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Solo: A Star Wars Story’s Imperial Patrol Trooper Hot Toys figure unveiled

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Hot Toys has unveiled its 1/6th scale Patrol Trooper collectible figure from Solo: A Star Wars Story; check out the promotional images below and take a look at Hot Toys’ other Solo figures for Han Solo and Han Solo (Mudtrooper)… SUPPORT FLICKERING MYTH: Order via Sideshow Collectibles The Imperial has expended its army with a newly introduced […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story DLC coming to Star Wars Battlefront II

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Players will be able to dive into the past of the Star Wars universe with the upcoming DLC release of The Han Solo Season for Star Wars Battlefront II. Beginning June 12, fans can make the famous Kessel Run themselves with the new content, using Alden Ehrenreich’s Han Solo and Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian to get the job done. […]

The Disney Monopoly

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Tom Jolliffe looks at Disney’s dominance at the cinemas… You know that castle? The Disney Castle. We all know it. How about that Mouse lad and his lady friend? Sure. We know them. Right now Disney is on a high. Why so? Well it’s because in the past decade or so they’ve become an all […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story editor reveals how Ron Howard transformed the movie

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The editor of Solo: A Star Wars Story has revealed how Ron Howard changed the movie once he came on board as director. With veteran director Ron Howard coming aboard Solo once 80 percent of the film had already been made and then tasked with bringing the movie to fruition; it’s not surprising that vast […]

Darth Maul: What does the future hold for the Star Wars villain?

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George Chrysostomou on what the future might hold for Darth Maul… Spoilers below for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Dark Disciple… The return of Darth Maul in Solo has left many people excited for the possibilities this comeback might herald. Whilst speculation is rife with the many potential narratives we […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story suffers disastrous second weekend, set to become the lowest grossing Star Wars movie

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Disney and Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story suffered a rather poor opening last weekend with just $148 million worldwide, and things certainly haven’t gotten any better for the Anthology movie second time around. Domestically, Solo earned $29 million – the lowest second weekend for any Star Wars movie since the days of the Original […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art features alternate designs for Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra

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We’ve already seen some concept art from Solo: A Star Wars Story featuring alternate designs for the Millennium Falcon and Dryden Vos, and now its the turn of Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra thanks to some early illustrations showing various different incarnations of Han’s former flame turned Crimson Dawn lieutenant; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Emilia Clarke […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story Isn’t Terrible, But It’s Not Great Either

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The latest Star Wars movie wasn’t as bad as Neil Calloway expected… Back in December last year I wrote a provocative piece stating that Solo: A Star Wars Story would be terrible. As it turns out, I was wrong. It’s not terrible, but it’s not great either. On the Star Wars scale it’s more prequel […]

Solo: A Star Wars Story concept art features radically different Dryden Vos designs

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While it’s unlikely we’ll ever know exactly what changes Ron Howard made to Solo: A Star Wars Story, one aspect of the film we do know he was responsible for in its entirety was the villain Dryden Vos, with Howard casting Paul Bettany in the role after Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s original choice Michael […]