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Theory: The female lead in the Han Solo movie will be his wife

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Luke Owen looks at the casting rumours for Han Solo: A Star Wars Story… It was reported by Variety this week that Disney and Lucasfilm had begun casting the female lead of the Han Solo anthology movie, set for release on May 25th, 2018. The names included Tessa Thompson (Creed), Zoe Kravitz (X-Men: First Class) and […]

Tessa Thompson, Zoe Kravitz and Naomi Scott test for female lead in the Han Solo Star Wars movie

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With Alden Ehrenreich locked in for the title role, it looks like we can expect some imminent casting news on Lucasfilm’s Han Solo prequel, with Variety reporting that testing has been taking place this week in London for two key roles in the Star Wars spinoff. According to the site, Tessa Thompson (Creed), Zoe Kravitz […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 Episode 2 Review – ‘The Holocrons of Fate’

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Chris Cooper reviews the second episode of Star Wars Rebels season 3… Like a shiny hologram message on the dashboard of your ships controls, I need to give you a heads up. There are some slight spoilers here. I’ve avoided so much trying to write this but I wouldn’t have two words to rub together […]

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 […]