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SPOILERS: J.J. Abrams on why Kylo Ren turned to the Dark Side prior to Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Warning. This point contains MAJOR spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. If you haven’t seen it yet and you don’t want to be spoiled, turn back now. You have been warned.. While Star Wars: The Force Awakens answers the big mystery surrounding the saga’s new villain Kylo Ren, revealing his real – or rather, former – identity, […]

Second Opinion – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens, 2015. Directed by J.J. Abrams. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Tim Rose, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Ken Leung, Miltos Yerolemou, Max von Sydow, Jessica Henwick, Christina Chong, Simon Pegg, Billie […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens tipped for $3 billion box office

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens has already shattered a host of box office records, including the biggest opening weekend of all time, with the film currently sitting on $610 million worldwide after just a few days on release. But will it have enough in the tank to smash the record, overtaking the $2.78 billion haul […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens smashes single day box office record, hits $250 million worldwide

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Any doubts that a December release date would mean that Star Wars: The Force Awakens would struggle to match the kind of opening weekend box office returns enjoyed by summer releases had already been swept away by its pre-show haul on Thursday night, and now the first day’s takings have been tallied, it’s official: Not only […]

Disney’s Bob Iger says Marvel movies “will go on forever”, more Star Wars after Episode IX

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If you’re a Marvel and / or Star Wars fan and somewhat concerned that Disney could bring the curtain down on your favourite franchise after Infinity War or the conclusion of the Sequel Trilogy then fear no more, as Disney chairman Bob Iger has confirmed that won’t be the case. “Marvel, you’re dealing with thousands and thousands of characters […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens UK Press Conference Report

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Simon Columb reports from the UK press conference for Star Wars: The Force Awakens… It’s early on December 17th and the Corinthia Hotel, seconds away from the Thames River running through central London, is the location of the Star Wars: The Force Awakens press conference. Those core fans are probably only waking up now after […]

Harrison Ford wants “nothing to do” with the Han Solo movie

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The stars of Star Wars: The Force Awakens were in London this morning for a press conference to promote the release of the new movie (read our review here). And with Harrison Ford in attendance, someone was clearly going to ask about the Anthology movie being made about a younger version of Han Solo. But Ford […]

Turns out that rumoured cameo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens is true after all

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Warning: spoilers below… Earlier in the year, a rumour started that Daniel Craig was filming a secret role for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was then confirmed by Simon Pegg who said he was playing a Stormtrooper. The actor was then asked if it was true, which he firmly shot down. Well, turns out he […]

Is Star Wars: The Force Awakens just fan-fiction on a big budget?

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Luke Owen asks an important question… J.J. Abrams has been praised by critics lucky enough to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens early (including yours truly), but there is something that has been hanging over the film for some time now. When Disney announced that they were releasing a new series of movies based in the Star Wars […]