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Drew Struzan says The Force Awakens “is going to be THE BEST Star Wars” we’ve ever seen

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During the D23 Expo, Lucasfilm released a brand new poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens from Drew Struzan, and the legendary artist – whose work includes the Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Back to the Future franchises –  has been speaking to Movie Weekly about the design and how it came about. SEE ALSO: […]

J.J. Abrams reveals Star Wars: The Force Awakens runtime

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We’ve been absolutely inundated with Star Wars news these past few days, so much so that one little nugget from D23 has slipped under our radar. According to Comic Book, director J.J. Abrams has revealed that December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens will run for 2 hours and 4 minutes – exactly the same length […]

Sony announces Darth Vader PlayStation 4 bundle, features four remastered classic Star Wars games

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Sony has announced that it is launching a special Star Wars PlayStation 4 bundle this November, which includes a Darth Vader-themed console and Dualshock 4 and either Star Wars: Battlefront Deluxe Edition or Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition. Furthermore, both bundles will come with a digital voucher to download four remasters titles in Super Star Wars, […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens poster, images, TV spot and toys, first look at Rogue One, Colin Trevorrow directing Episode IX, Han Solo movie details, George Lucas’ inspiration for Jar Jar and more

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It’s packed edition of The Week in Star Wars with a poster, images and first TV spot for The Force Awakens (not to mention some toy stuff), a first look image and cast details for Rogue One, details about Han Solo’s Anthology movie, Colin Trevorrow confirmed for Episode IX, George Lucas revealing his inspiration for […]

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 […]

George Lucas says Goofy inspired Jar Jar Binks

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Star Wars creator George Lucas was in attendance at Disney’s D23 Expo in Anaheim, California yesterday, during which he revealed that one of the Mouse House’s iconic cartoon characters served as the inspiration for the most-loathed character from the galaxy far, far away: Jar Jar Binks. “I can’t even begin to tell you how much […]

Benicio Del Toro confirms Star Wars: Episode VIII villain talks

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We’ve been inundated with news from Star Wars: The Force Awakens over the past couple of days [check out all of our Star Wars coverage here], but now we have a little tidbit on the next instalment of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy, with Benicio Del Toro (Guardians of the Galaxy) confirming that he’s in the running […]

Kathleen Kennedy talks Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo movie

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Not content with delivering a host of new stills and details on Kylo Ren from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Entertainment Weekly has now turned its attention to the recently-announced Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo movie, with Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy revealing a few details about the project, which is being directed by Phil Lord […]

J.J. Abrams and Kathleen Kennedy talk Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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As part of Entertainment Weekly’s cover story on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, director J.J. Abrams and producer Kathleen Kennedy have offered up a few plot teases for the hotly-anticipated film. SEE ALSO: Check out twelve new images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens SEE ALSO: J.J. Abrams offers up some details on Star Wars: […]