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J.J. Abrams offers up some details on Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Kylo Ren

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Earlier today Entertainment Weekly offered up some new images from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, including a couple of shots of Adam Driver’s lightsaber-weilding villain Kylo Ren. Now, speaking to the site, director J.J. Abrams has offered up a few intriguing details about the latest bad guy to menace the galaxy far, far away. “The […]

Rumour: Jiang Wen joins the cast of Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One

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Following the news that Donnie Yen has been cast in Star Wars: Episode VIII, we’ve got a new rumour for the Gareth Edwards directed spin-off Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. According to Yahoo! Singapore, Chinese actor and director Jiang Wen has joined the cast. Wen is perhaps best known for his Let the Bullets Fly, […]

J.J. Abrams confirms no footage from Star Wars: The Force Awakens at D23

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If you were hoping to see a new trailer or another behind-the-scenes sizzle reel from Star Wars: The Force Awakens coming out of Disney’s D23 convention this weekend, then I’m afraid director J.J. Abrams has some bad news for you. “It is true, we are showing no footage, behind the scenes or otherwise,” Abrams tells […]

How the Star Wars franchise keeps in pulling in billions

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As a generation of Star Wars fanatics await the return of one the biggest movie franchises of all time with the Christmas release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (albeit with that controversial crossguard lightsaber), we got thinking – just how big is the Star Wars franchise? When Harrison Ford, Luke Hamill and Carrie Fisher […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens IMAX details, new LEGO sets for 2016, Star Wars Steelbook Blu-Ray details and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’re looking at the IMAX details for The Force Awakens, we’ve got details of LEGO sets for 2016 and the new Steelbook Blu-rays as well as some video game and comic book news… Kicking things off this week is some details about the IMAX screenings of […]

Chris Miller talks Star Wars Anthology: Han Solo

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As directors Chris Miller and Phil Lord prepare to venture to a galaxy far, far away for their Star Wars Anthology movie focussing on the adventures of a young Han Solo, IGN caught up with Miller at the Television Critics Association press tour, and managed to get a few words about the project. “It is […]

Disney’s Bob Iger plays down Star Wars: The Force Awakens box office predictions

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With various box office analysts suggesting that December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens could cross the $2 billion mark at the worldwide box office, Disney’s CEO Bob Iger has tried to play down expectations for the first chapter of the studio’s Sequel Trilogy during a conference call with investors. “On the Star Wars front, we […]

The Week in Star Wars – Sherlock star joins Rogue One, Netflix rumours and a first look at Ken Leung in The Force Awakens

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This edition of The Week of Star Wars sees a Sherlock star joining the cast of Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One, some rumours surrounding a Netflix spin-off series and a first look at Ken Leung in Star Wars: The Force Awakens… Kicking things off this week, we got the news that Sherlock star Jonathan Aris […]

Rumour: Felicity Jones’ Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One character the daughter of an iconic villain?

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As director Gareth Edwards (Godzilla) begins production on the first Star Wars spinoff, a new rumour has emerged concerning the character set to be played by Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) in Star Wars Anthology: Rogue One. The official announcement stated that Jones will be playing a Rebel soldier, and now notorious “scooper” El […]