Category: Star Wars News

Making Star Wars Part II: Even more on that The Force Awakens planet returning for Star Wars: Episode VIII What follows below could be considered spoilers by some. Read on if you don’t mind knowing about a planet from The Force Awakens that will appear in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Yesterday I reported: dwellings are being made at ... Read More
January 10, 2016
Star Wars News Net Interview with Joonas Suotamo, The New Chewbacca, in Business Insider The Force Awakens brought back a number of characters from the original trilogy. But outside of Han Solo, none had more screen time than the walking carpet himself, Chewbacca. Due to health reasons, the 71 year old Peter ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Star Wars News Net UPDATE! Bel Powley Up For Role In Star Wars: Episode VIII The casting search for that new female lead (or leads possibly) for Episode VIII is still ongoing apparently.  Back in October we reported that Gugu Mbatha-Raw had been cast as the new female lead in Rian Johnson’s ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Making Star Wars Star Wars: Episode VIII has Mbatha-Raw out and Bel Powley in the mix? Late last night some casting news hit regarding Bel Powley potentially coming aboard for a part in Star Wars: Episode VIII. If memory serves correctly, this part was assumed to be for a role that would be closely ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Star Wars News Net Star Wars: The Force Awakens – “Traitor Trooper” Officially Named & Given Backstory. The internet-famous “loyal Stormtrooper of sick spins” from Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens – affectionately called “TR-8R” or “TR8-T0R” by fans – has been given an official name and a backstory (because why not). ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Making Star Wars “First Order Transmissions” #181: You Have That Power Too, Live On YouTube! We will be going live at 9:50 PM EST with a new episode of “First Order Transmissions”! In tonight’s episode we are going over the huge success of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, a review of The ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Star Wars News Net SWNN’S The Resistance Broadcast: Episode 19 On this episode we discuss the latest Star Wars Episode VIII theories and speculations, what hints and clues we got from The Force Awakens deleted scenes, script and novelization and more.   Also one of our listeners will win the book TFA ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Making Star Wars Star Tours app updated, new Disney Parks Star Wars content rumors and more. StarToursPassport.net has updated! If you visit Disneyland or Disney World and ride the ride often, it is a fun stat keeper I enjoy to augment my experience. The web app for phones has added Jakku and a variant pull ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Making Star Wars Star Wars Rebels returns on the 20th with “A Princess on Lothal”? Gervaise B-A was looking through his cable listings when he came across a listing for what should be the next episode of Star Wars Rebels on January 20th called “A Princess on Lothal.” Now, when we hear “Princess” in Star Wars it ... Read More
January 9, 2016
Making Star Wars J.J. Abrams on why he’s not doing Episode VIII and criticism of The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams spoke to The Hollywood Reporter about some of the criticism about Episode VII being a rehash or rip-off of Star Wars: A New Hope. He also had a bit to ... Read More
January 8, 2016