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Star Wars: The Last Jedi crosses $800 million at the worldwide box office

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After finishing the Christmas weekend on $793.3 million, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has now topped the $800 million mark at the global box office after less than two weeks on release. By close of play yesterday, Star Wars: The Last Jedi had grossed $397.3 million domestically, with a further $396.1 million from international markets. […]

Rumour: Disney braced for “car crash” with Solo: A Star Wars Story

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As we continue to race forward to the release date of Solo: A Star Wars Story, those close to the set apparently claim that Disney is fully expecting the nightmare production on the latest Star Wars spinoff to result in a disappointing run in theatres. After firing Lord and Miller and replacing them with director […]

Finn and Captain Phasma battle it out on Star Wars: The Last Jedi IMAX poster

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A new IMAX poster has been revealed for Star Wars: The Last Jedi featuring Finn (John Boyega) and Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie), which is available exclusively in AMC theatres from December 31st when viewing the blockbuster sequel in IMAX (while stocks last, of course!); check it out here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars: The Last Jedi director […]

Why do fans want perfect characters in Star Wars: The Last Jedi?

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George Chrysostomou on Star Wars: The Last Jedi and its character decisions (major spoilers follow)… The divisiveness surrounding Star Wars: The Last Jedi has caught many by surprise. What was thought by critics to be one of the best Star Wars films ever made, has instead been proclaimed by some fans to be one of […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi director on Supreme Leader Snoke and Captain Phasma

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Warning: Spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi follow… Star Wars: The Last Jedi was certainly full of surprises – not least the fate of Andy Serkis’ Supreme Leader Snoke, who after two years of fan theories and speculation, was cut down by his apprentice Kylo Ren, without any of his backstory revealed to the […]

The Week in Star Wars – The Last Jedi passes $500 million, Rian Johnson defends the movie, J.J Abrams pitches Episode IX and more

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Happy Life Day Eve! Your festive edition of The Week in Star Wars features a lot of comments from Rian Johnson about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, several articles on the film, a fan’s petition for it to be removed from canon, Episode IX updates and more… Star Wars: The Last Jedi is finally here […]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi Isn’t As Good Or Bad As You Think It Is

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Neil Calloway tries to find middle ground with the latest Star Wars film… Warning: contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. It’s been over a week, you’ve had time to go through the stages of grief and finally come to acceptance that The Last Jedi is a fairly decent film, or if you won’t […]

Rian Johnson says he considered Lando Calrissian for the DJ role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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We’re two movies into the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy now and to the disappointment of many fans, there’s been no sign of Billy Dee Williams’ Lando Calrissian. Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson has revealed that he did give some thought to using the galaxy’s smoothest smuggler in the role that was ultimately  […]

The ‘Failure’ of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Ricky Church on the ‘failure’ of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (spoilers follow)… Though it has only been out in theatres for a week, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has already proven to be a rather divisive film among fans. It shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that a film with such high […]