David Prowse, Jeremy Bulloch, Paul Blake, Pam Rose, Derek Lyons, Anthony Forrest and Laurie Goode. SYNOPSIS: Documentary focusing on the bit-part actors and extras from the original 1977 Star Wars movie. Elstree 1976 is not just a documentary about Star Wars; in fact, it’s not even really […]

Ewan McGregor almost turned down the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars prequels

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While George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy has come in for an enormous amount of criticism from fans of the saga, one aspect that most can agree is worthy of the Star Wars name is Ewan McGregor’s portrayal of the Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi. Well, as it turns out, despite being a huge fan of the franchise, McGregor almost […]

The Week in Star Wars – New footage from Rogue One, The Force Awakens 3D Blu-ray reviewed, Eddie Redmayne on auditoning for Kylo Ren

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars features more new footage from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, as well as a review for the 3D Blu-Ray release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Eddie Redmayne’s bad audition and more… With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story just over a month away (it’s […]

Alden Ehrenreich talks Han Solo spinoff, Chewbacca and Donald Glover’s Lando

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With the young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff gearing up to go into production early in the new year, Variety caught up with leading man Alden Ehrenreich during the premiere of his new film Rules Don’t Apply, and managed to get a few words on the project from the actor. “I’m allowed to say that I’m […]

Colin Trevorrow will shoot Star Wars: Episode IX in 65mm

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Back in January, director Colin Trevorrow confirmed that he’d be following in the footsteps of J.J. Abrams on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Rian Johnson on Star Wars: Episode VIII by shooting the final chapter of the Sequel Trilogy on film, and now it has been announced that he’ll be using the large format […]