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Forest Whitaker boards Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

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Add another point of diversity to the Star Wars universe, because Forest Whitaker has just booked a trip to that infamously whitewashed galaxy far, far away. According to Variety, the Academy Award winner has boarded Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One.Unfortunately, there are no details on Whitaker’s role, so it’s impossible to tell at this stage if he’ll be […]

Star Wars: Rogue One screenwriter Gary Whitta writing for Star Wars Rebels

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He may have left writing duties on the first Star Wars Anthology movie Rogue One – which is being directed by Gareth Edwards – but Gary Whitta isn’t done with the franchise just yet. He’s currently writing an episode of Star Wars: Rebels.Whitta confirmed the news yesterday by sending out a tweet. We have no […]

Star Wars spin-off movie rumoured to feature Boba Fett and Han Solo

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We’ve heard reports that Gareth Edwards’ upcoming standalone Star Wars movie would feature Boba Fett, and we’ve heard reports it would feature Han Solo. So what’s the next logical step? That it will feature Boba Fett and Han Solo? Yep, you guessed it…It looks like Latino-Review is covering both bases by reporting that the fan-favourite […]

Rooney Mara, Felicity Jones and Tatiana Maslany testing for Star Wars standalone film

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According to THR, Disney and Lucasfilm are currently looking at three actresses for the first Star Wars solo film, which is set to hit theaters in 2016: Academy Award nominees Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) and Orphan Black‘s Tatiana Maslany.Maslany has reportedly already met with director Gareth Edwards […]

George Lucas shares his thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, says Disney scrapped his ideas for the Sequel Trilogy

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Having retired from the Star Wars franchise, George Lucas has previously stated that he was yet to watch the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, he has now revealed that he caught the trailer while attending the cinema, telling Page Six: “I saw the trailer. I saw it in a theater because […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens to feature first female stormtrooper

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It looks like Disney and J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to introduce the very first female stormtrooper…The Daily Mirror is reporting that unknown British actress Amybeth Hargreaves has been cast as an Imperial Stormtrooper in the hotly-anticipated first chapter of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which stems from a listing on […]

George Lucas slams all-white Oscar nominations, “it’s a political campaign”

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Star Wars creator George Lucas is not a man known for mincing his words when it comes to the Academy. Having famously left the Directors Guild of America after being fined for not having a standard title sequence on Star Wars (which also meant he couldn’t get Steven Spielberg to direct one of the movies), […]

Gareth Edwards’ standalone Star Wars movie gets an Oscar nominated screenwriter

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It looks like Disney and Lucasfilm have found a replacement screenwriter for Gary Whitta on Gareth Edwards’ upcoming standalone Star Wars movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Chris Weitz has signed on to the mystery project.Weitz’s credits include his Oscar-nominated script for About a Boy, in addition to the likes of Antz, Nutty Professor […]

Simon Kinberg will reportedly take over writing duties on Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie

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Last week it was revealed that Gary Whitta has stepped down from writing duties on the first Star Wars spin-off movie, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards.Slash Film has now learnt that Simon Kinberg will taking over writing duties for the upcoming movie. Kinberg is already executive producer on the animated show Star Wars: Rebels and […]