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Over 500 Star Wars digital comics now available on Marvel Unlimited, first month offered free

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Marvel is welcoming the Star Wars saga to its digital comic book service Marvel Unlimited, with over 500 Star Wars titles now added to its archive. That’s in addition to the 15,000 Marvel comics already available, and best of all, new and returning subscribers are being offered their first month free by using the promo […]

Madame Tussauds unveils Jabba and Leia wax sculptures from Return of the Jedi

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With a little over a month to go until the opening of its Star Wars experience, Madame Tussauds London has unveiled two more of its wax sculptures, this time depicting the fearsome crime lord Jabba the Hutt, along with Princess Leia in her slave outfit from Return of the Jedi… “These two figures are actually […]

UPDATE: Han Solo rumoured to shoot first in Star Wars Digital Edition

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UPDATE: Turns out there’s no truth to this rumour… Chalk this one up as a massive rumour, but if BadAss Digest is to be believed, tomorrow’s digital release of the Star Wars Saga will right one of George Lucas’ biggest wrongs from the 1997 Special Edition re-releases. Yes, according to the site, several sources have […]

Disney renews IMAX deal for Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean and more

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Walt Disney and IMAX have today announced that they has renewed their deal through to 2017, which covers a host of live-action and animated tentpole releases from the Mouse House. Falling under the near deal are Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: Episode VIII, Star Wars: Rogue One, Ant-Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor […]

John Williams on scoring Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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There may be a different studio and director behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but when Episode VII opens in cinemas this December one thing that will be very familiar is the music of John Williams. The composer, who has scored all six previous movies in the Star Wars saga, has been talking to Vanity […]

John Williams to record Star Wars: The Force Awakens score in Los Angeles

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John Williams is set to break tradition when it comes to the score for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with the official Star Wars site revealing that the composer will record the score for the hotly-anticipated first chapter in Disney’s Sequel Trilogy in Los Angeles, rather than utilising Abbey Road Studios and the London Symphony […]

Artist Stuart Immonen joining Marvel’s Star Wars comic

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Marvel Entertainment and Lucasfilm has announced that artist Stuart Immonen (All-New X-Men, All-New Captain America) is set to join writer Jason Aaron on Marvel’s flagship Star Wars comic book series from issue #8. Here’s an early look at Immonen’s (not final) cover for Star Wars #8… The historic return of Star Wars™ to the House […]

It’s a Trap: Why ‘The First Gay Star Wars Character’ is a war on common sense

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Anghus Houvouras on why ‘the first gay Star Wars character’ is a war on common sense… I never thought much about sex while watching Star Wars. Sure, like many men my age I felt certain stirrings seeing Princess Leia in her slave girl ensemble, barely able to understand what was happening in the deepest recesses […]

Rumour: Lucasfilm working on three live-action Star Wars series for Netflix

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Take this one with a healthy pinch of salt, but Cinelinx is reporting that Lucasfilm is set to follow the Netflix model of fellow Disney subsidiary Marvel by launching a series of live-action Star Wars shows on the streaming service – three, in fact. Back in March, the same site claimed that development was underway […]