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POSSIBLE SPOILER: Major character spotted on set of Star Wars: Episode VIII

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Warning: There could be major spoilers in this news item… It looks like the bad weather in Skellig Michael, Ireland have halted the shooting of Star Wars: Episode VIII. It was reported yesterday that Rian Johnson was set to start filming, but the poor weather and sea swells have made the area inaccessible to the […]

Humble Audiobook Bundle brings back classic Star Wars radio dramas featuring Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels and Billy Dee Williams

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With Star Wars Mania running wild in the lead up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Humble Audiobook Bundle have teamed with HighBridge Audio to bring back classic Star Wars radio dramas. Press release follows: Humble Bundle is teaming up with HighBridge Audio to launch an audiobook bundle showcasing Star Wars, introducing these classic NPR […]

Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace

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Well, that was a headline I never thought I would write. While it does sound like something you would read in a trashy tabloid, this is a story that has come from the mouth of Ahmed Best, who played Jar Jar Binks in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In an interview with […]

Boba Fett, Bossk and more rumoured to appear in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

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Following the rumour that Darth Vader will be set to cameo in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, we’re getting new reports that other Original Trilogy and Prequel Trilogy characters will be showing up in the first spin-off movie. Bloody-Disgusting are claiming that the movie will feature loads of Bounty Hunters, many of which were seen in […]

POSSIBLE SPOILERS: Daisy Ridley hints at Rey’s parentage in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Since the Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast was first announced last April there has literally been thousands of rumours about who is playing who, and maybe even more importantly who is connected to who. Even after we got our first character name drops Star Wars fans still didn’t seemed satisfied and speculation continued to […]

Secret Cinema puts The Empire Strikes Back in UK box office top ten

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After the success of their last venture with Back to the Future, Secret Cinema’s latest effort has been even more successful, with their newest slice of entertainment Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back seeing the 35-year-old film reentering the top ten at the UK box office. Despite “opening” alongside such big releases […]

Daniel Craig denies playing a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, “why would I ever bother doing something like that?”

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There was a rumour a couple of months ago, started by Simon Pegg, that 007 himself Daniel Craig had a small cameo role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a Stormtrooper. It was assumed that Pegg was joking, but that didn’t stop the rumour spreading. But in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Craig seemed […]

Ben Mendelsohn says it’s “looking positive” that he’ll join the cast of Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

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With second unit production currently under way and first-unit set to start in three weeks, we should start to see the cast of the Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One emerge officially pretty soon. But there have rumours for a few months that Ben Mendelsohn is set to join Felicity Jones and Forrest Whitaker. Deadline are now […]