Epic Games showcases the Unreal future of graphics with real-time ray tracing in Star Wars
The biggest highlight for most people will likely be the company’s real-time ray tracing showcase, featuring a cute elevator scene from the Star Wars universe. But there was also a spookily realistic lizard-like alien called Osiris, voiced and animated by the performance of Gollum actor Andy Serkis, and a …
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‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ concert and more Boulder-area events for Thursday, March 22, 2018
“Star Wars: A New Hope” concert — In “Star Wars: A New Hope,” Luke Skywalker begins a journey that will change the galaxy, as he leaves his home planet, battles the evil Empire, and learns the ways of the Force. This is a performance, featuring a screening of the complete film, with Oscar-winning …
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Deleted Scene Features Tom Hardy, Prince Harry & Prince William As …
Since Star Wars: The Last Jedi was released there has been this buzz that Tom Hardy, Prince Harry and Prince William made cameos as Storm Troopers. Well, the rumors are true — at least we think — based on the deleted scene above which will be included on the DVD which will be released in April.
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Star Wars: Chewbacca Actor Details the Difficulties of Filming ‘The Last Jedi’s Porg Roast
Fans have loved Chewbacca for over 40 years, as he proved to be not only a loyal warrior throughout the Star Wars saga but also an immensely huggable “walking carpet.” That perception of the character changed for some audiences when a certain scene in The Last Jedi depicted the Wookiee feasting …
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57 Things We Learned from Rian Johnson’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Commentary
As you undoubtedly know, Episode VIII in the ongoing Star Wars saga is one the highest-grossing films of all time and is universally loved by everyone whether they’ve seen it or not. There’s definitely no irrational and childish backlash against its female-led heroics or interpretation of the film universe’s …
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‘Star Wars’ #45 is Packed With Surprising Fan-Favorite Cameos
One of the joys of Disney purchasing Lucasfilm is that the films, TV series, and comic books have all formed a single canon narrative, allowing characters to interact in various mediums. In the latest issue of the ongoing Star Wars comic book, Luke, Han, and Leia cross paths with some beloved members …
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How Disney Kept Yoda’s Appearance A Secret In Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Star Wars: The Last Jedi was packed with a lot of surprises, but one of the more pleasant ones was an appearance from everyone’s favorite small, green Jedi master, Yoda. Although he died in Return of the Jedi, Yoda popped in as a Force ghost during the latest Star Wars movie to offer Luke Skywalker …
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Star Wars: Yoda Will Be CGI If Lucasfilm Makes Spin-Off Film
When Disney purchased Lucasfilm, the studio announced it would move forward with not just new episodic films in the Skywalker Saga, but also standalone spinoffs, with Rogue One and Solo: A Star Wars Story being the first two that have been made. There’s still the possibility of Yoda getting his own …
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Star Wars Battlefront 2 Update Makes Major Changes To How The Game Works
Star Wars Battlefront II is a gorgeous game that addresses many of the fan requests after the previous Battlefront, such as bringing together characters from multiple Star Wars eras. But its progression system was deeply flawed, even with the last-minute removal of microtransactions just before its launch.
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Mark Hamill Encounters Painting of Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia in Hotel Room: ‘#AlwaysWithMe’
Fisher had finished filming scenes for the latest Star Wars movie months prior to her death and appeared in The Last Jedi alongside Hamill, who reprised his role as Luke Skywalker in the Rian Johnson-directed installment. The two became close friends after meeting on the set of the first Star Wars film …
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Star Wars: Mark Hamill Finds Painting That Reminds Him Of Carrie Fisher
Star Wars fans across the world have been struggling to cope with the passing of the beloved actress Carrie Fisher, whose Leia Organa has become one of the all-time greatest heroes of cinema. Co-star Mark Hamill has also been vocal about having to come to grips with losing his on-screen space …
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Disney Music Group Set To Release First 6 Remastered Star Wars Original Motion Picture …
BURBANK, Calif., March 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Since the release of the first Star Wars movie 40 years ago, the Star Wars saga has had a seismic impact on both cinema and culture, inspiring audiences around the world with its mythic storytelling, captivating characters, groundbreaking special …
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Star Wars Battlefront 2 Has Unlocked All The Heroes
Update 2.0 has gone live for Star Wars Battlefront II, completely overhauling the game’s progression system. Unexpectedly, this includes all characters and ships in the online mode being unlocked for all players. We knew that some extensive changes were coming to Battlefront II, spurred on by some …
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Star Wars: Princes William and Harry will FINALLY appear in The Last Jedi
A scene Prince William and Prince Harry recorded dressed as stormtroopers with actor Tom Hardy has been added back into the DVD and Blu-ray version of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, due to be released in Britain on April 9. In the scene, Finn (John Boyega), Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), and DJ (Benicio Del …
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EA Finally Unlocks Every Hero In Star Wars Battlefront II
Star Wars Battlefront II’s new update overhauls the game’s loot box laden progression system. One of players’ biggest complaints since before the game was even officially out was how hard it was to unlock iconic characters like Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader. A new patch finally unlocks every hero …
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First 6 STAR WARS Films Get New Remastered Soundtracks
Where would Star Wars be without John Williams? It’s almost impossible to picture George Lucas’ space opera series without hearing the iconic themes provided by Williams. Over four decades, Williams’ music has added depth and texture to a galaxy far, far away. Now, for this year’s Star Wars Day, …
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Watch: ILMxLab’s Star Wars Real-Time Ray-Tracing Demo on Unreal Engine is Stunning
At the Unreal Engine presentation at GDC 2018 today, Epic Games CTO Kim Libreri introduced several projects highlighting the scalability and performance of Unreal technology, including a partnership with ILMxLAB and Nvidia. This was the first live demonstration of interactive, real-time, ray-tracing …
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Star Wars: Battlefront 2 2.0 update unlocks all hero characters and ships
Electronic Arts unveiled its plans for sweeping changes to Star Wars: Battlefront 2 last week, including an overhaul to the progression system that removes Star Cards from crates, a return of the Crystals currency, and limits on what you can buy with them—which is to say, cosmetic items only. The update …
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Could Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Holdo Return? Here’s What Laura Dern Said
Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi features several stellar death scenes, but few are quite as jaw-dropping as the Holdo Maneuver. Amilyn Holdo (Laura Dern) goes out in a blaze of glory, leaving many fans to wonder what the future could hold for the legacy of the one-off character. In fact, Laura …
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Star Wars’ Mark Hamill spots Carrie Fisher in a hotel painting
Her character General Leia Organa was a symbol of resistance at both the 2017 and 2018 Women’s Marches, and her influence was also recently felt at co-star Mark Hamill’s Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony. Carrie can also be spotted in some more unlikely places, like a generic hotel painting, …
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What Domhnall Gleeson Thinks About Rian Johnson’s Vision For Star Wars: The Last Jedi
When Disney and Lucasfilm decided to revive the Star Wars film series, they hired J.J. Abrams to get the ball rolling with The Force Awakens, and looking at the movie’s critical and commercial performance, the relaunch was incredibly successful. Last December, The Last Jedi picked up immediately …
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DICE Is Unlocking Every Hero And Ship In ‘Star Wars: Battlefront 2’
EA and DICE continue to overhaul the progression system in Star Wars: Battlefront II. The developers just announced yet another huge change to the game’s progression system. In the latest patch, all Heroes will be unlocked for all players from the get-go. You’ll no longer have to grind to play Luke …
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Here’s the 2-Minute Version of ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ But With Legos
Ignore the detractors, who have recently taken a break from their miserable existences to swarm the Amazon page for Star Wars: The Last Jedi with predictable negativity. Those people are lame. By any reasonable person’s account, Rian Johnson’s Last Jedi stands as one of the most exciting extensions …
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Unreal Engine + $150000 GPU = Amazing, real-time raytraced Star Wars
The Star Wars “Reflections” demo, made with the cooperation of Industrial Light and Magic, showed two extremely realistic-looking and talkative Stormtroopers clamming up in an elevator when the shiny Captain Phasma pops in. Running on what Epic still refers to as “experimental code” (planned to be …
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Myles Turner loves Star Wars and Lego sets so much, one mistake can throw him into a rage
In a feature published by Sports Illustrated on Wednesday, we learned Myles Turner is one crazy, Lego-obsessed dude. The story explains that after seeing “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” a couple times, Turner (a die-hard “Star Wars” fan growing up) saw an advertisement for a Lego set to recreate the Death …
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