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It’s a Trap: Why ‘The First Gay Star Wars Character’ is a war on common sense

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Anghus Houvouras on why ‘the first gay Star Wars character’ is a war on common sense… I never thought much about sex while watching Star Wars. Sure, like many men my age I felt certain stirrings seeing Princess Leia in her slave girl ensemble, barely able to understand what was happening in the deepest recesses […]

Secret Cinema bringing Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back to London this summer

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After narrowly avoiding disaster last summer with its Back to the Future event by cancelling the first few shows at the very last minute, Secret Cinema has announced that its set to take us to a galaxy far, far away this summer with a month of special screenings of Star Wars: Episode V – The […]

Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens with a series of tie-in books

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Disney and Lucasfilm have announced that they will count down to the hotly-anticipated release of the seventh chapter of the Star Wars Saga with a publishing initiative entitled Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which will include at least 20 “in canon” books, ranging from adult and teen novels to kid’s sticker books. “The […]

Star Wars introducing first LGBT character to official canon with Lords of the Sith

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Disney and Lucasfilm are set to introduce the first official LGBT to the Star Wars canon, with writer Paul S. Kemp’s Lords of the Sith novel set to include the character of Moff Mors, who Big Shiny Robot describes as “an Imperial who has made some very serious mistakes [but is still] an incredibly capable […]

Rumoured description for Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ second trailer

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With the second trailer for J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: The Force Awakens expected to launch Star Wars Celebration next month, a rumoured breakdown has been doing the rounds, which may or may not tell us what we can expect from our second glimpse at Disney’s hotly-anticipated December release: SEE ALSO: New rumours of Luke Skywalker’s […]

Sarah Michelle Gellar joins Star Wars Rebels

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Coming hot on the heels of yesterday’s season finale, Lucasfilm Animation has added its first new cast member for the second season of Star Wars Rebels, with Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) signing on for an as-yet-unrevealed role… Gellar is set to join her husband Freddie Prinze Jr. in the cast of the […]

Billy Dee Williams reportedly set for “a fun cameo” in Star Wars: Episode VIII

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When the cast of Star Wars: The Force Awakens was announced, one character absent from the list of returnees to the galaxy far, far away was that of Billy Dee Williams, who played Lando Calrissian in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Recently, Williams – who has reprised the role for an […]

New rumours of Luke Skywalker’s role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and flashback sequences

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WARNING – POTENTIAL SPOILERS BELOW We’re less than 300 days away from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but the reports and rumours are still coming in thick and fast. We’ve already had rumours that Darth Vader would be in the film in some capacity (possibly in a flashback) and now we have new rumours that […]

The Callow Way – Why Jack Black Was Right…

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This week Neil Calloway unexpectedly finds himself in agreement with the guy from Tenacious D… It pains me to say it, but Jack Black had a point. During his interjection into the opening song of last week’s Oscars, Black jokingly bemoaned the current state of cinema, complaining about sequels, prequels and comic book movies. It’s […]