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Is The Force Awakens a thinly veiled metaphor for our obsession with Star Wars?

October 21, 2015 by Anghus Houvouras

Anghus Houvouras on whether The Force Awakens is a thinly veiled metaphor for our obsession with Star Wars… There’s a line in the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens where the villain Kylo Ren tells us “I’ll finish what you started.” while the shot lingers on the burnt helmet of Darth Vader. It […]

Filed Under: Anghus Houvouras, Articles and Opinions, Movies Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars movie marathon confirmed for The Force Awakens

October 18, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Star Wars fans looking to revisit the Saga on the big screen ahead of Star Wars: The Force Awakens will be delighted to hear confirmation that select theaters are set to host a Star Wars movie marathon on December 17th. As per Comic Book, Fandango has launched a landing page for the marathon, which will […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Star Wars: Underworld TV series would have made The Emperor a sympathetic figure

June 25, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Prior to Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, George Lucas and company spent several years developing a live-action Star Wars series entitled Star Wars: Underworld, which would have run for at least 100 episodes and was reportedly set in the criminal underbelly of Coruscant. Details on the abandoned project have been kept tightly under wraps, but Cory […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: Underworld

Comic Book Review – Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire #4

October 22, 2015 by Ricky Church

Ricky Church with a review of Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire #4… Concluding the first new-canon comic tale set between episodes VI and VII! • As the Empire Shatters around them, Rebel heroes fight for a better tomorrow! • Greg Rucka (Punisher, Cyclops, Wolverine) and Marco Checchetto (Punisher, Avengers World) take […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Reviews, Ricky Church Tagged With: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Wars: Shattered Empire, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Comic Book Review – Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #3

October 15, 2015 by Ricky Church

Ricky Church reviews Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #3… Concluding the first new-canon comic tale set between episodes VI and VII! As the Empire Shatters around them, Rebel heroes fight for a better tomorrow! Greg Rucka (Punisher, Cyclops, Wolverine) and Marco Checchetto (Punisher, Avengers World) take us into the more […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Reviews, Ricky Church Tagged With: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire, Marvel, Star Wars

Marvel announces Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin miniseries

October 10, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Today at the New York Comic Con, Marvel announced a new Star Wars miniseries in Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin from Charles Soule (Star Wars: Lando) and Marco Checchetto (Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire), which marks the publisher’s first venture to the Prequel era. Before their military heroism in the […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Marvel, New York Comic-Con, Star Wars, Star Wars: Obi-Wan & Anakin

Comic Book Review – Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #2

October 7, 2015 by Ricky Church

Ricky Church reviews Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #2… For the first time in the new Star Wars canon, journey with us into the time after the end of Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (PUNISHER, WOLVERINE, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (AVENGERS WORLD, PUNISHER) take us past […]

Filed Under: Comic Books, Reviews, Ricky Church Tagged With: Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire, Marvel, Star Wars, Star Wars: Shattered Empire

Kathleen Kennedy says Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues the “generational story” of the Skywalkers

October 1, 2015 by Gary Collinson

When Disney first announced that it was producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens – then known simply as Star Wars: Episode VII – it was assumed by pretty much everybody that the new trilogy would feature the next generation of Skywalkers, focussing on either the children of Luke Skywalker or Leia Organa (and Han Solo). Fast-forward […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Kathleen Kennedy, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Tim Rose returning as Admiral Ackbar in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

September 30, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Back in June, a behind-the-scenes image surfaced from Star Wars: The Force Awakens suggesting that Admiral Ackbar would be returning for the first instalment of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy, and now actor Tim Rose has revealed that he’ll be reprising his role from Return of the Jedi. “I’m very frustrated by [the secrecy on the film],” […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Tim Rose

Domhnall Gleeson on General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

September 26, 2015 by Gary Collinson

Over the past week we’ve heard from both Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma) and John Boyega (Finn) about their roles in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now it’s the turn of Domhnall Gleeson, who plays the First Order’s General Hux, commander of Starkiller Base. SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 4 Hints We […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Domhnall Gleeson, Star Wars, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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