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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 […]

Kathleen Kennedy says we’ll see a female Star Wars director at some point

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When it comes to choosing directors for their new Star Wars movies, Disney and Lucasfilm have been pretty consistent, with J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Rian Johnson (Star Wars: Episode VIII), Colin Trevorrow (Star Wars: Episode IX), Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Han Solo: A […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story graces the cover of Disney’s twenty-three

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Following yesterday’s full trailer release [watch it here], we’ve now got a new look at Han (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewie (Joonas Suotamo), Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) and Lando (Donald Glover) from next month’s Solo: A Star Wars Story thanks to the latest cover for Disney’s twenty-three magazine; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Check out twelve new promo […]