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Star Wars: Episode VIII officially titled Star Wars: The Last Jedi

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Well, it’s official. We have a title for Star Wars: Episode VIII, and it’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Check out the tweet below: It's official. STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is the next chapter of the Skywalker saga. This December. #TheLastJedi https://t.co/ySkVwQcMTP pic.twitter.com/eHrPgbsRJq — Star Wars (@starwars) January 23, 2017 “We have the greatest […]

UPDATE: Woody Harrelson playing Star Wars Legends character Garris Shrike in the young Han Solo movie

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It looks like Lucasfilm is dipping back into the old Star Wars Extended Universe canon for Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s upcoming Han Solo movie, with Woody Harrelson confirming to Variety that his mentor character is Garris Shrike. Created by Ann C. Crispin for the 1997 book The Paradise Snare, Garris Shrike is a bounty […]

The Week in Star Wars – Darth Maul video game, Star Wars TV show update and more

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars features concept art from the cancelled Darth Maul game, an update on a possible TV show and more… Our top story this week surrounds a possible Star Wars TV show, which was rumoured back in August last year. ABC made some comments that sounded like something […]

UPDATE: Marvel adapting Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, complete with material cut from the film

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We all know that plenty of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ended up on the cutting room floor, and it seems we’ll soon to get to see some of the deleted material, albeit in comic book form, thanks to Marvel’s adaptation of the blockbuster Anthology movie, which is set to get underway in April.ick EW […]

Donald Glover wants his Lando Calrissian to live up to expectations

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Winning the coveted role of Lando Calrissian for the Han Solo spin-off Star Wars film is something Donald Glover clearly treasures, as evident from his recent string of humble interviews. Here he is again speaking to Deadline, commenting that: “Lando’s a big deal. He’s the first toy I ever got… It’s interesting, when you have something […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 13 Review – ‘Warhead’

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Chris Cooper reviews Star Wars Rebels – Warhead… Following on from a two-parter that made fairly big connections between Rebels and the movies, Warhead takes things down several notches as we get a self-contained story this week. With the story focusing on Zeb, Chopper, and AP-5, the story makes the most of providing us with […]

Watch Mark Hamill reunite with his original lightsaber from the Star Wars trilogy

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In this clip from an upcoming episode of Pop Culture Quest, Luke Skywalker himself is reunited with his lightsaber from the original Star Wars trilogy. It’s quite the nostalgia trip and features some new interesting trivia about the mechanics behind the prop along with who else has used it on set. Take a look here… Star […]

Rogue One overtakes Finding Dory to become the highest-grossing domestic release of 2016

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It may have lost top spot at the North American box office this weekend to Hidden Figures, but Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has now pushed U.S. gross to $488.3 million, making it the highest-grossing domestic release of 2016. Rogue One has dethroned fellow Disney release Finding Dory, which now sits in second place […]