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The Most Disappointing: Blaming Star Wars Fans for Disney’s Failures

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Anghus Houvouras on Disney’s Star Wars… The Star Wars franchise is FUBAR. A mess that continues to get messier. Like a wedding dress stained with red wine that someone tries to clean using a mop that’s been soaking in a bucket of hot dog water. I’ve written, at length, about how the Star Wars franchise […]

Boycotting films is not only pointless, but hurtful to the franchise

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Ricky Church on boycotting movies… Since the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in December, Star Wars fandom has been divided to say the least. Some ‘fans’ who hated The Last Jedi have been extremely vocal in their utter hatred of the film, going so far as to demand Lucasfilm and Disney retcon it […]

Ron Howard says that reports of Star Wars Anthology movies ending are not “entirely accurate”

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Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard has said that reports of Lucasfilm shelving future anthology films are not “entirely accurate”. Solo certainly didn’t go the way Lucasfilm was hoping in terms of box office numbers and in the weeks after its release, there have been reports of Lucasfilm ending work on future anthology […]

Target’s exclusive Solo: A Star Wars Story 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray set unveiled

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After a disappointing box office run, Disney and Lucasfilm are now prepping the home-entertainment release for Ron Howard’s Star Wars Anthology movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, and Target has unveiled its exclusive 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray set, which includes the movie on 4K, Blu-ray and Digital, along with a 40 page gallery book and bonus content; […]

More details on the Solo fallout as Disney and Lucasfilm reassess their future Star Wars plans

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Earlier this week a report surfaced online claiming that Disney and Lucasfilm had decided to scrap all of their plans for future Star Wars Anthology spinoffs in the wake of the hugely disappointing box office performance of the saga’s first flop, Solo: A Star Wars Story, which has reportedly lost up to $80 million. No […]

Rumour: Lucasfilm puts all future Star Wars Anthology movies on hold following Solo’s disastrous box office

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In the wake of the disappointing box office opening of Solo: A Star Wars Story last month, Disney’s head of distribution Dave Hollis revealed that the studio would be spending some time evaluating why the latest instalment of the blockbuster soap opera franchise failed to connect with audiences, and how they approach the Star Wars […]

Funko reveals Star Wars: The Clone Wars Pop! Vinyl figures and SDCC exclusives

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Funko has revealed a new line of Pop! vinyl figures for the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars which includes Anakin Skywalker, Ahsoka Tano, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Yoda, as well as two San Diego Comic-Con exclusives in The Clone Wars’ bounty hunter Cad Bane and the Imperial Patrol Stormtrooper from Solo: A Star Wars Story; […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story 4K Ultra HD Steelbook cover artwork revealed

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With Solo: Star Wars Story disappointing at the theatrical box office, Disney and Lucasfilm will be hoping to recoup some of the reported $80 million loss with the home-entertainment release of the Ron Howard-directed Anthology movie. As yet, there’s no word as to when we can expect it to arrive, but we do have a […]

Ron Howard discusses Qi’ra’s motivations at the end of Solo: A Star Wars Story

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Warning. Major Solo: A Star Wars Story spoilers follow… Solo: A Star Wars Story delivered a number of twists and turns during the climactic showdown on Dryden Vos’ (Paul Bettany) star yacht the First Light. First we had Tobias Beckett (Woody Harrelson) betraying Han (Alden Ehrenreich) and Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke), before Qi’ra turned on Dryden […]