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Hasbro reveals new Star Wars: The Vintage Collection and Black Series action figures

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A few days ago we got a look at a selection of Hasbro’s upcoming action figures for Solo: A Star Wars Story [see here], and now Hasbro has revealed some of its upcoming Star Wars: The Vintage Collection and Star Wars: The Black Series offerings for 2018, which includes characters from Solo, The Force Awakens, […]

Is ‘Non-Violent’ Violence in Movies Immoral?

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Samuel Brace on ‘non violent’ violence in cinema… Violence is rampant in the cinematic space. And it’s not just in films made for adults; it’s also a main marketable feature of movies that target children. Of course, the world is an extremely violent place so therefore one can’t overly complain about such acts being present […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Alden Ehrenreich and Jon Kasdan explain why the Millennium Falcon looks so different inside

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As we’ve seen from the trailers and recent promotional material for Solo: A Star Wars Story, the iconic Millennium Falcon is receiving a makeover for its appearance in May’s Anthology movie, and not just on the exterior with its fancy blue paint job and overhauled bow. As you can see in the images in this […]

Promo images for Star Wars Rebels season 4 – ‘Jedi Night’

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Yesterday we got a clip from Monday’s episode of Star Wars Rebels featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn interrogating Hera [watch it here], and now we have a batch of images from ‘Jedi Night’ which you can check out below. You may notice there are no images from ‘DUME’, the second of the two episodes to air […]

UPDATE: Ron Howard reveals that Jon Favreau has a “cool and important” role in Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Having voiced the character of Pre Vizsla in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, it seems that Jon Favreau is set for a return to the galaxy far, far away this May, with Ron Howard revealing that Favreau will “voice a very cool and important alien character” in Solo: A Star Wars Story. The reveal happened […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story tie-in books, novels and comics unveiled

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As the marketing for Solo: A Star Wars Story kicks in, we’ve got a look at the cover artwork for a batch of tie-in books and comics which are set to accompany the release of May’s Star Wars anthology movie; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Hasbro’s Solo: A Star Wars Story action figures unveiled A new […]

Thrawn interrogates Hera in new Star Wars Rebels ‘Jedi Night’ clip

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It won’t be long before the end of Star Wars Rebels begins next Monday and Lucasfilm has released a new clip from the mid-season premiere ‘Jedi Night’. In the clip, Grand Admiral Thrawn once again interrogates Hera as he says goodbye to her before handing her over to Governor Pryce. Watch the clip below… On Monday night […]

Hasbro’s Solo: A Star Wars Story action figures unveiled

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Yesterday we got a look at LEGO’s upcoming Kessel Run Millennium Falcon tie-in set for Solo: A Star Wars Story [see here], and now we’ve got some promotional images for Hasbro’s upcoming range of action figures and playsets for May’s Anthology movie, as well as new figures from Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Rogue […]

Daisy Ridley says Star Wars: The Last Jedi shows that Rey is just a “cog in the machine”

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Rey is just “a cog in the machine” according to Star Wars: The Last Jedi actress Daisy Ridley. There were many theories in play going into Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, with one of the most talked about being just who Rey’s parents were. The going assumption was that the character’s parents would […]