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Can We Stop Saying The Last Jedi is ‘too different’ from Star Wars canon?

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the continuing impact of The Last Jedi and the false notion that it’s too different from Star Wars canon… So here we are. 7 months on and I still see, on a daily basis, and with my phone, social media profiles all recommending I click on articles about how divisive The […]

Rian Johnson defends Star Wars: The Last Jedi over criticism of character deaths

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Despite being over six months on from its release, the debate over Star Wars: The Last Jedi continues to rage on as certain fans continue to express their disappointment over the latest chapter of the main Star Wars saga, and in particularly director Rian Johnson’s treatment of Luke Skywalker. A few days ago, Mark Hamill […]

Why the Star Wars: The Last Jedi remake should be taken (somewhat) seriously

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Anghus Houvouras on the fan campaign to fund a remake of Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Not the actual movie, mind you. I’m not here to advocate a $200 million GoFundMe financed fan-film version of Episode VIII. That would be ludicrous… but so damn entertaining. It would be like watching Zack Snyder’s cut of Justice […]

Why are Star Wars fans acting like Kelly Marie Tran smothered their inner child?

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Anghus Houvouras on toxic fandom… Obviously she didn’t. No rational mature adult human-being could validate a statement like this. It’s the kind of hyperbolic verbal spasm that has become a staple of fandom ever since cinematic obsessives made declarations like ‘George Lucas raped my childhood’ because they thought the prequels weren’t that good. I’m always […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson shares his Solo: A Star Wars Story review

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Following on from the film’s world premiere, Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has taken to Instagram to share his thoughts on the latest chapter in the Star Wars saga, Solo: A Star Wars Story, offering particular praise for Alden Ehrenreich (Han), Donald Glover (Lando) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (L3-37). “The movie was great, […]

More details on Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars: Episode IX departure emerge

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Yesterday we got some details on the decision to shake up its directors for Solo: A Star Wars Story – with Phil Lord and Chris Miller said to be keen on deviating from the Star Wars template and making “something new like Guardians of the Galaxy” – and now a new report has surfaced regarding […]

Exclusive Interview – Rian Johnson on the reaction to The Last Jedi, “delicious fanboy tears” and his new Star Wars trilogy

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Tom Beasley sits down with Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson ahead of the film’s release on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK… Three months after its cinema release caused backlash and controversy all over the internet, Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally due on Blu-ray and DVD in the UK. Featuring […]

Simon Pegg admits J.J. Abrams had different plans for Rey’s parents

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This may come as a shocker, but Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been a bit polarizing. There are a fair amount of people that…  well, let’s say that they didn’t prefer it. If one looks for just 30 seconds on the internet they will be treated to a wealth of detailed, and extremely polite […]

Rian Johnson reveals why he cut so many of Finn’s scenes from Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Rian Johnson, director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, has revealed why so many of Finn’s scenes were cut from the movie. The Last Jedi was a packed affair. There was an awful lot going on in the sequel to Episode VII that naturally not all the planned material would make it into the film. […]