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Why Attack of the Clones is the worst Star Wars movie

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Luke Owen looks back at Attack of the Clones… The year is 1999. The excitement and buzz surrounding the release of the first Star Wars movie since 1983 is at an all-time high. We’d recently just relived our love of the original trilogy via the 1997 Special Edition re-releases, and now here we are with […]

Ray Park provides motion capture for Maul vs. Ahsoka in Star Wars: The Clone Wars featurette

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Ray Park made his return to the galaxy far, far away this past week, reprising his Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace role as Darth Maul to provide motion capture for the big duel between the former Sith and fan-favourite character Ahsoka Tano in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode ‘The Phantom […]

The Best Story Arcs from Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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Ricky Church on the best story arcs from Star Wars: The Clone Wars… With Star Wars: The Clone Wars currently airing its long-awaited seventh and final season, it’s high time to get caught up on the adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano during the widespread Clone Wars. Though Disney+ recently put out a list […]

Ahsoka Tano is equivalent to a Jedi Master in The Mandalorian says Dave Filoni

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Star Wars writer, director, and producer Dave Filoni says that Rosario Dawson’s Ahsoka Tano is like a Jedi Master when we see her in The Mandalorian. Last week’s episode of The Mandalorian was the live-action debut of former Jedi Ahsoka Tano and we got to see her impressive skills on full display. While Ahsoka never […]

Star Wars’ Dave Filoni explains why the Duel of the Fates in The Phantom Menace is so important

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Dave Filoni, Lucasfilm producer, writer, director, and animator, has explained just how important Darth Maul vs Qui-Gon Jinn is in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. One of the most beloved lightsaber duels in Star Wars history is the so-called ‘Duel of the Fates’ between Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Maul in […]

Star Wars Rebels has replaced Sam Witwer with Ian McDiarmid as The Emperor

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It seems that George Lucas’ protege Dave Filoni has adopted Lucas’ penchant for tinkering with his Star Wars creations, as a fan on Reddit has pointed out that Lucasfilm has re-recorded dialogue the dialogue for Emperor Palpatine in his first Star Wars Rebels appearance, with Ian McDiarmid replacing original voice actor Sam Witwer in the […]

Darth Maul actor Ray Park responds to fat comments aimed at his Solo: A Star Wars Story appearance

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Ray Park, who reprises the role of Darth Maul in Solo: A Star Wars Story, has responded to comments about his weight in the film. The major shock present in Solo: A Star Wars Story was without question the cameo appearance of the former Sith Lord Darth Maul. While we didn’t get a full look […]

The younglings return for more Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures with season 2 trailer

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Star Wars: The Acolyte may have just ended [read our review of the season finale here], but we’ll be returning to the High Republic era of the galaxy far, far away this August with the second season of the animated preschool series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, and Disney+ has just dropped a poster and […]

Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 8 Review – ‘The Acolyte’

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Chris Connor reviews the season finale of Star Wars: The Acolyte… The Acolyte has been an intriguing prospect across its first season. On the one hand it has shown us a plethora of new worlds, characters and concepts tapping into an uncharted era of the Star Wars universe. However it has felt rushed and lacking […]