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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 […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘Visions and Voices’

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Chris Cooper reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Mid-season finales. It’s that time of year. If you watch any major series that airs around this time of year you’ll know the drill. The last episode before Christmas essentially sets up the back end of the season. The major characters have been […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards talks reshoots

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This past summer Lucasfilm announced that it was embarking on major reshoots for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, sending some fans into a panic as rumours circulated that up to 40% of the movie could be reworked, and that director Gareth Edwards was being pushed aside in favour of Tony Gilroy, who was brought […]

Chris Miller announces Han Solo movie filming underway with new BTS image

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Filming on the upcoming and as yet untitled Han Solo spinoff film is finally underway. Co-director Chris Miller took to Twitter this morning to announce the news, showing off a behind-the-scenes shot of the film’s clapboard and a caption that riffs on the classic “Han shot first” Greedo controversy: HanFirstShot pic.twitter.com/KReR6rgKFT — Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) January 30, […]