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Taron Egerton addresses young Han Solo rumours

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A few days ago, it was reported that Disney and Lucasfilm have whittled down the 2500-strong contenders for the role of the young Han Solo in the 2018 Star Wars Anthology movie to just three candidates: Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!), Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age of Extinction) and Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service). Appearing on The […]

The Week in Star Wars – Episode VIII set photos and scene descriptions, Young Han Solo casting update, The Force Awakens concept art, Vader and Ahsoka and more

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Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US More set photos have landed for Episode VIII in this edition of The Week in Star Wars. We’ve also got some casting updates for Young Han Solo, a load of concept art for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Rogue One comic book details […]

Rumour: Description of Star Wars: Episode VIII scene involving Laura Dern

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Last week we brought you some interesting photos from the set of Star Wars: Episode VIII from Dubrovnik – which you can check out here and here – and now we have some new information regarding a scene involving Laura Dern’s character and Poe Dameron (Oscar Issac). Latino-Review have dropped the spoilery news, which apparently […]

Miles Teller says Fantastic Four was ‘unjustly critiqued’, confirms Han Solo audition

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Speaking on a podcast with Slashfilm, Miles Teller discussed the critical and commercial failure that was Fantastic Four, while also stressing that just because the finished project didn’t pan out to make for a good film, it doesn’t mean that the actors phoned in their performances. Teller said “People think that when you make something like […]

Mark Hamill teases that Finn could be Luke Skywalker’s son

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Many stars and celebrities are wishing John Boyega (Finn from Star Wars: The Force Awakens) a happy birthday, including costar Mark Hamill who also found a way to mix in some possible “spoilers” whilst having some fun with fans… Happiest of Birthdays to the Finn-tastic @JohnBoyega a swell fella who's just sonsational in #EP8 Hmmm-Typo […]

Star Wars Rebels Season 2 Episode 17 Review – ‘The Forgotten Droid’

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Chris Cooper reviews the seventeenth episode of Star Wars Rebels season 2… This week’s story may be a side quest, but it does such a fantastic job of eliciting emotion that it shouldn’t be consigned to the scrap heap. It might not be heaped in lightsabers and it might not progress the overall story, but […]

Billie Lourd’s role will be larger in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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For months leading up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, one of the many questions fans of the franchise debated over was who Billie Lourd, actress and daughter of Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, would play in the film. Initially, some speculated that she would play a young Leia in a flashback or even Han […]

The Week in Star Wars – Chewbacca confirmed for Han Solo spin off, Episode VIII set photos, more Star Wars after 2020 and more

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Pre-order Star Wars: The Force Awakens via Amazon UK or Amazon US Your weekend edition of The Week in Star Wars has some news on the Han Solo spin-off movie, Rian Johnson’s Episode VIII set photo, rumoured movies after 2020, some good news for Daisy Ridley and more… Our top story this week should come to […]

Chewbacca to appear in young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff movie

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Well, this won’t come as a surprise at all, but Disney’s CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that Chewbacca is set to appear in 2018’s young Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie. “We have other [Star Wars films] in the works, including one, which is an origin story about Han Solo and Chewie,” said Iger during […]