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Ben Mendelsohn wanted for Star Wars: Rogue One

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According to Deadline, Ben Mendelsohn (The Dark Knight Rises, Starred Up) is wanted for a lead role in Star Wars: Rogue One, the upcoming spin-off movie from Disney and Lucasfilm. Given the secrecy surrounding all things Star Wars, there’s no detail on a potential character for Mendelsohn, but should he sign on for the project […]

Sherlock actor Jonathan Aris joins Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

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As director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) gears up to start principal photography on Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, BBC reporter Lizo Mizimba has uncovered what is likely to be a minor piece of casting news, with British actor Jonathan Aris (Sherlock) set to play a character called Senator Jebel. SEE ALSO: Ben Mendelsohn says it’s “looking […]

Rumour: Lucasfilm planning potential Han Solo trilogy

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It seems everyone’s favourite stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerfherder is set to get his own Star Wars trilogy. After the reveal at Star Wars Celebration that Alden Ehrenreich will play a young Han Solo in the next anthology film, the New York Daily News is now reporting Lucasfilm hopes to expand his role with a three-picture […]

Book Review – Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End… It’s been a long time coming, but the saga between the Rebel Alliance/New Republic and the Galactic Empire ends at last in Chuck Wendig’s final Aftermath novel, Star Wars: Aftermath – Empire’s End. Wendig crafts a tale full of suspense, political intrigue, character dynamics that payoff […]

Daisy Ridley comments on Rey being called a Mary Sue in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Last year when Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, one character many fans new and old alike identified with was newcomer Rey, a young woman trapped on a desert planet who discovers she is Force sensitive. Rey could not only use the Force, but had an affinity for mechanics and was a talented pilot, much like Anakin […]

Mark Hamill confirms rumour about the original opening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Back in the summer of 2014, a rumour emerged from Birth.Movies.Death suggesting that the then-titled Star Wars: Episode VII would begin with a shot of Luke Skywalker’s severed hand and lightsaber floating through space before landing on a planet. Of course, as we all know, that opening was absent from Star Wars: The Force Awakens; however, […]

Cinematographer Bradford Young says the young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff will “break some rules”

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Now that Alden Ehrenreich and Donald Glover are locked in to play Han Solo and Lando Calrissian, we should probably expect to hear plenty of movement on the young Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie as directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller gear up to go into production early next year. Lord and Miller have […]

Concept artist Iain McCaig says Han Solo spinoff is “by far the best Star Wars script”

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During an appearance at an Art and Industry of Imagination conference in New Zealand, Lucasfilm concept artist Iain McCaig spoke briefly about the script for the upcoming young Han Solo movie, and was full of praise for the Star Wars Anthology project. “[It’s] by far the best Star Wars script, and one of the best […]

Lawrence Kasdan says the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff will shoot in January

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Earlier this month Disney and Lucasfilm announced that they’ve found their young Han Solo in Alden Ehrenreich, and now screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan has revealed that production on the Star Wars Anthology movie will kick off in January. “You know, Chris Miller and Phil Lord are going to direct it,” said Kasdan (via Star Wars News […]