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Adam Driver compares Star Wars: Episode VIII to The Empire Strikes Back

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With many comparing Star Wars: The Force Awakens to George Lucas’ A New Hope, it would make sense that one of the movie’s stars is comparing the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII to The Empire Strikes Back. “It’s similar to how The Empire Strikes Back has a different tone,” Adam Driver told Collider. “For that people […]

Men’s Rights Activists claim their boycott cost Star Wars: The Force Awakens millions

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Prior to the release of one of the trailers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the hashtag #BoycottEpisodeVII began to trend worldwide by Men’s Rights Activists who were upset over the film’s casting. They claim that the characters of Rey and Finn took central roles away from white actors and the most prominent website for Men’s […]

Spoilers: J.J. Abrams talks Rey’s backstory in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Warning: some minor spoilers from Star Wars: The Force Awakens in this post… We’ve heard from J.J. Abrams and the rest of the writing crew from Star Wars: The Force Awakens talk about R2-D2’s role in the movie, and now the group have also been giving some details about Rey’s story. If you’ve seen the […]

Spoilers: More cameos revealed in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Warning: this post does contain spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… Many of the original Star Wars cast – including Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels and Tim Rose – returned to their roles in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but it was revealed over the weekend that there was a prequel […]

Jurassic World congratulates Star Wars: The Force Awakens on their record-breaking opening weekend

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It was revealed yesterday that Star Wars: The Force Awakens had earned around $517 million worldwide, earning it the biggest domestic opening weekend of all-time, and today it was announced that more accurate number was actually $528 million, which makes it the biggest weekend of all-time, beating the previous winner Jurassic World. Well, Amblin at least they took […]

Rumour: More “evidence” that Yoda will be in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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Earlier in the year we might be seeing Master Yoda in Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII after reports that Frank Oz was in London to work, and the Skelig Michael Island recreation had been set up to allow puppetry. Well, some new “evidence” has emerged that might confirm it further. A Reddit poster named Skywalkergal (via […]

Spoilers: J.J Abrams explains R2-D2’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and how it connects to A New Hope

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As the title suggests, there are some spoilers from The Force Awakens in this piece… One of the questions holding over Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the role of R2-D2, and how he conveniently came back online at the end of the movie to help The Resistance find the location of Luke Skywalker. Well, […]

SDCC: Marvel announces Darth Vader crossover Star Wars: Vader Down

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During Marvel’s Cup o’ Joe panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International, the publisher has announced a new crossover between its ongoing Star Wars and Star Wars: Darth Vader series entitled Vader Down from writers Jason Aaron and Kieron Gillen and artist Mike Deodato and Salvador Larroca, which will see Vader taking on the entire […]

Quentin Tarantino lashes out at Disney over Star Wars: The Force Awakens pushing The Hateful Eight out of movie theater

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The world is eagerly awaiting the arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but it seems that Quentin Tarantino isn’t too happy about Disney’s relaunch of the Star Wars saga, with the filmmaker accusing the studio of forcing the ArcLight Cinerama Dome in Hollywood to drop his new film The Hateful Eight in favour of The […]