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Sweded trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Michel Gondry’s 2008 film Be Kind Rewind may not have been a huge success, but it did have a lasting impression on movie fans, as evidenced by the continued existence of “Sweded” movie trailers. Over the years, various films have gotten these homemade, extremely low-budget recreations. Now, Star Wars; The Force Awakens has joined that list.Dumb Drum, the folks behind other awesome […]

New look at the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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As part of a profile on Bob Iger at Fortune Magazine, a new image of the Disney CEO has arrived online, showing him standing on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens next to the fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy, the Millennium Falcon…SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Star Wars: The Force […]

Natalie Portman: “No director wanted to work with me” after Star Wars prequels

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As Disney and J.J. Abrams looks to restore some pride in the Star Wars saga following George Lucas’ Prequel Trilogy, Natalie Portman has told New York Mag that “everyone thought I was a horrible actress” after her role as Padme Amidala in The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, and […]

Covers for Marvel’s Star Wars #3, Darth Vader #3 and Princess Leia #1

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As Marvel prepares to launch a new phase of Star Wars comics, the publisher has released the covers for Star Wars #3, Star Wars: Darth Vader #3 and Star Wars: Princess Leia #1, and we have them for you right here… THE GREATEST SPACE ADVENTURE OF ALL TIME CONTINUES! • The attack on Cymoon-1 comes […]

Marvel’s original Star Wars comics getting the remastered graphic novel treatment

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Having secured the license from Dark Horse, Marvel Comics is set to launch a new phase of Star Wars comics this January, but the publisher has also announced that the original Marvel adaptations of the Original Trilogy are returning for new, oversized graphic novels with remastered colouring. Things will get underway in May with the […]

Check out the cover for Star Wars: Dark Disciple

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The official Star Wars site has given us a look at the cover for New York Times Bestselling author Christie Golden’s upcoming canonical novel Star Wars: Dark Disciple, which features the Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos alongside the villainous Asajj Ventress… Starring ex-Sith bounty hunter, Asajj Ventress, and the unorthodox Jedi Quinlan Vos, this new Star […]

George Lucas hasn’t watched the Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer

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Having shattered all kinds of records since its release online, it seems everyone has watched the trailer for Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens…Well, everyone that is except Star Wars creator George Lucas, who has told Page Six that he’s yet to see the teaser, and doesn’t plan to watch it any time soon.“I don’t […]

Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a series of tie-in books

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Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that they will count down to the hotly-anticipated release of the seventh chapter of the Star Wars Saga with a publishing initiative entitled Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will include at least 20 “in canon” books, ranging from adult and teen novels to kid’s sticker books. “The […]

Greg Grunberg says Star Wars: The Force Awakens is all about “the story and family”

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If there is one thing Star Wars: The Force Awakens has done well (despite its heavily publicised production) is keeping its story a secret. We’ve had two trailers already, but we don’t actually know all that much about the plot of J.J. Abrams’ new adventure in a galaxy far, far away.One of its stars Greg […]