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Preview of Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2

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IDW Publishing releases Star Wars: The Classic Newspaper Comics Vol. 2 this coming Wednesday, covering the period of October 6th, 1980 to February 8th, 1981. Take a look at a preview here…Reprints for the first time the classic Star Wars newspaper strip in its complete format. No other edition includes each Sunday page title header and “bonus” […]

Preview of Star Wars: Poe Dameron #24

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Marvel releases Star Wars: Poe Dameron #24 this coming Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here; check it out…Lor San Tekka has been captured…again! And it’s up to Black Squadron to save him. Meanwhile, Terex has his own plans in motion…to finally free himself from the grasp of the First Order!Star […]

Will This Be Star Wars Overkill?

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Neil Calloway isn’t looking forward to the newly announced Star Wars films…The Star Wars juggernaut continues apace. We have the final film in the sequel trilogy to come, and possibly endless Anthology movies – depending on how well Solo does, I’m sure we’ll get the Boss Nass movie we’ve all been waiting for. Add in […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story gets a new poster

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Following the release of the first teaser trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, we got a series of character posters for the second Star Wars anthology movie [see here], and now we have a new one-sheet featuring Alden Ehrenreich’s smuggler alongside Qi’ra, Lando Calrissian, Chewbacca, and L3-37…SEE ALSO: George Lucas helped direct a scene […]

HBO’s Confederate looks unlikely after Benioff and Weiss commit to Star Wars

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Back in July of last year it was revealed that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would be following up their adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire with a new HBO series entitled Confederate.Set in an alternate history of the United States where the Confederacy successfully seceded […]

Donald Glover on getting advice from Billy Dee Williams for Lando role in Solo: A Star Wars Story

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The first trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story may have been met with a mixed reaction [read the thoughts of our writing team here], but one aspect that seemed to go down very well with fans was the fleeting glimpses of Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly after the launch of the […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story looks great, but some have already made up their minds and will hate it regardless

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Samuel Brace on Solo: A Star Wars Story…Thank the Lord. Solo: A Star Wars Story at last has a teaser (or two) and the fears of the rational mind can be put to rest, at least for now, as the film about which so much has been said, actually looks pretty terrific.And I say the […]

Comic Book Review – Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Rose & Paige

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Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Rose & Paige…The final Star Wars: Forces of Destiny comic from IDW focuses on two new characters to the franchise featured in The Last Jedi: the mechanic Rose and her gunner sister Paige. This issue, written by Phasma author Delilah S. Dawson, is the most kid-friendly issue of the series. The […]

Harrison Ford served as a “covert adviser” on Solo: A Star Wars Story

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He may have handed over the role to Alden Ehrenreich, but it seems that Harrison Ford wasn’t entirely out of the loop when it comes to Han Solo’s next big screen adventure in Solo: A Star Wars Story, with Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy revealing to EW that Ford provided “vital insights into the character he has […]