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Exclusive: Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson has no interest in directing a comic book movie

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After enjoying critical success with the indie films Brick, The Brothers Bloom and Looper, Rian Johnson made the jump to blockbuster filmmaking this past December as he ventured to the galaxy far, far away for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Despite a mixed reception from fans, the movie proved a hit with critics, grossed $1.332 billion at […]

Watch eight new Star Wars: Forces of Destiny animated shorts

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Disney and Lucasfilm continue to showcase the female heroes of the galaxy far, far away with the release of the second season of Star Wars: Forces of Destiny, featuring eight new animated shorts from the Prequel, Original and Sequel Trilogy eras; watch them here… “Hasty Departure” — Hera and Sabine liberate an Imperial shuttle only […]

Warwick Davis reveals his deleted ‘one-eyed naked alien’ cameo from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Since making his debut in 1983’s Return of the Jedi as the lovable Ewok Wicket W. Warrick, actor Warwick Davis has become a regular in the galaxy far, far away, appearing in the The Phantom Menace, The Force Awakens and Rogue One, not to mention Star Wars Rebels and the two Ewok TV movies. Davis […]

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny returns this week, new images released

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Disney and Lucasfilm are set to launch a new season of eight Star Wars: Forces of Destiny shorts later today, which will include a pair of episodes based upon December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Check out a batch of promotional images below, along with synopses for the new shorts… “Hasty Departure” — Hera and […]

John Boyega confirms that Star Wars: Episode IX will start shooting in July

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Last month, J.J. Abrams confirmed that he and Chris Terrio (Argo, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) had completed the script for Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: Episode IX, and now actor John Boyega has confirmed that filming on the closing chapter of the Sequel Trilogy will begin this July. “I don’t know a thing, […]

Steven Spielberg teases Star Wars references and Easter eggs in Ready Player One

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With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia-fuelled sci-fi Ready Player One, the filmmaker has been chatting to Fandango about the challenge of acquiring the rights to reference so many classic franchises and IPs belonging to a variety of movie studios. “It was difficult because we were so […]

Star Wars Battlefront II’s progression system to be updated next week

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EA and DICE have dome under a lot of fire for Star Wars: Battlefront II with controversial criticisms over its ‘pay-to-win’ progression system. Levelling up in Battlefront II wasn’t traditional like most games, but required players to make in-game or actual purchases for Star Cards, items that would allow players to level up their classes through random chance, […]

Concept art from cancelled Star Wars Battlefront 4 features Emperor Vader, Dark Luke and Obi-Wan, Jedi Maul and more

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Long before Electronic Arts rebooted the series, British developer Free Radical Design was working not only on a Star Wars Battlefront III (that’s a follow-up to the 2004 and 2005 games, not the latest ones), but also Star Wars Battlefront IV. And, thanks to some concept art which has made its way online courtesy of EuroGamer, […]

Mark Hamill pokes fun at Star Wars: The Last Jedi haters

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Mark Hamill has made fun of Star Wars: The Last Jedi haters and the negative reaction from certain fans. We all know that Rian Johnson’s Star War: The Last Jedi has been incredibly divisive, provoking strong feelings from fans across the spectrum. Some love the film but there also those that have an obvious hatred […]