Star Wars News Net Star Wars: The Force Awakens Has Won 4 Visual Effects Society Awards! Star Wars: The Force Awakens received 7 VES Awards nominations and won 4 of them, including the most important one that closely corresponds to the Oscar for visual effects.     The VES Awards recognizes and ... Read More

Making Star Wars The Han Solo Dissection Part 1 of 2: “The Cantina Cast” Episode 116 Mike and Joao welcome “Cantina Cast” blogger Ted to help them do one their most anticipated character dissections, Han Solo.   http://traffic.libsyn.com/thecantinacastpodcast/Episode116.mp3   In this episode: The Han Solo we meet in A New Hope Han shooting first Jabba confronting Han Han and the ... Read More

Star Wars News Net SWNN’S The Resistance Broadcast: Episode 23 with Special Guest Kristian Harloff!   On this short episode of The Resistance Broadcast we talk with Kris Harloff about the future of Rebels, Lego Star Wars, and Episode VIII. Also covered on the show the nature of the Force and what ... Read More

Making Star Wars Video: How they get Star Wars: The Force Awakens ready for IMAX projection! Denzale Butler has sent us two videos he made of projectionists putting Star Wars: The Force Awakens together for projection. I think this is one of the more interesting and underlooked aspects of making Star Wars happen. Hello, my name is ... Read More

Star Wars News Net #Beardwatch: Mark Hamill Sighted in the UK! Looks like filming for Star Wars: Episode VIII is really about to begin. A few actors and director Rian Johnson already teased about the upcoming production. Now Mark Hamill himself has been spotted in the UK with his now fully grown ... Read More

Making Star Wars The Resistance cancels con appearance to film Star Wars: Episode VIII? Our good buddy Hawes, a First Order sympathizer at the Blue Harvest Podcast, has alerted us that the Resistance actors from Star Wars: The Force Awakens have had to cancel their appearances at Pensacon. The appearance was to take place from February 19-21. ... Read More

Star Wars News Net “Unearthly” Mexico City Locales Potential for Star Wars: Episode VIII Filming!   Back in December during the promotion campaign for Star Wars: The Force Awakens in Latin America, Kathleen Kennedy revealed that part of Episode VIII and probably Rogue One will be filmed in Mexico City. Now new ... Read More

Making Star Wars Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer Hits! The official trailer for Lego Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has been released! The trailer is done in the same style as the actual first teaser trailer for The Force Awakens, added with Lego humor of course. So far ... Read More

Star Wars News Net Cartamundi Star Wars Playing Cards Review and Giveaway Well, the folks at Cartamundi have done it now…they’ve gotten together with Disney, and come up with playing card sets that are nothing if they aren’t collectible. Hit the jump and see what we’ve found when opening THIS treasure chest! ... Read More