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George Lucas shares his thoughts on Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, says Disney scrapped his ideas for the Sequel Trilogy

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Having retired from the Star Wars franchise, George Lucas has previously stated that he was yet to watch the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. However, he has now revealed that he caught the trailer while attending the cinema, telling Page Six: “I saw the trailer. I saw it in a theater because […]

Mark Hamill talks Star Wars: The Force Awakens and returning to the Millennium Falcon

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Before it was announced he’d be returning to the world of The Flash to reprise his role as The Trickster, it was revealed that Mark Hamill would be picking up the lightsabre once again to play Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. “The déjà vu of walking onto the Millennium Falcon again and […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens to feature first female stormtrooper

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It looks like Disney and J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens is set to introduce the very first female stormtrooper… The Daily Mirror is reporting that unknown British actress Amybeth Hargreaves has been cast as an Imperial Stormtrooper in the hotly-anticipated first chapter of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, which stems from a listing […]

George Lucas slams all-white Oscar nominations, “it’s a political campaign”

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Star Wars creator George Lucas is not a man known for mincing his words when it comes to the Academy. Having famously left the Directors Guild of America after being fined for not having a standard title sequence on Star Wars (which also meant he couldn’t get Steven Spielberg to direct one of the movies), […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars #1

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Luke Owen reviews Star Wars #1 from Marvel… Luke Skywalker and the ragtag band of rebels fighting against the Galactic Empire are fresh off their biggest victory yet—the destruction of the massive battle station known as the Death Star. But the Empire’s not toppled yet! Join Luke along with Princess Leia, smugglers Han Solo and […]

Star Wars Rebels – ‘Idiot’s Array’ Review

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Chris Cooper reviews the ninth episode of Star Wars Rebels, ‘Idiot’s Array’… Look at this image and tell me you’re not excited about this week’s episode of Rebels. I dare you. I triple dare you! That’s right, Lando Calrissian is back, and voiced by none other than Billy Dee Williams! The charm. The swagger. That smile. […]

George Lucas wanted to direct Star Wars Episode VII

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It was news that broke the Internet a few years back when Disney purchased Lucasfilm for a whopping $4 billion, announcing a new trilogy of Star Wars movies including several spin-offs. But prior to their announcement, Lucas himself was working a new trilogy that he intended to write and direct for release in May 2015. […]

Simon Kinberg will reportedly take over writing duties on Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie

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Last week it was revealed that Gary Whitta has stepped down from writing duties on the first Star Wars spin-off movie, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards. Slash Film has now learnt that Simon Kinberg will taking over writing duties for the upcoming movie. Kinberg is already executive producer on the animated show Star Wars: Rebels […]

Gareth Edwards’ Star Wars movie loses its screenwriter

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Just as original writer Michael Arndt left Star Wars: The Force Awakens, screenwriter Gary Whitta has now departed Disney’s first standalone Star Wars movie, which is being directed by Gareth Edwards (Godzilla). According to THR, Whitta has completed a first draft of the film and is now moving on to his next project, which could […]