In a statement released on StarWars.com, Lucasfilm has addressed the rumors that Carrie Fisher will be recreated digitally as Leia Organa in future Star Wars installments. After her sudden death last month, many had wondered if Lucasfilm had plans on keeping her in the franchise using digital technology, as they have done with Peter Cushing (Star...
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This morning, actor Mads Mikkelsen revealed the 3.75-inch version of his Rogue One character, Galen Erso. This particular version of Galen Erso features the character in his “Eadu” garb, complete with an Imperial Mouse Droid. He’s just one of the many characters steadily coming out from Hasbro‘s Rogue One/Star Wars line...
Warning: Autoplay! Disney XD has released some new images and a teaser trailer for the upcoming episode of Star Wars Rebels. As you know, we’re heading toward the events that happen not so very long before Rogue One (where we’ll see Saw Gerrera). In this week’s episode, a certain droid is causing trouble for our Rebel...
The mid-season trailer for Season 3 of Star Wars Rebels has been released today by Disney XD and, boy, is it thrilling! The crew has a lot in store for them as they return back to Geonosis to search out answers in back to back episodes titled “Ghosts of Geonosis, Parts One and Two”. What’s super exciting about this mid-season...
Last year we saw the return of the most successful film franchise on the planet with Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Whether you believe it was a true successor to the glory of the original trilogy or a pale imitation, you have to admit it got people excited. And by all accounts, that excitement has not abated for the new Star Wars spinoff Rogue...
A new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story featurette was released today. This time it focuses on the much loved, according to reviews and word-of-mouth anyway, robotic droid K-2SO portrayed by Alan Tudyk. Since the release of Rogue One, K-2SO has quickly become a fan favorite, which explains the decision to post the featurette now since some fans want...
In an intriguing twist, leading lady of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Felicity Jones, has one sequel option in her contract. She’s also the highest paid actor in the film. Actresses typically get paid less than their male counterparts in Hollywood, an issue that came to a head in 2015 after the notorious Sony hack. Thankfully, the ladies are...
Are you guys ready for some Star Wars? Rogue One opens tonight and in honor of that, we have a new TV spot for the film. Legion, let me tell you, I have seen this film and it is glorious. I have a few issues, but in my Star Wars movie ranking, it comes in after Empire Strikes Back and A New Hope. It’s incredible. I cried. You will, too...
The wait is almost over! Star Wars‘ first stand-alone installment into the film franchise, Rogue One, will blast its way into the box office this weekend, and we can’t friggin’ wait. To keep ourselves from exploding from excitement, Yahoo! released an exclusive featurette with director Gareth Edwards. In it he discusses how he...
This is a hard review to write. Not because I’m saying anything I don’t want to. It’s because I don’t want to spoil anything for you. So, here’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to keep this SPOILER FREE…or at least as spoiler-free as I can while still reviewing the film. After people have had a...