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Rumoured description for Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ second trailer

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With the second trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens expected to launch Star Wars Celebration next month, a rumoured breakdown has been doing the rounds, which may or may not tell us what we can expect from our second glimpse at Disney’s hotly-anticipated December release: SEE ALSO: New rumours of Luke Skywalker’s […]

Sarah Michelle Gellar joins Star Wars Rebels

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Coming hot on the heels of yesterday’s season finale, Lucasfilm Animation has added its first new cast member for the second season of Star Wars Rebels, with Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) signing on for an as-yet-unrevealed role… Gellar is set to join her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. in the cast of the […]

Billy Dee Williams reportedly set for “a fun cameo” in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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When the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was announced, one character absent from the list of returnees to the galaxy far, far away was that of Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Recently, Williams – who has reprised the role for an […]

New rumours of Luke Skywalker’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and flashback sequences

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WARNING – POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW We’re less than 300 days away from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the reports and rumours are still coming in thick and fast. We’ve already had rumours that Darth Vader would be in the film in some capacity (possibly in a flashback) and now we have new rumours that […]

The Callow Way – Why Jack Black Was Right…

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This week Neil Calloway unexpectedly finds himself in agreement with the guy from Tenacious D… It pains me to say it, but Jack Black had a point. During his interjection into the opening song of last week’s Oscars, Black jokingly bemoaned the current state of cinema, complaining about sequels, prequels and comic book movies. It’s […]

Disney XD to retell the Star Wars saga with LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Disney XD will count down to the release of December’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a five-part animated series entitled LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales, which will retell the events of the Star Wars saga – in brick form – through the eyes of C-3PO and R2-D2. According […]

Taron Egerton rumoured for young Han Solo role in Star Wars spin-off movie

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If you’re looking for a juicy Star Wars rumour this weekend, then UK tabloid The Sun has just the tonic for you, as the newspaper is reporting that Kingsman: The Secret Service star Taron Egerton is wanted for the role of a young Han Solo in one of the several Star Wars spin-off movies in […]

Star Wars Battlefront will reportedly tie in with Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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It’s one of the most anticipated video games of 2015, but so far we know very little about EA’s upcoming Star Wars Battlefront, save from what little information we’ve been able to gather from the E3 2014 behind-the-scenes trailer, and a piece of concept artwork showing Rebel Commandos on Endor. Well, the folks at Making […]

J.J. Abrams talks Star Wars: The Force Awakens rumours: “Some are true, some are false”

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From pretty much the very first moment it was announced that Disney had purchased Lucasfilm and were working on a new Star Wars sequel trilogy, we’ve been absolutely overwhelmed with rumours and speculation about the seventh episode in the blockbuster saga. Some of those would certainly qualify as major spoilers if true, and director J.J. […]