Eight things you need to know about ‘Star Wars: Galactic Nights’
In case you aren’t familiar, Star Wars: Galactic Nights is a thrilling Star Wars-themed event held after park hours from 7 p.m.-midnight. It celebrates the entire Star Wars saga with out-of-this-world entertainment, special photo opportunities, event-exclusive merchandise and F&B, and encounters with rarely …
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Ron Howard Responds to ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Rumors, Teases Battle Scene
Solo: A Star Wars Story will release on May 25 to kick off the summer blockbuster season. Starring in the lead role of young Han Solo is Alden Ehrenreich, along with Emilia Clarke as Qi’Ra and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian. The movie follows the early years of the space rogue’s career as he …
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An Open-World Star Wars Game May Be On the Way
Electronic Arts has recently posted a new job listing on their website that suggests a new, open world Star Wars game is in the works. The company is looking to hire a “lead online engineer” at their Vancouver Studio in Burnaby, Canada, and the opening sentence of the job description plainly reads, …
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From The Sound of Music in Salzburg to Star Wars in Tunisia: The 10 best film set tours
Tunisia was a key location for the first Star Wars film as well as later ones. This seven-day tour for die-hard fans starts in Djerba Island, where the Millennium Falcon blasted off from Mos Eisley. It’s also where Obi-Wan Kenobi’s home is and the Tosche Station for the Anchorhead. On the mainland, you …
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Ron Howard teases ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ space battle
An explosive TIE Fighter battle looks to be flying into “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” Director Ron Howard teased a video effects sequence on Twitter Saturday, showing the Empire’s ship firing its lasers as an exploding ship appears behind it. Howard notes that the scene is currently under review with the …
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Step Onto the Set of ‘The Last Jedi’ With This Stunning ‘Star Wars VR’ Video
There may be a dozen featurettes and documentaries out right now that give you a taste of what it’s like to be on the Star Wars: The Last Jedi set, but none let you set foot on it. Until now. A Star Wars VR set video has been released that gives you an idea of what it’s like to step onto the set of The Last Jedi …
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Best Order to Watch Star Wars According to Mark Hamill
The order in which the Star Wars movies should be watched has always been a hot bed of discussion, especially amongst obsessive fans. And there’s many ways to do it. For a lot of folks who have been around since the 70s and 80s, the path has already been laid out. It goes The Original Trilogy, …
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Star Wars Age of Rebellion Specialization Decks Preview Released
Star Wars: Age of Rebellion is a tabletop RPG experience perfect for any fan of a galaxy far, far away. But being a rebel against a monstrous empire is no simple task and it required patience, strategy, and loads of power. To amp of the ante a little bit, a new specialization preview for an upcoming pack …
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Box Office: ‘Greatest Showman’ Rises Again, ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Tops $620M
Heck, at this juncture, it’ll be just over/under War Room’s $67.7m domestic total by next week to become the second-biggest faith-based drama behind only Heaven is For Real ($90m in 2014). Universal/Comcast Corp.’s Pacific Rim: Uprising earned $3.3 million on its second Friday, dropping a rather …
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Mark Hamill Reveals Which Order To Watch The Star Wars Movies
It is a question that has persisted ever since George Lucas released the Star Wars prequel trilogy: what’s the proper order to watch these movies. Opinions vary from fan to fan, and it sounds like even Mark Hamill has his own theory on the matter. In fact, Hamill recently opened up in an interview for Star …
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Ready Player One Has Just Enough Star Wars References
If you’re going to make a film about the greatest pop culture to emerge from the 1980s, then not mentioning Star Wars would be a pretty glaring omission. Fans of Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel Ready Player One worried its adaptation would arrive in theaters with a Star Wars-shaped hole after word circulated …
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Ron Howard Shares Image Of Space Battle In Solo: A Star Wars Story
Sure, Rian Johnson’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi may have just concluded its theatrical run (and made a boatload of money for Disney and Lucasfilm in the process), but there’s already another Star Wars film chambered and ready to go. That is right; we’re talking about Solo: A Star Wars Story, which has …
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Ron Howard Clarifies Status Of Solo: A Star Wars Story
It’s an interesting time to be a Star Wars fan. With Disney now in control of the iconic property, we should expect new blockbusters every year or so. Aside from main installments like The Last Jedi, standalone films are also on the table– with Solo: A Star Wars Story just around the corner. Solo hasn’t …
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Mark Hamill Reacts To Star Wars: The Last Jedi Backlash
While the movie was released back in December, cinephiles and fans alike haven’t stopped dissecting and discussing Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Rian Johnson’s subversive sequel shattered expectations for the space opera, and took the characters into new and unexpected places. But since Johnson …
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Largest Star Wars toy ever made coming from Hasbro
Star Wars fans may want to make room in their homes for one of the most ambitious collectibles yet — Jabba’s sail barge known as the Khetanna. Thanks to Hasbro’s new campaign called HasLab the company aims to give hardcore fans the chance to get their hands on highly-detailed and very large …
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It’s Freak Out Friday! The Best/Worst Star Wars Movies, Trump and Christianity, and Our Loyola …
Then, we welcome our Political Round Table of Ken Jakubowski, Dave Lundy, Scott Stantis and Elliott Serrano! They take on a myriad of topics ranging from the Best/Worst Star Wars Movies, Trump and Christianity, and even play the listener favorite segment “Sound Off”. All this and more on Pretty Late!
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Mark Hamill Confirms His Preferred ‘Star Wars’ Viewing Order
Up until 1999, the viewing order of the Star Wars films was pretty obvious, as the journey of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, and Han Solo unfolded over three films. That all changed with the prequel films and has gotten even more complicated with the addition of sequels and spinoffs. Star Mark Hamill …
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‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ And The Loss of Carrie Fisher
Star Wars icon Carrie Fisher, who played princess-turned-general Leia Organa across five films, died in December 2016 aged 60. The actress committed to Lucasfilm’s sequel trilogy after Disney’s 2012 acquisition of the company, reprising her role for the first time since 1983’s Return of the Jedi in 2015 …
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Ron Howard Assures Fan That ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Will Be Finished “On Schedule”
Following last summer’s surprise announcement that directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were departing Solo: A Star Wars Story, many fans grew nervous about whether Ron Howard could finish the film on time. When a fan expressed doubts about the film being finished ahead of its May 25th release …
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Solo: Ron Howard Says The ‘Edit Is Locked’
Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard is just about done with post-production on the spinoff, revealing his edit of the film is locked in place. This development marks the end of a long and winding journey for the film, which started principal photography in February 2017 under the watch of LEGO …
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Taylor Gray hopes to continue Ezra Bridger’s story after Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels star Taylor Gray knows Dave Filoni left some wiggle room regarding Ezra Bridger’s fate at the end of the series, and Gray would be more than happy to shimmy into that space if given the chance. The Star Wars Rebels series finale may have wrapped up the events of the Ghost crew on …
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Giant Jabba’s Sail Barge Star Wars Toy Fully Backed on HasLab
Hasbro’s crowdfunding project to make a massive toy replica of Jabba’s Sail Barge from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi has earned the minimum number of financial backers needed to go into production. Hasbro, of course, has been the chief action figure licensee for Star Wars toys since it merged with …
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Life-Sized Star Wars and Guardians of the Galaxy Toys, and More of the Biggest Toys of the Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s weekly roundup of shiny toys and merch we desperately wish we had the money to waste on. This week is getting a bit life-sized, with a giant Star Wars trooper, a slightly less giant (but still life-sized) baby Groot, and a cool look at Thor’s new Infinity War weapon. Check it …
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Star Wars: Rian Johnson and Mark Hamill Comment on ‘The Last Jedi’ Social Media Critics
Writer/director Rian Johnson and actor Mark Hamill have learned the hard way that for as difficult as it is to create an exciting new chapter in the Star Wars saga that circumvents expectations and includes multiple metatextual themes about the saga, that’s nothing compared to the anger you must face …
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The Han Solo Sneaker Joins Po-Zu’s ‘Star Wars’ Shoe Collection
Po-Zu, makers of high-end, ethically produced footwear, have added a Han Solo-themed sneaker to what has become the best officially licensed Star Wars shoe collection in the galaxy. The design is super simple, but the Corellian Bloodstripe along the side is all it takes to make the connection with Han …
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