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The Week in Star Wars – Rumoured Episode VIII titles, more Blu-ray details, Luke Skywalker’s sexuality and more

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  Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’ve got some rumoured titles of Star Wars: Episode VIII, details of the Blu-Ray (Blu-Rey) release, some original trilogy news and more… With Star Wars: Episode VIII now in production, it’s high time […]

Mark Hamill initially thought he was Han Solo’s sidekick in Star Wars

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Speaking at a Cambridge Union stage interview, Mark Hamill discussed his original audition for Star Wars and how he was under the impression that he would just be playing the sidekick to Harrison Ford’s Han Solo. It was a scene on the Millennium Falcon with Mark Hamill “bouncing off the walls”and seeking advice from Harrison […]

Daisy Ridley says “Luke is so cool” in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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With production on Star Wars: Episode VIII now in full swing, MTV News caught up with Daisy Ridley at the Oscars this past Sunday, during which the actress spoke about working with Mark Hamill on the latest instalment of the saga, and seemingly confirmed what was suggested in the production announcement video: that Episode VIII […]

Dubious Rumour: Star Wars: Episode VIII title is Tale of the Jedi Temple

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There are rumours, and then there are really, really dubious rumours. This one falls firmly into the latter camp… So, we found out last week from Carrie Fisher that Star Wars: Episode VIII is going by the working title of ‘Space Bear’, and despite the film being almost two years away from release, we now […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens Blu-Ray details and deleted scenes, Episode VIII behind the scenes image, gay characters in Star Wars and more

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  Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US It’s a very Blu edition of The Week in Star Wars as we’ve got details for The Force Awaken’s home entertainment release, a behind the scenes photo from Episode VIII, details on Star Wars Land, your usual Star Wars Rebels and comic […]

J.J. Abrams discusses Harrison Ford’s reaction to the Star Wars: The Force Awakens finale

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Warning for those who’ve been living under a rock: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens follow… He’d been waiting for it since before Return of the Jedi, and after more than three decades of waiting Harrison Ford finally got his wish this past December with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Han Solo […]

J.J. Abrams believes Disney will introduce gay characters into the Star Wars movie universe

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens made great strides in expanding the diversity of the galaxy far, far away by introducing its first female lead and its first black lead. But might we see a gay character introduced into the film side of the canon? J.J. Abrams believes so. “When I talk about inclusivity it’s not […]