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John Williams Wins Three IFMCA Awards for Star Wars: The Force Awakens!

The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA), professional association for online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing about original film and television music, has announced the list of winners for excellence in musical scoring … Read More

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UPDATE 2! The Force Awakens Receives Five Oscar Nominations. Daisy Ridley and J.J. Abrams to be Award Presenters!

The Oscar nominees are in and Star Wars: The Force Awakens came in at the middle of the pack with five nominations.  The biggest contenders this year are The Revenant (12 nominations), Mad Max: Fury … Read More

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Zeb and Agent Kallus Forced To Work Together In Latest Star Wars Rebels Clip!

As of last nights episode of Star Wars Rebels, entitled “Homecoming”, the show seems to be ramping up again, and moving closer to the season finale. In next weeks episode, called “The Honorable Ones”, Zeb … Read More

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SWNN REVIEW: Star Wars Rebels – The Call

The latest episode of Rebels has plenty of action, some fleshing out of the Mining Guild that was mentioned in The Empire Stikes Back and more signs of Ezra’s special ability in the Force. Though the would be Jedi initially struggled to make a … Read More

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Star Wars Rebels: Homecoming, What Did You Think?

A new episode of Star Wars Rebels aired today. Tell us what you thought about the episode in the comments section and check out StarWars.com’s new video Rebels Recon #2.15: Inside “Homecoming” …      
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Star Wars: Episode VIII Completes Day 1 of Filming!

Rian Johnson just tweeted that production has officially wrapped up day 1 of filming Star Wars Episode VIII! I feel this tweet is worthy of a post as it is the first official completed day for the film. With that awesome … Read More

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Felicity Jones’ character name in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

The article below on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story may contain spoilers from the upcoming film, so read on at your own risk. Please do not openly discuss these rumors on social media as to not spoil … Read More

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SWNN Retro Review: Tales of the Jedi (Part One: The Golden Age of the Sith & The Fall of the Sith Empire)

In 1983, the Jedi returned to the galaxy and the Empire was defeated.  For all intents and purposes, the story of Star Wars was over, or … Read More

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Star Wars Silver Screen Theatrical Version: A Fan Restoration Leaked

EW had a report yesterday on the new Star Wars “Silver Screen Theatrical Version” that was recently leaked on the internet. The Silver Screen edition is a fan created project that spent thousands of dollars meticulously restoring the … Read More

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LEGO Star Wars: Freemaker Adventures trailer

LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures has a trailer:

It seems to play well for the genre in which it takes place. I dig Roger and I think the series will play well with children.

more info…

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UPDATE 2! Star Wars: The Force Awakens Wins BAFTA for Special Visual Effects. John Boyega Gets the Rising Star Award. He Starts Working on Episode VIII Tomorrow!

John Boyega is really a man hard at work. Tonight he attended the British Academy Film Awards where he won the … Read More

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Filming Begins on Star Wars: Episode VIII! With video and tweets!

Starwars.com put out a press release this morning announcing the start of filming for Star Wars: Episode VIII!  The site confirmed that principal photography began at Pinewood Studios in London on February 15th, 2016.
The press release gives us … Read More

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New LEGO Star Wars Toys Leaked – Plus, More TFA Toys!

A while ago, there were five images of new LEGO Star Wars sets that hit the web. Now, we’ve got a better look at a number of those sets, as well as two new sets tied to Rebels and The … Read More

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Star Wars: Episode VIII Ahch-To filming in April?

Our friend at The Kerryman has contacted us to let us know what’s up with the filming for Ahch-To in Star Wars: Episode VIII. Ahch-To is the planet where Rey finds Luke Skywalker at the end of The Force Awakens. 

They’ll be filming in a … Read More

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The Luke Skywalker/Darth Vader duel was in Star Wars: The Force Awakens at one point.

For a long time the Darth Vader versus Luke Skywalker on Bespin sequence being reshot for Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been something of discussion amongst sources with various levels of confirmation since the summer of 2014. The … Read More