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The Week in Star Wars – Force Friday toy images, Warwick Davis set for Episode VIII, more Star Wars films confirmed

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Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars sees LOADS of promotional images from toys being released from Force Friday, a returning actor from the original trilogy, more Star Wars films on the way and more… Let’s kick things off with the latest updates from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and thanks to the […]

Warwick Davis talks Star Wars: The Force Awakens, confirms appearance in Episode VIII

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Warwick Davis has been chatting to News.com about the Star Wars franchise, confirming that he’s set to add another instalment to his C.V. with an appearance in next year’s Star Wars: Episode VIII, as well as sharing his thoughts on J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens and the future of the Sequel Trilogy. “I enjoyed […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story character descriptions for Moroff, Pao and two new Stormtroopers

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Thanks to the folks at Making Star Wars, we’ve got a few new character descriptions for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, featuring two of the film’s alien supporting characters, along with a couple of Imperial Stormtrooper classes; take a look… Moroff (Gigoran species) Moroff seeks out combat zones to sell his brawn and firepower to […]

Valene Kane playing Jyn Erso’s mother in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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We’ve known for a while that Mads Mikkelsen is playing Galen Erso, the father of Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso, in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now we know who’s playing her mother too, with actress Valene Kane (The Fall) revealing that she’s set to portray Lyra Erso in December’s Anthology movie. “I grew […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Premiere Review – ‘Steps Into Shadow’

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Chris Cooper reviews the season three premiere of Star Wars Rebels… There’s a lot to be excited about with the return of Star Wars Rebels. New threats! More powerful heroes! Disney canon taking on hugely exciting aspects of Legends canon! It’s been an indeterminate but sizable period of time since Season 2 finished on Malachor […]

Marvel launching Star Wars: Classified ongoing comic book series

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With Star Wars: Darth Vader set to end next month, Marvel has announced that it is launching a new ongoing series in December entitled Star Wars: Classified. The new series will join the main Star Wars title and Star Wars: Poe Dameron as Marvel’s third ongoing Star Wars series, and will see Darth Vader writer […]

Dave Filoni on introducing Grand Admiral Thrawn to Star Wars Rebels

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Star Wars Rebels returns to Disney XD tonight as its third season gets underway, and it is bringing with it one of the most beloved characters from the Expanded Universe, as Grand Admiral Thrawn is introduced to the official Star Wars canon. During an interview with Comic Book, Rebels showrunner Dave Filoni has been discussing […]

Cinematographer Bradford Young signs on for young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff movie

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With Alden Ehrenreich on board in the title role and the search continuing for an actor to play a young Lando Calrissian, directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have now found their cinematographer for their 2018 Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie. The Film Stage has revealed that Bradford Young is set to shoot the movie, which is […]

Bob Iger reveals that Disney is already planning Star Wars movies for 2021 and beyond

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Are you sitting down? Because this one’s a real shocker… In news that will surprise absolutely no one, Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that while the Star Wars franchise has been mapped out through to 2020 – with annual releases including Rogue One, Episode VIII, Episode IX, Han Solo and an as-yet-unrevealed Anthology film – […]