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UPDATE! J.J. Abrams Confirms no Extended Cut for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Possible new Dates on the Blu-Ray/DVD Release.

Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, director J.J. Abrams confirmed that there will not be an extended cut of The Force Awakens. Also new listings on Amazon suggest that TFA … Read More

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Benicio Del Toro Briefly Talks About his Role in Star Wars: Episode VIII

While chatting with the Puerto Rican star about his upcoming Kosovo War drama A Perfect Day, HitFix managed to briefly talk with the actor about his upcoming role in Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: Episode VIII. … Read More

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Star Wars: Episode IX’s Colin Trevorrow on Rey theories!

With Rian Johnson’s Episode VIII about to get into full swing, the writer and director for Episode IX, Colin Trevorrow, is already in the early stages of developing his Star Wars film.  Collider is reporting that he has heard the … Read More

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John Boyega Calls The Episode VIII Script “Very Dark”!

Recently, John Boyega spoke with Vogue magazine and opened up about the Episode VIII script. Check out the quote from Boyega:
“It’s great. Much darker, but we’re very excited.”
I considered The Force Awakens to be one of the darkest Star Wars … Read More

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List of Han Solo Anthology actors narrowed to 12 plus a possible Rogue One cameo

Variety this morning has some new insider information on the casting process underway by Lucasfilm and Disney for the upcoming Han Solo Star Wars Anthology film. Previously we had heard that over 2500 actors … Read More

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Princess Leia Coming To Star Wars Rebels On January 20th!

As we first reported last week, it appears as if Princess Leia is in Star Wars Rebels when it returns. Now TV Insider just revealed that Princess Leia will be making an appearance on Star Wars: Rebels on the mid-season … Read More

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story X-wing photos from TMZ!

TMZ has posted photos of a black T-65 X-wing fighter. This is the same X-wing we wrote about last week in our set report. However, at this point the X-wing appears to be in pretty solid shape!

Thanks to Jedi Lorrain … Read More

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Episode 112! MakingStarWars.net’s “Now, This Is Podcasting!”

This episode of “Now, This Is Podcasting!” is brought to you by Smuggler’s Bounty: the only official Star Wars subscription box from Funko! Order deadline for the Resistance box is January 15th!
And by Topps Digital Star Wars Card Trader!  Be sure to download … Read More

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Star Wars VFX Duo Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould Hint at the Return of a Classic Villain to the Big Screen

Award-winning British effects experts Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould were speaking at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles (BAFTA Los Angeles) awards season Tea … Read More

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Colin Trevorrow speaks about Episode IX!

The Golden Globes were last night and Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow was in attendance. Our friend at Star Wars Post caught that he spoke to Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet about some of the process behind Episode IX:
A story must evolve … Read More

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Disney and Lucasfilm Narrow Their Search For a Young Han Solo: Shortlist Revealed

After reportedly seeing thousands of actors for the coveted role of a young Han Solo for the upcoming untitled Han Solo anthology film, Variety is reporting that executives have narrowed down that list to a … Read More

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UPDATE! Star Wars: The Force Awakens Has $52.6 Million OW in China, Surpasses Jurassic World Worldwide.

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens has left a mark on China with its $32.1 million opening day, which is one of the largest (but not record-shattering) single-day grosses in the history of … Read More

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For Luke, Han, and Leia There Are No Happy Endings, But That Is OK

“And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.”
― Stephen King, The Dark Tower
They say … Read More

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John Boyega: Finn Will Have a More Physical Role in a Much Darker Star Wars Episode VIII

John Boyega spoke with the Vogue discussing his nomination for BAFTA award, The Force Awakens spoilers, and what we should expect from Episode VIII. Read on for the details…   From Vogue: … Read More

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Nominated for Five British Academy Film Awards!

The official UK twitter account of Star Wars has just announced that The Force Awakens has been nominated for five BAFTA awards: Special Effects, Production Design, Original Music, Sound and Rising Star Award for John Boyega … Read More