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Description of Princess Leia’s look in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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We’ve heard bits and pieces over the last year or so about what certain characters will look like in the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now we can add Princess Leia to that list. According to the site Making Star Wars, they have a source who claims to have seen Princess Leia’s outfit […]

Mark Hamill doesn’t “care anymore” about returning to Star Wars now Carrie Fisher has passed away

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Now that Carrie Fisher has passed away, Mark Hamill doesn’t care as much as he did about returning to the Star Wars franchise. Carrie Fisher’s death was a sad moment for many and for millions of fans for her role as Leia in the Star Wars franchise. One person that was particularly impacted by her […]

Deja Vu: The Dull Predictability of the Hollywood Tentpole Lineup

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Tom Jolliffe on whether the yearly line ups of Blockbusters are becoming too predictable… So new year rolls around, as time inevitably guarantees. At the end of the year we invariably look back. Best of lists permeate film sites across the internet land. Then as soon as we kick into a new January, we start […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story gets a new batch of images

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Following a trailer and batch of posters for Solo: A Star Wars Story, a batch of new promo images have arrived online for the Star Wars anthology movie featuring, Han Solo, Qi’Ra, Lando Calrissian, Dryden Vos, L3-37, and Chewbacca; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Funko unveils new Solo: A Star Wars Story Pop! Vinyl, Dorbz, Mystery […]

Ten Essential Star Wars Bit Parts

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Gary Collinson selects his Ten Essential Star Wars Bit Parts… George Lucas’ space fantasy Star Wars is renowned for producing a host of classic characters and pop culture icons – Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, droids R2-D2 and C-3PO and of course the ultimate villain, Darth Vader. But the beauty of Star Wars […]

J.J. Abrams believes Disney will introduce gay characters into the Star Wars movie universe

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens made great strides in expanding the diversity of the galaxy far, far away by introducing its first female lead and its first black lead. But might we see a gay character introduced into the film side of the canon? J.J. Abrams believes so. “When I talk about inclusivity it’s not […]

Disney to re-release the theatrical cuts of the original Star Wars trilogy, according to John Landis

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Here’s some potentially exciting news for fans of the original Star Wars trilogy, with Empire reporting that director John Landis has revealed that Disney is planning to finally re-release the unaltered theatrical cuts of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. At a Q&A tonight John Landis dropped that Disney […]

Colin Trevorrow confirmed as Star Wars: Episode IX director

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Coming out of the “Worlds, Galaxies and Universes: Live Action at the Walt Disney Studios” panel at D23, Disney has announced that Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow will officially be directing Star Wars: Episode IX. Although the film won’t be starting production for another couple years, as Episode IX isn’t due out until 2019, Walt Disney Studios […]