Hollywood has another huge year thanks to ‘Star Wars’
The “Star Wars” force is on track to hoist North American box office receipts above $11 billion for the third year in a row. That’s if the final six days of 2017 come close to matching the $408 million in ticket sales generated over the same period last year, according to comScore. The total gross of $11.1 …
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Ridley Scott Says He’s ‘Too Dangerous’ To Direct A ‘Star Wars’ Movie
Of course, Scott would also want to throw in some Blade Runner and Alien easter eggs if he ever did helm a Star Wars movie, which would be confusing and awesome. That could be another reason why he’s never gotten an offer. “Midichlorians were created by the Weyland-Yutani corporation” probably …
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Star Wars: Star Wars Holiday Sale
Online shopping from a great selection at Star Wars Holiday Sale Store.
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Star Wars: The Storms of Crait #1 Review
By Jesse Schedeen Warning: this review contains minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi! Marvel is continuing what looks to be a tradition of following up on new Star Wars saga films with weirdly random, standalone one-shot comics. With The Force Awakens, we got a surprisingly good C-3PO …
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Gary Barlow’s top-secret Star Wars: The Last Jedi cameo may have been revealed
Good news, Star Wars and/or Take That nuts. Gary Barlow’s top-secret The Last Jedi cameo may have been revealed. Earlier this year, it emerged that the singer and a few more famous faces had bagged guest roles in Rian Johnson’s recently-released Star Wars movie. However, while it was thought by …
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RIP Alfie Curtis, Star Wars’ Dr. Evazan
As reported by Jedi News, British actor Alfie Curtis has died. Though he appeared in over a dozen TV shows and movies, including David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, Curtis is easily best known for an uncredited role as Dr. Cornelius Evazan in Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope. In the original film, Dr.
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Ridley Scott Disses Lucasfilm’s ‘Star Wars’ Director Approach: ‘It’s F—in’ Stupid’
Since Lucasfilm started making “Star Wars” films again, the production company has been taking a page from other major franchises like Marvel and selecting indie directors to direct the series’ latest installments. But “Alien” and “Blade Runner” creator Ridley Scott doesn’t think that’s such a good idea.
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Proves Yet Again That Corporations Can Outdo Artists
With the success of the first three Star Wars under his belt, Lucas could have made whatever he wanted from the prequels. And what he made was terrible. While Revenge of the Sith has its moments, the acting is quite often laughable, and the first two prequels are downright bad. Jar Jar has not aged …
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The Last Jedi podcast review, part two
What do they wish they had been able to discuss in more depth in their review? Also: Did they play it wrong? For part two of our special episode, co-host Charlie Hall talks with entertainment editor Susana Polo about her review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. They’re joined by Polygon’s Dave Tach and Ben …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Leaked Movie Poster Is ‘Not Legit’
Star Wars fans lost their collective minds after artwork for the new Han Solo movie seemingly leaked online, but we’ve learned these aren’t the posters you’re looking for. A Disney source connected to the movie flatly told The Blast, “it is not legit.” The faux artwork from the revamped Ron Howard flick …
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Alfie Curtis Dead: Star Wars’ Dr. Evazan Dies at 87
“ALFIE CURTIS made the #StarWars Mos Eisley Cantina scene (one of the most memorable I’ve ever been a part of) even MORE memorable. As horrific as he was on-camera, off-camera he was funny, kind & a real gentleman,” Hamill wrote, referring to the iconic scene where Dr. Evazan threatens Luke …
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‘Unforgiven’ is the movie ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ wishes it could be
By now, there have been plenty of takes pointing out the Death Star-sized plot holes and flaws in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” as well as the appalling character development. Though I agree with those points, for a film that fails on every level, it seems inadequate to just narrowly focus on the reasons why …
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AMC theaters remove warning about that one scene in ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
Spoiler alert: This story reveals details about “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” that you don’t want to know if you haven’t seen the movie. That moment in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” where the sound cuts off? That’s not a mistake. And a couple of AMC theaters posted warnings to make sure everyone realizes that …
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Carrie Fisher remembered by ‘Star Wars” Mark Hamill, celebrity pals a year after her death
Carrie Fisher remembered by ‘Star Wars” Mark Hamill, celebrity pals a year after her death. Fox News. Facebook; Twitter; Comments; Print; Email. Celebrities paid tribute to Carrie Fisher on Wednesday, which was the one-year anniversary of her death. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File). Celebrities took to …
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Box Office: ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ on Pace to Top $1 Billion by Year’s End
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has hauled $844.2 million worldwide in less than two weeks, earning $424 million in North America and $420.4 million internationally. The Disney-Lucasfilm tentpole grossed $52.5 million worldwide on Tuesday, putting it on pace to top the $1 billion mark by year’s end …
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‘The Last Jedi’ provides a big jolt to struggling 2017 box office, still down from 2016
The Last Jedi is bringing the Force to the struggling 2017 box office — and just in time. The stellar December performance of the eighth Star Wars film will inject about $500 million into this year’s totals, according to Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for industry tracker comScore. That will be …
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Passes ‘Wonder Woman’ to Become 2nd Highest-Grossing Film of 2017
We all knew that Star Wars: The Last Jedi would make a ridiculous amount of money, so the only question was “How much?” Disney has just send out a press release announcing that in only 11 days, the Star Wars sequel has surpassed Wonder Woman as the second-highest grossing film of 2017.
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Don’t Believe The Doom And Gloom Over ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
A lot of breathless, eye-grabbing headlines are out there proclaiming the death of Star Wars at the hands of the evil Rian Johnson. After all, it upset a certain corner of fandom, so any way to reel in the anger and outrage of said corner will do. And besides, the film pulled down $220 million domestically its …
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Why The Last Jedi Is More ‘Spiritual’ Than ‘Religious’
For at least two generations, the Star Wars saga has served as a kind of secularized American religion. Throughout the series, the Force is a stand-in for a divine power that draws on a number of mystical traditions, representing the balance of good and evil, the promise of an ultimate unity, and the notion …
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Mark Hamill says he regrets talking about his doubts during Star Wars: The Last Jedi
This weekend Mark Hamill shared a new perspective on one of his more notorious confessions about Star Wars: The Last Jedi — he wishes he’d never confessed it in the first place. [Warning: This post contains minor spoilers for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.] Throughout the Last Jedi press tour, Hamill, who …
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Why Ridley Scott Wouldn’t Direct A Star Wars Movie
It wasn’t so long ago that Lucasfilm head honcho Kathleen Kennedy revealed that the Star Wars universe is looking to expand into new territory with a slew of new projects on the TV and film front. Although Rian Johnson has already signed on to head up a brand new trilogy, Disney and Lucasfilm are …
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Ridley Scott explains why he’s ‘too dangerous’ to make a ‘Star Wars’ movie
And some fans have been curious whether Scott would ever make a “Star Wars” movie in the new era. The answer, according to Scott, is he’s “too dangerous.” The 80-year-old filmmaker recently pulled off the tricky feat of successfully replacing Kevin Spacey with Christopher Plummer in his latest movie, …
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Mark Hamill splits from the haters and says he regrets bad-mouthing ‘The Last Jedi’ in public
Mark Hamill says he regrets voicing doubts about “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in previous interviews. In earlier comments, he said he disapproved of the movie’s direction for his character, Luke Skywalker. The movie’s haters pointed to those interviews to show that Hamill himself disapproved of the film.
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Who was Alfie Curtis? Star Wars’ Dr Evazan actor who also appeared in The Elephant Man dead at …
Alfie’s character in Star Wars famously threatened Luke Skywalker at Mos Eisley Cantina in the first of the original trilogy, telling him: “I have the death sentence on 12 systems”. Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, tweeted a tribute to the actor this morning. He said: “Alfie Curtis made the Star Wars …
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Alfie Curtis, Dr. Evazan in ‘Star Wars’ dead at 87
ALFIE CURTIS made the #StarWars Mos Eisley Cantina scene (one of the most memorable I’ve ever been a part of) even MORE memorable. As horrific as he was on-camera, off-camera he was funny, kind & a real gentleman. Thanks Alf- you’ll be missed. #RIP 
– mh pic.twitter.com/laxKvbGmrd.
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