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Riz Ahmed discusses his character Bodhi Rook in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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With a new trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story set to arrive on Thursday [watch a teaser here], Riz Ahmed has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about his character Bodhi Rook, a former Imperial pilot who has defected to the Rebellion. “A character like Bodhi is not born into the life of a […]

Dave Filoni on whether we might see X-Wings in Star Wars Rebels

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Star Wars Rebels has already featured the origin of the B-Wing, and is set to introduce Y-Wings in its upcoming third season, but as yet there’s been no indication that we’ll be seeing the Rebellion’s most iconic fighter, the X-Wing. Slash Film went direct to creator and showrunner Dave Filoni to ask if we’ll be […]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards discusses the planet Jedha, a “holy land” for followers of the Force

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With a new trailer set to arrive this week, Gareth Edwards has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with the director offering up some insight into the planet Jedha, which is set to feature heavily in the film and is described as a “holy land” for those who follow […]

The Week in Star Wars – More production problems for Rogue One, Star Wars TV series, Han Solo trilogy and more

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The Week in Star Wars is back – and it’s another bumper edition. We’ve got the latest on production issues for Rogue One, a possible TV series, a rumoured Han Solo movie and more… We’ll kick things off this week with more news on production issues for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story [which got […]

Jimmy Smits reprising the role of Bail Organa for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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We saw from the first trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story that Genevieve O’Reilly will be reprising her role as Mon Mothma from Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith in December’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and now we can officially add another returning cast member from the Prequel Trilogy. […]

Why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One

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Anghus Houvouras on why Disney’s firm grip on Star Wars is choking the life out of Rogue One… Recently I wrote the following statement about film franchises in my review for Star Trek Beyond: Franchises are whores. They always have been—painted trollops far more interested in money than meaning. Any amount of love or passion obtained […]

Tony Gilroy reportedly “supervising” the edit of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

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Despite Lucasfilm and Gareth Edwards putting on a brave face at Star Wars Celebration, it seems there may be more drama behind-the-scenes of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, with The Hollywood Reporter claiming that Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Legacy) has taken the lead on post-production on the December Anthology movie. Back in June, it was […]

ABC in talks with Lucasfilm about a Star Wars TV series

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Despite all the rumours, speculation and “scoops” surrounding a potential Netflix show, it looks like Disney-owned ABC may be first to get their hands on Star Wars on the small screen, with ABC executive Channing Dungey revealing at the Television Critics Association’s semi-annual press tour that the network is in talks with Lucasfilm about a Star Wars TV […]

Rumour: Lucasfilm planning potential Han Solo trilogy

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It seems everyone’s favourite stuck up, half-witted, scruffy-looking Nerfherder is set to get his own Star Wars trilogy. After the reveal at Star Wars Celebration that Alden Ehrenreich will play a young Han Solo in the next anthology film, the New York Daily News is now reporting Lucasfilm hopes to expand his role with a three-picture […]