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The Week in Star Wars – Rogue One tracking massive global opening, major cameos rumoured, Star Wars: Episode VIII title possibly revealed and more

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Gary Collinson rounds up all the latest Star Wars news ahead of Rogue One’s release this coming week…Well, here we are. The next time you read a Week in Star Wars, we’ll have a brand new Star Wars movie! Yes, following its premiere on Saturday night, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story rolls out around the […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 10 Review – ‘Visions and Voices’

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Chris Cooper reviews the tenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Mid-season finales. It’s that time of year. If you watch any major series that airs around this time of year you’ll know the drill. The last episode before Christmas essentially sets up the back end of the season. The major characters have been […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story tracking $280-$350 million global opening weekend

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With just a few days to go until the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Deadline is reporting that Lucasfilm’s first Anthology spinoff movie is tracking a massive opening at the worldwide box office, with estimates ranging from between $280 and $350 million.Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice holds the record for the biggest […]

New Lucasfilm trademark filing may have revealed Star Wars: Episode VIII title

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With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story opening in a few days and Star Wars: Episode VIII now just a year away from release, it’s only a matter of time until we start getting some news (and maybe even a teaser trailer?) for the second instalment of the Sequel Trilogy, and a trademark filing this week […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards talks reshoots

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This past summer Lucasfilm announced that it was embarking on major reshoots for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, sending some fans into a panic as rumours circulated that up to 40% of the movie could be reworked, and that director Gareth Edwards was being pushed aside in favour of Tony Gilroy, who was brought […]

Rumour: Major Original Trilogy cameos for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reportedly revealed

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Just yesterday I wrote an article discussing which Original Trilogy characters could potentially appear in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story [read it here], and now a rumour is circulating which suggests that Darth Vader, Mon Mothma and Bail Organa won’t be the only familiar faces in the hotly-anticipated Anthology movie.Now, the rumour comes from Reddit, so […]

Gareth Edwards would like to see an Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars spinoff movie

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It looks like we can add Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards to the list of fans who’d like to see Ewan McGregor reprising the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi for a Star Wars Anthology movie, with the filmmaker sharing his excitement over the prospect during an interview with The Playlist.“I would love […]

Original Trilogy Characters We Could See In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Gary Collinson looks at some Original Trilogy characters we could see in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story…In a week’s time, director Gareth Edwards will take us back to the galaxy far, far away with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the hotly-anticipated first Anthology movie from Disney and Lucasfilm. And we’ll […]

George Lucas has seen Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and “really liked the movie”

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We’re less than a fortnight away from the next instalment of the Star Wars saga, and it seems that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story already has its first positive review – from Star Wars creator George Lucas, no less!Speaking during a Lucasfilm press conference for the movie, director Gareth Edwards revealed that Lucas say […]