Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Daisy Ridley doesn’t want Rey to have a romance with any character
Star Wars‘ Daisy Ridley is determined for her character Rey not to have a romance in the space saga, not with dashing Poe Dameron, nor anyone else for that matter. So that’s good news for anyone who wasn’t a fan of the tagged-on romance between Finn (John Boyega) and Rose (Kelly Marie Tran).
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Woody Harrelson wasn’t a big fan of Star Wars
Woody Harrelson has admitted he wasn’t a huge fan of ‘Star Wars‘ but enjoyed joining the spin-off movie ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’.
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Star Wars 9: Daisy Ridley in TEARS over fired director Colin Trevorrow’s plans for Rey
Last year Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy fired Star Wars Episode IX director Trevorrow over creative differences. Since the news,The Force Awakens’ JJ Abrams has returned to helm the follow-up to Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi. While Trevorrow had been working on the script, Abrams is now …
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China Focus: Star Wars in China
SHANGHAI, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — The box office of the eighth installment of American Star Wars sci-fi franchise, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has taken about 220 million yuan (33.7 million U.S.dollars) by Wednesday afternoon since it was released in China last Friday. Since it began in 1977, the franchise …
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A romantic comedy crushed ‘Star Wars’ at the Chinese box office
The latest “Star Wars” played second fiddle to a locally produced romantic comedy during its opening weekend in China. The Disney movie, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” racked up just over $28 million in its opening weekend on the mainland, putting the film at number two in the local box office for the …
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Star Wars: Snoke Kept His Guards In Constant Physical Pain
The old saying claims, “You can’t make an omelette without breaking some eggs,” but in the case of The Last Jedi, a more accurate statement would read, “You can’t be Supreme Leader without subjecting your guards to constant pain and suffering.” According to Star Wars: The Last Jedi Visual …
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’: You Can Make Your Own Thala-Siren Green Milkshake
If Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s green milk looked just too delicious for you, you’re in luck. The official Star Wars website recently shared a recipe for “Thala-Siren Milkshakes”, courtesy of food blogger Jenn Fujikawa. The treat is inspired by the pretty memorable milk-giving creatures from The Last Jedi.
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Japan Box Office: ‘Star Wars’ Hits $55 Million, Beats ‘Kingsman’
Disney’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” won its fourth weekend at the Japanese box office. For the Jan. 6-7 frame, when many Japanese fans were still on the extended New Year’s holiday, the film earned $3.0 million. By Jan. 8 its cumulative total had grown to $55 million on 4.14 million admissions.
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What Do the Latest SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY Reshoots Mean?
Solo: A Star Wars Story is back in reshoots. No, not those ones, we mean reshoots of the reshoots. Is it time to worry about the movie? We discussed that on today’s Nerdist News Talks Back, along with the future of the X-Men at Disney, and the best swole Kylo Ren memes. Guest hosting again today was …
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Star Wars: Three People Took Home Porgs From ‘The Last Jedi’
After the release of the latest film in the Star Wars saga, it’s safe to say that many fans would like to own a porg. But three lucky people who helped create Star Wars: The Last Jedi managed to get the next best thing. Of course, porgs don’t actually exist — but the animatronics and puppets created by …
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Star Wars: BB-8 Was Originally Nicknamed “Snow Girl”
Ever since the first Star Wars film released in theaters over 40 years ago, there’s been a tradition of including exotic aliens with very strange names. Some of those titles came from the toy makers, but now that burden comes to the creature designers and Lucasfilm’s Story Group. New droid BB-8, who …
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Star Wars Bits: Sad Porgs, an Unexpected Superman Connection, and Ewan McGregor’s Beard
Though Star Wars: The Last Jedi has proven divisive, one of the film’s most memorable moments surely brought joy to even the most cold hearts. Yes, of course I’m talking about the hilarious scene where Chewie attempts to eat a delicious roasted porg but gets guil ttripped by a number of the cute critters …
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Star Wars: Daisy Ridley Doesn’t See Rey Having “Romantic” Love in ‘Episode IX’
From Han and Leia to Anakin and Padme, the Star Wars saga has documented some incredible love stories, a plot point the latest trilogy of films hasn’t fully embraced. While the films may not have fully embraced love in a romantic way, star Daisy Ridley recently shared how she hopes the films continue …
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How Star Wars Rebels paved the way for The Last Jedi
One of the most popular (and my personal favorite) fan theories about Supreme Leader Snoke is that he is Ezra Bridger, the young Force-sensitive character from Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels. Proof? When has an Internet fan theory ever required proof? But something something Dark Side something …
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Colin Trevorrow’s Star Wars 9 Pitch Made Daisy Ridley Cry
Colin Trevorrow’s pitch for Star Wars: Episode IX drew a very emotional response from star Daisy Ridley. Back in the summer of 2015, months before anyone saw The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm hired the Jurassic World helmsman to close out the sequel trilogy. Unfortunately, after two years on the job, …
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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Is a Victory of Fiction Over the Worst Parts of Fandom
The release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi caused a great imbalance in Star Wars fandom. In fact, some fans are so disappointed in the film that they are calling for it to be stricken from canon. “Canon” is a particularly appropriate term here. Star Wars fandom has reached the point where many fans treat the …
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Wait, Is Solo: A Star Wars Story Doing Even More Reshoots?
The Star Wars franchise has certainly dealt with its fair share of behind-the-scenes drama with each passing movie , but arguably none have been more impactful than the directorial shake-up on Solo: A Star Wars Story. Approximately 75% of the way into principal photography, directors Phil Lord and …
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Star Wars SHOCK: ‘Han Solo movie set for MORE reshoots’ Should fans worry?
It’s just five months until Solo: A Star Wars Story is released and some fans are wondering if the movie is actually going to be any good. After all, original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired with just a couple of weeks left on production. Replaced by Ron Howard, the filmmaker has been helming …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Rumored to Be Doing More Reshoots
As you can see above, this Star Wars leaks thread on Reddit is claiming that Solo reshoots will be taking place for three weeks, starting at the end of January. However, while some fans may want to read into this alleged production update with skepticism and doubt, if it proves true, it wouldn’t necessarily …
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Disney wants Star Wars Land to be a WestWorld meets Harry Potter
With both the interactive Star Wars multi-day LARPing hotel resort confirmed for Disney World and two massive multi-billion Star Wars lands, known as Star Wars: Galaxy Edge, just over a year away from opening, we’re starting to have a better understanding of the cutting-edge technology that will be …
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On Star Wars and the future of it…
I fell in love with Star Wars for many reasons since I watched Episode IV: A New Hope back in 1980 when I was sixteen years old… However the main reason is that George Lucas’ Star Wars had something to tell about the persons of the real world and about myself, namely it had (and has) to said …
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The Evolution of Religious Iconography in Star Wars
While Star Wars is many things to many people, it is, at its heart, a story about a religious revival. If you look at the films chronologically, the stodgy Jedi Order collapses in spectacular fashion over the course of the Prequel Trilogy, leaving a few scattered Force believers looking for purpose in Rogue One, …
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‘Solo’ shows something that ‘Star Wars’ fans haven’t seen before
Glover, who plays Lando Calrissian in the upcoming film, revealed the illuminating info at a recent press conference for the Television Critics Association, according to ComicBook.com. Recalling one of his first days on set with director Ron Howard, the Solo star says there’s one particular shot that’s …
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Star Wars 9: Rian Johnson on Snoke’s identity ‘Maybe it’ll be addressed in Episode IX’
The filmmaker has already explained how he felt revealing Snoke’s origins wouldn’t have served the direct narrative in The Last Jedi, but has now added further comments. Johnson appeared at the Star Wars The Last Jedi Q&A for BAFTA, where he suggested where Snoke’s backstory could be revealed …
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UA students required to watch all Star Wars movies as part of course
Students in a University of Akron course will be required to watch all nine Star Wars films. Juan Contreras, an associate professor in UA’s School of Communication, created the elective course, The Films of Star Wars course, and will teach it again this summer. Contreras, who UA calls a Star Wars expert, …
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