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The Week in Star Wars – Han Solo concept art leaked, The Last Jedi rumours, The Force Awakens ending changed and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns with news for Han Solo, The Last Jedi, The Force Awakens, Battlefront II and more…Let’s kick things off with Han Solo: A Star Wars Story (not the confirmed title), and some rumours have landed online surrounding possible characters in the movie. The chaps over at Making Star Wars posted […]

The Rise of the Disposable Character

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Tom Jolliffe on the rise of the disposable character… In recent years there has been a huge rise in the ensemble blockbuster. Films such as Avengers Assemble or the Fast and Furious franchise have popularized the ensemble piece and there seems no sign of this slowing down. Even now in the Marvel universe with standalone […]

Star Wars Battlefront II will feature “more than three times the content” of its predecessor

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It seems that EA is going all out in an effort to get Star Wars fans back on board for the upcoming Star Wars Battlefront II following criticisms of the first game and its lack of content. We’ve already heard that the sequel will be “dramatically larger” than its predecessor, and now EA CEO Andrew […]

Rian Johnson slightly changed the ending of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, discusses Luke’s exile

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As the director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rian Johnson obviously holds a lot of sway with the Star Wars franchise, and it seems this extended to some input in J.J. Abrams’ first film in the Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Force Awakens.Since The Last Jedi begins pretty much where The Force Awakens ends, with Rey holding out Luke’s old lightsaber to enlist […]

Rumour: Leia and Snoke to have a showdown in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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On one end of the Star Wars rumour spectrum, you have generally reliable sources such as Making Star Wars, and on the other you have random posters dropping “insider knowledge” on Reddit. This latest report about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, highlighted by Nerdist, comes from the latter, and so while there may be some truth […]

Rumour: Two new characters from the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff revealed

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As you’d expect with a Star Wars movie, details on the upcoming Han Solo Anthology film are being kept tightly under wraps at Lucasfilm.We do know that Alden Ehrenreich is playing Han, with Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca, and Woody Harrelson as Beckett, Han Solo’s mentor, who may or may be […]

The Frenzied Fraud of Forced Fandom

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Anghus Houvouras on the frenzied fraud of forced fandom… The true casualty of the current state of geek cinema is how entertainment sites have mirrored the 24 hour news cycle first introduced by CNN back in the 1980’s. The idea that there is enough happening in the world to necessitate news every minute of every […]

The Week in Star Wars – Episode IX release date revealed, next anthology movie update, The Last Jedi rumours and more

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The Week in Star Wars returns with some updates on Episode IX, The Last Jedi, Rogue One, Han Solo, Rebels, Battlefront II and more…First off, congratulations to Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, which has knocked George Lucas’ 1977 Star Wars from the all-time domestic top 10……But let’s really kick things off with Star Wars: The […]

Greedo actor reveals deleted Han Solo scene from Star Wars, talks ‘Han Shot First’ debate

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During an interview with Sci-Fi Central, actor Paul Blake – who portrays the character of Greedo in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope – has revealed a deleted scene from George Lucas’ 1977 classic, which would have taken place in Mos Eisley’s Docking Bay 94.“There’s a brilliant little sequence which I loved doing […]