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Can we all just admit Star Wars: The Force Awakens was kind of terrible?

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Anghus Houvouras on Star Wars: The Force Awakens… I’m excited about Rogue One. More so than any other Star Wars film that has been released since Return of the Jedi in 1983. I doubt anyone needs another sentence devoted to the dreadful prequels. The internet is currently composed of 18% meme, 42% pornography, 21% food […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story won’t have a sequel

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Despite the high likelihood of Disney and Lucasfilm’s first Star Wars Anthology film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, becoming a huge hit when it flies into theaters next month, no matter what kind of box office numbers it produces, the film certainly won’t be getting a sequel. That’s right, according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 8 Review – ‘The Wynkahthu Job’

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Chris Cooper reviews the eighth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… I’ve spoken about the term ‘filler’ before, and how I’ve come to realise it’s a term I no longer want to use. Episodes tend to either include big plot advancements or pleasing moments of character growth. We usually learn something, even if it […]

The Week in Star Wars – Final Rogue One trailer, another Star Wars trilogy, Boba Fett movie update and more…

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Another bumper edition of The Week in Star Wars sees the final trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and an update on its box office tracking as well as news on the Boba Fett movie, Han Solo movie themes and more… We’ll kick things off this week with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, […]

Kathleen Kennedy on the future of Star Wars and whether we’ll get another trilogy after Episode IX

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It’s certainly an exciting time to be a Star Wars fan. Following the release of last year’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Disney’s sequel trilogy is in full swing with Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII hitting in 2017, and Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars: Episode IX following in 2019. Meanwhile, we’ve got Rogue One: A […]

Ben Mendelsohn discusses Director Krennic’s relationship with Darth Vader in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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In just a few short weeks we’ll be introduced to the latest villain in the Star Wars universe, with Australian actor Ben Mendelsohn set to portray Orson Krennic, Director of the Advanced Weapons Research division of the Imperial Military, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Of course, Krennic isn’t the only bad guy set […]

Michael Giacchino on scoring Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, new TV spots released

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Back in September it was announced that Michael Giacchino (Doctor Strange) had signed on to replace Alexandre Desplat (The Grand Budapest Hotel) as composer on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in a rather surprising turn of events which left him with less than five weeks to put together a score for next month’s hotly-anticipated Anthology […]

Alden Ehrenreich comments on Donald Glover’s casting as Lando Calrissian in the Han Solo Star Wars spinoff

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With the movie recently adding Emilia Clarke to its roster with rumours of another leading lady floating on the internet, our new Han Solo Alden Ehrenreich has been talking about the casting of Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. “He’s wonderful, I think he’s going to do an excellent job,” he told The Wrap. “He’s such […]

Star Wars standalone movies were originally George Lucas’ idea

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On top of having George Lucas to thank for the very existence of Star Wars, fans may also owe him some gratitude for December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and other future anthology movies set in the Star Wars universe. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly to promote Rogue One, Kathleen Kennedy revealed that before […]