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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 […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 15 Review – ‘The Honorable Ones’

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Chris Cooper reviews the fifteenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… Well well well. Who would have thought that since coming back after Christmas, the strongest and most interesting episodes of Rebels would both centre on Zeb, who up to this point has really only been muscle and occasional comic relief. ‘The Honorable Ones’, […]

Harrison Ford unveils Disney’s Star Wars theme park plans

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Last night during The Wonderful World of Disney: Disneyland 60 special, Harrison Ford unveiled plans for Disney’s Star Wars-themed lands at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. “Star Wars is, for lack of a better word, awesome,” said Ford, who reprised the role of Han Solo for December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “I’m so blessed […]

The Week in Star Wars – Luke and Rey announce Episode VIII production, new cast member revealed, The Force Awakens deleted scene with Darth Vader and more

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  Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US Your post-valentines The Week in Star Wars features more details on Star Wars: Episode VIII, a possible deleted scene for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and more… Following the new of Star Wars: Episode VIII going into production last week, a video announcement was […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 14 Review – ‘Homecoming’

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Chris Cooper reviews the fourteenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… This week’s episode of Rebels manages to balance things really well. Well enough to make the fact that its story is paper-thin a non-issue. I’m going to go off on a slight tangent now. Hera calls out A-Wings by name! We rarely hear […]

Deadpool breaks Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ opening record in Russia

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The results for Deadpool keep rolling in, as the film has broken yet another record. On its opening weekend, Deadpool made more than Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four did it in its entire run, it broke the February opening record (in the US and the UK), it’s the biggest R-rated release of all-time, it’s the biggest R-rated […]

Rumour: Possible details on a deleted scene from Star Wars: The Force Awakens featuring Darth Vader fighting Luke Skywalker

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Warning – spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens if you’ve not seen it yet… Since the movie’s announcement, there were plenty of rumours about the involvement of both Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. These rumours were certainly intensified by Hasbro’s toyline, which released some Force Awakens branded merchandise […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 12 Review – ‘Legends of the Lasat’

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Chris Cooper reviews the twelfth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… This is really dumb, but I keep calling Zeb’s possibly extinct race the Lastat. With that revelation out of the way, ‘Legends of the Lasat’ was an extremely interesting episode of Rebels. Not much really happened, but it asked a series of questions […]