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Andy Serkis on his reaction to learning Snoke’s fate in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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One of the many curveballs thrown by director Rian Johnson in Star Wars: The Last Jedi revolved around the character of Supreme Leader Snoke, played by Andy Serkis.While the majority of fans expected to learn more about this mysterious, force-powerful villain in Episode VIII, Johnson chose instead to cut his story short when he was […]

Rumoured details on Solo: A Star Wars Story director shake-up and Alden Ehrenreich being “just not good enough”

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Back in June of last year it was announced that Lucasfilm had fired The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of production remaining on Solo: A Star Wars Story.As you’d expect, the rumour mill soon went into overdrive, claiming that Lord and Miller’s sensibilities were out of tune with that […]

Exclusive: Rian Johnson on Mark Hamill “fundamentally disagreeing” with his plans for Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Last year, Mark Hamill revealed that he “fundamentally disagreed” with all of the choices that writer-director Rian Johnson made for his character Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. even going so far as to state that the Luke we saw in the movie is “not my Luke Skywalker”.Despite his misgivings over Johnson’s handling […]

Luke Skywalker receives a visit from an old friend in Star Wars: The Last Jedi clip

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With just two weeks to go until the Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Lucasfilm has released a new clip which sees Luke Skywalker receiving a visit from an old friend. Check it out below, along with a featurette in which Johnson discusses the challenges Luke faces in the film.SEE ALSO: Frank Oz explains how […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story international posters and “blaster free” variants

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Following yesterday’s promo art for Solo: A Star Wars Story [check it out here], a new international one sheet has arrived online for the Star Wars anthology movie along with four characters posters featuring Han Solo (Alden Ehrenreich), Chewbacca (Joonas Suotamo), Lando Calrissian (Donald Glover), and Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke); take a look here…SEE ALSO: Jabba the […]

How To Stop Studio Interference In Movies

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Neil Calloway argues that studios shouldn’t risk so much on big films…The news this week that the Aquaman solo movie has some issues should come as a surprise to no-one. Frankly it’s par for the course these days.First, it’s a rumour which should be taken with a huge pinch of salt – with an ever […]

Disney releasing remastered editions of John Williams’ first six Star Wars scores

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There may be no sign of the original movies being re-released in their pre-Special Edition form, but the official Star Wars site has announced that Disney Music Group will be marking Star Wars Day this May by releasing remastered editions of John Williams’ scores for the first six Star Wars movies, A New Hope, The […]

EA shuts down Visceral Games, new Star Wars game to be retooled

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EA has announced that it is closing its Visceral Games studio, and as a result it will be retooling its long-gestating Star Wars video game, which has been in development since 2014 under Amy Henning (Uncharted).“In its current form, [the game]  was shaping up to be a story-based, linear adventure game,” writers Patrick Söderlund, Executive […]

Rian Johnson says Star Wars: The Last Jedi fan reception hasn’t altered plans for his new trilogy

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Prior to the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it was announced that Lucasfilm had handed Rian Johnson the keys to his very own Star Wars trilogy.Johnson has recently revealed that he’s started work on said trilogy, which as you’d expect is completely shrouded in secrecy. We have no idea whether it will feature […]