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Meet Admiral Raddus, the ‘Winston Churchill’ of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Entertainment Weekly has put the spotlight on one of the new alien characters set to feature in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in Admiral Raddus, a Mon Calamari (that’s the same species as Admiral Ackbar, if the above image wasn’t enough of a clue), a high ranking member of the Rebellion inspired by the […]

Gareth Edwards says Rogue One: A Star Wars Story “doesn’t unfold how you think”

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Much like the Prequel Trilogy, we all know how Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is set to end, as the Rebellion snatches the plans to the Death Star, paving the way for Luke Skywalker to blow the thing and go home in Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. But that doesn’t mean there […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 6 Review – ‘Imperial Super Commandos’

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Chris Cooper reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Despite the rather bombastic sounding title and plenty of Mandalorian action, Imperial Super Commandos has a lot more going for it than great visuals. For a start the voice cast is great this week. I knew I recognised two of the voices so […]

Not The First Choice, But The Right Choice

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This week, Neil Calloway can’t imagine anyone else in La La Land… There’s a genre of fiction known as alternative history, where writers speculate on “what ifs?” of history. You want to see what would happen if South African Neo-Nazis went back in time to intervene in the American Civil War? You got it. Aliens […]

How Can A Successful Film End Up Losing Money?

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This week Neil Calloway looks at Hollywood Accounting… Earlier this week it was revealed that Harry Shearer  is suing Vivendi for his share of the profits from This Is Spinal Tap. Shearer – probably best known now for providing the voices for Mr Burns, Principal Skinner, Reverend Lovejoy and others on The Simpsons – played […]

Donald Glover cast as Lando Calrissian in young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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Back in August it was reported that Donald Glover was the front-runner to follow in the footsteps of Billy Dee Williams as Lando Calrissian in Disney and Lucasfilm’s young Han Solo movie, and now THR is reporting that the Atlanta star has officially signed on to the Star Wars spinoff. “We’re so lucky to have an […]

J.J. Abrams on cutting Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker from Rey’s Force vision in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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In the build up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it was rumoured that the film would include a flashback sequence of the Bespin duel from The Empire Strikes Back, something that seemed to be supported by the release of Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker figures as part of The Force Awakens’ […]

Does every second movie need to be The Empire Strikes Back?

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Anghus Houvouras asks why every second movie needs to be The Empire Strikes Back… Is there anything worse than the widening pit of quicksand that nostalgia has become? It’s one thing when we’re constantly forced to deal with the ‘member berry’-centric society of fandom. My expectations of fans is lower that current metrics are able to […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 5 Review – ‘The Last Battle’

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Chris Cooper reviews the fifth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… After the personal lesson I learnt last week with regards to distinguishing between ‘filler’ and what I just didn’t personally find that interesting, I went into this week’s episode with renewed interest and a much more open mind. Perhaps it was karma. Perhaps […]