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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 […]

Can we all just admit Star Wars: The Force Awakens was kind of terrible?

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Anghus Houvouras on Star Wars: The Force Awakens… I’m excited about Rogue One. More so than any other Star Wars film that has been released since Return of the Jedi in 1983. I doubt anyone needs another sentence devoted to the dreadful prequels. The internet is currently composed of 18% meme, 42% pornography, 21% food […]