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Star Wars: The Last Jedi holds off Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle at the New Year’s weekend box office

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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle couldn’t quite pull off the upset over the four day New Year’s weekend as Star Wars: The Last Jedi retains its top spot at the box office. Early estimates for the weekend had The Last Jedi winning the traditional weekend but being pipped to first place by the Jumanji sequel […]

Ron Howard tweets Solo: A Star Wars Story set photo

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As has been the way with the tumultuous production, we’d only just finished celebrating the news that John Williams would be scoring Ron Howard’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, when rumours began to surface that Disney are bracing themselves for the kind of cinematic crash-and-burn that’d we’d never have expected from the Millennium Falcon. Stories […]

Preview of Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Princess Leia

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Star Wars Adventures: Forces of Destiny – Princess Leia hits comic book stores this coming Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of IDW Publishing… The Star Wars Forces of Destiny initiative celebrates the inspiring stories of iconic heroes from a galaxy far, far away…. Star Wars […]

Luke Skywalker and Kylo Ren battle it out in 16-Bit

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YouTuber Mr Sunday Movies has released a new video from animated John Stratman, which features a 16-Bit remake of the climactic battle from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, as Luke Skywalker faces off with the forces of the First Order, before duelling his nephew Ben Solo, a.k.a. Kylo Ren. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: […]

LEGO unveils new City, Disney, Marvel, Ninjago and Star Wars polybags for 2018

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LEGO has released a batch of promotional images for its 2018 polybags which includes a LEGO Robot/Vehicle free build (30499), LEGO City Hot Dog Stand (30356), LEGO City Road Worker (30357), LEGO City Dragster (30358), LEGO Creator Yellow Flyer (30540), LEGO Creator Cute Pug 3 in 1 (30542), LEGO Disney Ariel’s Underwater Symphony (30552), LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Royal Talon Fighter (30450), LEGO […]

John Williams to write the theme for Solo: A Star Wars Story

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It goes without saying that Star Wars and the name John Williams go hand in hand. After all, George Lucas stated that Williams was the “secret sauce” at Celebration this year with his famous and beloved music for the franchise. Williams recently scored the latest instalment in the series, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and will hopefully […]

John Boyega responds to Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s divisive fan reaction

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One of the stars of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, John Boyega, has responded to the film’s divisive fan reaction. Fans were expecting the world from The Last Jedi when it hit theatres earlier in December, or at least something a little more familiar to what they’ve been used to with the franchise, but what […]

UPDATE: We may have our first promo art for Solo: A Star Wars Story, new plot details surface

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UPDATE: According to Screen Rant, Disney and Lucasfilm have informed the site that the artwork is not official. If it’s fake, it’s certainly very well done. Original story follows. With a trailer reportedly set to arrive any time soon [read an alleged description here], we may now have our first piece of promotional artwork for […]

Alfie Curtis, best known as Dr. Evazan in Star Wars, has passed away

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One year on since the death of the beloved Princess, Carrie Fisher, Star Wars has lost another cast member. At the age of 87, Alfie Curtis, best known as A New Hope’s Dr Cornelius Evazan, has passed away. Curtis’ character appeared in the Mos Eisley cantina sequence, where he picked a fight with Luke Skywalker, only for his friend […]