Why Kylo Ren Wears High-Waisted Pants In The Last Jedi
Many fans have spent the last month dissecting Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which should tell you how dense the film truly is. However, there’s one specific aspect of the film that has generated a notable amount of discussion: the bizarre, shirtless Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) scene. The high-waisted pants worn …
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‘Star Wars’: Liam Neeson Wants To Return As Qui-Gon In Obi-Wan Spin-Off
Qui-Gon Star Wars Fans have clamored for an Obi-Wan-based Star Wars movie set between Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars Episode IV: New Hope for quite some time, mainly to see Ewan McGregor return as the title character. The project – which is said to be in development at …
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Could Star Wars 9 Destroy The Millennium Falcon?
Filmmaker and Star Wars superfan Kevin Smith theorizes that the Millennium Falcon could meet its bitter end in Episode IX as the franchise transitions to a new era. Moviegoers are still processing Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi as that film works its way up the box office charts, but Lucasfilm is moving full …
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Kevin Smith Blasts ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Backlash: ‘It’s As If Somebody F*cked Up Their …
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has been in theaters for exactly one month as of January 15, but you’d be forgiven for thinking it has been much longer since the polarizing reaction was so deafening in the weeks that followed. Filmmaker and outspoken “Star Wars” fanatic Kevin Smith has finally gotten around …
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Here’s how Star Wars director Rian Johnson kept The Last Jedi script away from hackers
Given the problems experienced by Game of Thrones producers HBO in 2017, it wouldn’t have been a surprise if hackers snared an even bigger fish; the script for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Anticipating this, writer and director Rian Johnson went to extreme lengths to keep the screenplay out of the reach …
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This Reddit user has worked out which Star Wars movie is officially the most divisive
Reddit user TheNeptunianSloth caught the interest of Star Wars fans this week after going to great lengths to establish the most and least divisive films in the franchise. Though the latest instalment The Last Jedi (2017) achieved critical acclaim, many fans were disappointed and some even called for the …
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Star Wars: Liam Neeson Weighs in on Playing Qui-Gon Jinn Again
One of the most exciting elements of The Force Awakens was seeing beloved Star Wars icons like Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill appear on screen as their iconic characters, a trend that continued with The Last Jedi. Another beloved character that didn’t get to appear in as many films is …
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‘Star Wars’ Actor Warwick Davis Scolds Twitter for Allowing ‘Abusive’ Tweets About His Size
Warwick Davis, the actor who played the Ewok named Wicket in “Star Wars: Return of the Jedi,” called Twitter out Sunday night for disregarding his reports of abuse on an “offensive” tweet. The tweet in question shows a photograph of the actor and his family on a red carpet with a caption reading, “Oh …
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Star Wars: Liam Neeson Open To Playing Qui-Gon Again
And, of course, this year will see the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story. But while the other films seem a long way off, an Obi-Wan Kenobi solo film seems to be moving forward. Word broke of it last year and it could actually benefit from the return of Ewan McGregor given the timeline of the movie would …
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Star Wars Comic Reveals Why Leia Never Became A Jedi
A recent issue of Marvel’s Star Wars comic may have the answer, or at the very least, an explanation for why Leia never sought the Jedi life for herself. Set between the events of A New Hope and Empire, the current arc from writer Kieron Gillen finds Luke, Leia, and Han on Jedha as they try to work …
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Why Lucasfilm decided to change the Star Wars canon (Fandom Files #13)
No matter how much you know about Star Wars, Leland Chee knows more. As the franchise’s recently reborn galaxy expands in size and scope at an unprecedented pace, it is Chee’s job to both keep track of its endless new adventures and details and help make sure they align with what came before.
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Box Office: The Last Jedi’ Ends First Month With $595M, How Will Disney Survive?
The updated estimates for Walt Disney’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens show a $12.073 million (- 49%) over its fifth Fri-Sun weekend and $15.282m over the Fri-Mon MLK weekend. That brings the film’s 32-day domestic total to $595.556m in North America. So, yeah, the movie made about $592m in its …
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Kevin Smith Has An Interesting Death Theory For Star Wars Episode IX
Each entry of the new Star Wars trilogy has taken a major character from us. It seems clear that Star Wars: Episode IX will continue that trend with a major death that is going to hit the fans where it hurts, and Kevin Smith has an interesting theory. With all three of the original trilogy cast essentially gone, …
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‘Star Wars Adventures’ Puts Rose Front and Center (Exclusive Preview)
Fans who want to see more of Rose Tico (and her sister Paige) after their debut in Star Wars: The Last Jedi need look no further than the next issue of IDW Publishing’s Star Wars Adventures comic book series. The comic features a brand new story featuring both characters, set before the new movie …
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‘The Last Jedi’ Director on What Fans Can Expect From His Upcoming New Trilogy
As the entire film-consuming world continues to debate the merits of director Rian Johnson’s blockbuster, let’s turn our attention to the future of Star Wars. That future, by the way, will be definitively shaped by Johnson, as Lucasfilm announced shortly before The Last Jedi’s release that he would oversee …
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It’s Time to Stop Making Star Wars Jokes
Over the holidays, I was catching up on some PVR’ed episodes of TV, when I stumbled across a poll as part of CTV News’ TalkBackTO (similar to VOCM’s Question of the Day) asked viewers “Are you a Star Wars fan?” This newscast originally aired just a few days before Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened …
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Cantina Talk: The Last Jedi’s Shirtless Kylo Is Proving a Problem for Cosplayers
One might think that rumors out of the galaxy far, far away would subside once Star Wars: The Last Jedi hit theaters. One would be wrong. Even as director Rian Johnson’s film continues to get headlines for its costume choices, box office hauls, and lost scenes, gossip about the future of the franchise was …
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Jedi Empire Podcast Spoiler Special With Rian Johnson
It’s taken a while, but here it is at last — our Star Wars: The Last Jedi spoiler special podcast, ready to go down as smooth as a green milkshake. Rian Johnson. In this two-hour behemoth, the Empire Podcast team — Chris Hewitt, Helen O’Hara, James Dyer, and Ian Freer — have a good old …
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Mark Hamill reveals original ending of Star Wars The Force Awakens
Despite reaching cinemas three years ago, the discussion surrounding the ending of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has failed to die down. But, now one of the iconic members of the epic sci-fi franchise, Mark Hamill, has revealed the original Force Awakens ending that Rian Johnson changed and also …
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The Latest Star Wars Film Isn’t Doing So Great in China
The latest film in the blockbuster Star Wars series has had a rather weak debut in China. Star Wars: The Last Jedi earned just RMB183 million (USD28 million) and a second place ranking in its mediocre opening weekend, according to figures from China’s Ent Group. Cumulatively, it’s earned RMB254 …
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Director on Rey Revelation and His Favorite Moments
The dust is just starting to settle on the big revelations of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. There’s been a full month of dissection and debate surrounding the movie since its Dec. 15 release, and the huge hit has generated more than $1.2 billion at the box office so far. But before all of that, Heat Vision spoke …
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MRAs have made an anti-female fan edit of Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Maybe you liked Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Maybe you didn’t like Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And that’s OK! You can’t please everyone all of the time, but that’s life. We disagree on certain topics, we debate and we move on. Nothing can change the fact that The Last Jedi was made. It’s canon, made over a …
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Don’t Buy the Hype. Star Wars: The Last Jedi Isn’t an Epic Fail
When The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 for a whopping $4 billion, neither investors nor diehard fans Star Wars could have predicted just how well the company would succeed in breathing new life into the then 35-year-old franchise. The last chapter in the space opera …
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Han Solo movie release date, cast, trailer and age rating
Solo: A Star Wars Story is upon us and is due to hit cinema in mere months. So with the trailer dropping today, what better time to refresh your minds on what the Han Solo movie is all about, who’s in it and when it’s going to be released. It suffered a pretty major setback when directors Phil Lord and Chris …
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How a special MacBook Air helped keep Star Wars: The Last Jedi script safe from prying eyes
Johnson, who wrote and directed last year’s Star Wars epic, told the Wall Street Journal that the “air-gapped” device was used to pen the entire script for the movie. When a computer is “air-gapped”, it means it’s never connected to any networks or devices, to make sure the device is as secure as possible …
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