Anghus Houvouras on whether Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull… Fandom is forgiving. History has proven this again and again. A cultural phenomenon like Star Wars is an interesting experience because fans are forgiving to a fault. Kevin Smith once called The Phantom Menace […]
R.I.P. Jason Wingreen, the original voice of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back
Actor Jason Wingreen, who was perhaps best known for his work as the original, pre-Special Edition voice of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back, has passed away aged 95, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Wingreen was a prolific character actor with over 200 credits to his name; he played Harry the bartender in seven […]
The Week in Disappointment – Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: the Force Awakens, Indiana Jones
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, suggests he’s not a fan of “retro” tone of Star Wars: The Force Awakens“ Remember when George Lucas accused film audiences of being racist because they didn’t turn out to see the awful Red Tails? And you cringed at […]
Star Wars generates $1 billion of video game sales in 2015
It’s not just at the box office where Star Wars is generating huge sums of money, with Forbes reporting that the franchise has pulled in over $1 billion of revenue from video games in 2015, spurred on in no small part by the excitement over Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The site reports that 6 […]
UPDATE: George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, suggests he’s not a fan of “retro” tone of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
In the build up to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, George Lucas compared his sale of Lucasfilm and Star Wars to Disney as being like a relationship break-up, and revealed that the Mouse House did not want his input for Episode VII. Now the Star Wars creator has been speaking to US […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is now Disney’s biggest ever UK and US release
Star Wars: The Force Awakens continues to rack up the box office records, with the film now officially The Walt Disney Company’s biggest ever release in the U.K. and North America. In the U.S., the film has passed $600 million in record time, while it in the UK is has become the fastest to £80 million, […]
Leonardo DiCaprio on turning down the role of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels
During an interview with Shortlist, Leonardo DiCaprio has been speaking about some of the roles that he passed on his career, revealing that George Lucas wanted him to play Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels, but he decided to turn the offer down. “I did have a meeting with George Lucas about [the Star […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens enters the all-time top ten at the global box office
Having pushed its worldwide haul to $1.161 billion, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now overtaken this year’s Despicable Me spinoff Minions to enter the all time top ten at the global box office, doing so in record time. The Force Awakens is currently sitting in tenth place and is closing in fast on Marvel’s Iron […]
Mary Sues, Black Stormtroopers, & Poe Dameron’s Sexual Preference: The Social Subtext of Star Wars
Anghus Houvouras on the social subtext of Star Wars… It was back when the first trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released. Mere minutes after we got our first glimpse of Episode VII, when someone made this comment on twitter: “It looks like they’re making a real effort to diversify the cast” A harmless […]
The Force Awakens is now the highest-grossing Star Wars movie
Having surpassed the $1 billion mark in record time yesterday, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has now ticked off another milestone, with the seventh instalment becoming the highest-grossing entry in the Star Wars saga. The Force Awakens has now pulled in $1.09 billion and counting, overtaking the $1.027 billion of Star Wars: Episode I – The […]
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