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Star Wars: The Force Awakens character spotlight reveals Finn’s lineage?

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Warning. Potential spoilers for Star Wars: The Force Awakens follow… Just yesterday, we brought you some comments from Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy who confirmed that Star Wars: The Force Awakens will explore the next generation of the Skywalker family. This supports the rumours and speculation that either Rey (Daisy Ridley), Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) or both […]

Kathleen Kennedy says Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues the “generational story” of the Skywalkers

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When Disney first announced that it was producing Star Wars: The Force Awakens – then known simply as Star Wars: Episode VII – it was assumed by pretty much everybody that the new trilogy would feature the next generation of Skywalkers, focussing on either the children of Luke Skywalker or Leia Organa (and Han Solo). Fast-forward […]

Tim Rose returning as Admiral Ackbar in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Back in June, a behind-the-scenes image surfaced from Star Wars: The Force Awakens suggesting that Admiral Ackbar would be returning for the first instalment of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy, and now actor Tim Rose has revealed that he’ll be reprising his role from Return of the Jedi. “I’m very frustrated by [the secrecy on the film],” […]

The Week in Star Wars – Hayden Christensen returning as Darth Vader, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens, Max Von Sydow’s character revealed and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, we look at a rather dubious rumour about Hayden Christensen returning to the Star Wars Universe, John Boyega, Domhnall Gleeson and Gwendoline Christie talk The Force Awakens and more… Kicking things off as we usually do on The Week in Star Wars by looking at the latest […]

Domhnall Gleeson on General Hux in Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Over the past week we’ve heard from both Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma) and John Boyega (Finn) about their roles in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and now it’s the turn of Domhnall Gleeson, who plays the First Order’s General Hux, commander of Starkiller Base. SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 4 Hints We […]

Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 4 Hints We Learnt From Star Wars: Aftermath

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Ricky Church with four hints for Star Wars: The Force Awakens from Aftermath… Despite being less than 4 months until its release, there is still a whole lot we don’t know about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Its plot is still unknown, we don’t know the true identities of Finn and Rey, we don’t know […]

Max Von Sydow’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens character revealed

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While Disney and Lucasfilm have peeled the curtain back slightly on Star Wars: The Force Awakens these past few months, revealing a few minor details about the hugely anticipated blockbuster, one thing that has remained firmly under wraps is the character set to be played by screen legend Max Von Sydow. The Exorcist star been […]

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 more anticipated than Star Wars: The Force Awakens, according to poll

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We all know that Star Wars: The Force Awakens is going to shatter box office records when it opens this December, on its way to what is sure to be one of the biggest box office hauls of all time. But, if a new poll is accurate, it’s not the most-anticipated movie set to arrive […]

John Boyega says Finn’s story in Star Wars: The Force Awakens mirrors Luke Skywalker and Han Solo

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With less than three months to go until the hugely-anticipated arrival of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, we’re going to be inundated with promotional material between now and the end of the year, and much of that will revolve around one of our new heroes Finn, played by John Boyega. SEE ALSO: Gwendoline Christie on […]