New Petition Calls for Disney to End Exclusive Multi-Year Contract with EA
A new change.org petition is quickly picking up speed as it circulates among gamers and fans of the Star Wars franchise. In response to recent …
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Tran ‘cannot believe’ she is in Star Wars
Vietnamese-American Kelly Marie Tran was “shocked” and “terrified” when she learnt that she had scored a big role in Star Wars: The Last Jedi following a gruelling five-month audition. The eighth instalment of the franchise, which opens here on Dec 14, sees the 28-year-old actress play Rose Tico, …
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Laurie Hernandez Channels Her Inner ‘Star Wars’ Jedi at Disney World
The Hernandez fam got to check out Magic Kingdom, the fireworks show and even channeled their inner Star Wars Jedi! “The force is strong with this one,” Laurie captioned a photo holding a lightsaber. She also included a fun video having a battle with her family, writing, “I love that my brother and I are …
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Star Wars reimagined as the opening credits to Space: 1999
Well, hey, everyone is jumping on the Star Wars band wagon – with just 19 says left until the Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens, you can’t avoid it. Cookery programs are doing Taste of Tatooine specials, Delicious Dagobah Deserts and so on; Sy Snootles is now a judge on America’s Got Talent and even …
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Mark Hamill Asks That You Be Cool And Not Spoil ‘The Last Jedi’ For As Long As Possible
Star Wars god Mark Hamill would like you to do him a small favor when you go see The Last Jedi next month. Please don’t pull a Homer Simpson and ruin the film’s secrets for your fellow moviegoer. Of course, that sort of “don’t ruin the big thing/s” framing might have some fans even more likely to blab …
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Star Wars actress wants to engineer change
Vietnamese-American actress Kelly Marie Tran will be taking her Star Wars: The Last Jedi press tour to the land of her parents’ birth in a few days. “My parents tell me I speak the equivalent of street Vietnamese,” she says with a laugh. She has been practising to speak in the more formal style for …
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Watch Daisy Ridley build a Lego Millennium Falcon
As Rey in the Star Wars saga, Daisy Ridley may know how to fly the Millennium Falcon — but can she build one? In a fun video posted Friday, Elle …
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The Force was with him: Treasurer Curtis Pitt flies Star Wars nerd flag
TREASURER Curtis Pitt is certain he will keep his job managing the state’s finances with Labor eyeing a four-seat sweep of the Far North.
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Star Wars Battlefront 2 Boycotted on Black Friday Sales
But fans spoke with their wallets, boycotting the game, images shared on reddit demonstrating the controversial Star Wars title the only game left on …
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Iconic Star Wars Relic: Half-Burnt Helmet of Darth Vader on Display in Japan
To all of the Star Wars fans out there, Hot Toys Company has unveiled a life-size copy of a burnt and crumpled helmet of Darth Vader, which appeared in the latest film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The ominous helmet of one of the most iconic villains is the latest life-size collectible, and it will be …
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Star Wars-themed pop-up bars set up shop in US cities
(WTNH) — Star Wars fans can now gather to grab a drink together and discuss who really shot first. Now through Jan. 14, you can check out a Star Wars-themed pop-up bar in New York City, Washington D.C., or Los Angeles. Related Content: Hollywood Minute: Star Wars Preview Plus Kevin Spacey’s …
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The Star Wars Recap to Entice Reluctant Viewers
YouTuber Tom F has created a super-cool recap of the Star Wars film saga so far, though it functions more as a trailer for the whole universe than a traditional catch-up video. It doesn’t spoil too many plot points, with the exception of revealing that Anakin Skywalker goes to the Dark Side. (Honestly, I’m …
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Hoosiers embarking on citywide Star Wars scavenger hunt
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Star Wars enthusiasts across Indianapolis are embarking on a 12-day, citywide scavenger hunt for hand-painted coffee mugs inspired by the saga. The one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces include Chewbacca, Boba Fett and R2D2 designs. Each is filled with ten exclusive tickets to a …
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Lego unveils Skellig Michael Star Wars ‘Last Jedi’ set
Lego has revealed a new Star Wars: The Last Jedi set featuring Irish natural landmark Skellig Michael. The 75200 ‘Ahch-To Island Training’ Lego set, which is being released just in time for Christmas and will cost $29.99, enables you build a beehive hut and includes figures of Luke Skywalker, Rey, and …
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In No Way Does ‘Star Wars Battlefront 2’ Solve The Mystery Of Rey’s Parents
In what may be my first Star Wars Battlefront 2 article not to mention loot boxes (except for right then), I wanted to focus on another aspect of the game that’s (almost) completely loot box-free. That would be the single player campaign, the long-awaited, canon Star Wars story that DICE cooked up about an …
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Lucasfilm oversees Electronic Arts Star Wars games with weekly meetings
We bring in Lucasfilm’s story team to help us shape and build the stories we’re telling, so they fit in the continuity of all the other things we’re doing with the Star Wars universe. So yes, we’re very hands-on.” That involved strategy has the two companies spending a lot of time together. “In general, we’ll …
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Will ‘Star Wars’ fans awaken? Disney makes ridiculous demands on showing ‘The Last Jedi’
A thistle to Walt Disney’s demands on theaters to show the upcoming “Star Wars” movie. The plot of “The Last Jedi” is under wraps, but film-goers are certain to see a plucky band of resistance fighters struggling against a merciless, all-powerful empire. If only the little guys won in real life. Behind the …
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Revisiting 1977’s toy-less first ‘Star Wars’ Christmas 40 years later — an inside account
“Once Kenner started getting into Star Wars it was pretty much all hands on deck, 24/7,” recounts Mark Boudreaux, an intern who would go on to become a full-time designer with the company, helping create the classic Millennium Falcon toy. “We didn’t see the trailer until February ’77 so that didn’t give …
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Porgs: Are they scary in Star Wars: The Last Jedi?
Apparently, after shooting with the tiny baby seal and penguin hybrids, one Star Wars: The Last Jedi cast member started to get weirded out by the Porgs. John Boyega let Anthony Breznican know, that after a while the Porgs start to become “really, really freaky.” If you want a good laugh definitely give …
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How much?! – Star Wars Battlefront II and the problem with paid-for video game rewards
When the new Star Wars video game, Battlefront II, was made public in a final testing session before a general release, it didn’t receive quite the reception its publisher, Electronic Arts, was hoping for. It featured a confusing mixture of virtual collectibles and randomised rewards that could be used to …
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What’s on TV: Friday, December 1: Star Wars, Young Victoria and more
That the clumsily titled Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens is a terrible film with a charmless heroine (Daisy Ridley’s Rey) hardly needs mentioning. It is a witless rehash of what was great in the first Star Wars (now named Episode IV – A New Hope), despite the over-hyped appointments of …
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How Daisy Ridley Landed the Part of Rey in the Star Wars Franchise
The main reason that Daisy Ridley was about to land the part of Rey in the Star Wars franchise is pretty simple, Abrams stuck to at least one part of a winning formula. He wanted to cast unknowns to star in the movie, people that one had ever seen before. George Lucas did this with the original trilogy …
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Girls Star Wars Graphic T-Shirt (6-16)
She’ll be ready to travel to a galaxy far, far away with this girl’s t-shirt. Featuring a splattered heather print, this shirt has short sleeves and a multi-color Star Wars graphic. Perfect for any sci-fi fan!
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Stormtrooper robots exist and is it excessive if I buy an army?
Ready, you must get, Star Wars fans because your ideal Christmas present is officially on its way. The clever peeps at UBTECH have built a freaking First Order Stormtrooper Robot and it is exactly as cool as it sounds. The robot can be coded and features voice command, facial recognition and an …
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Behind the Scenes of the Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy
Anthony Daniels in Star Wars (1977)
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