Las Vegas Strip ‘Star Wars’ attraction hopes to attract locals
The force was strong with Nichole Madden. The Australian tourist had withstood hordes of Stormtroopers, fire-shooting monsters and sarcastic robots. “That was so good,” Madden said outside the Grand Canal Shoppes’ newest attraction. “I’ve done VR before, but nothing to that extent.” Madden and …
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Turkish Star Wars
Back in 2016, a cult-movie miracle occurred when film historian Ed Glaser discovered the last remaining 35mm print of 1982’s The Man Who Saves the World—better known as “the Turkish Star Wars”—tucked away in a vault in Turkey. After two years of restoration, the film now has its own 2K digital …
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Young Han Solo Alden Ehrenreich Unintentionally Revealed How Many ‘Star Wars’ Films He’s Doing
In a recent interview for the cover of Esquire, the Los Angeles native unintentionally revealed he’s set to appear in two more Star Wars films after Solo. Esquire writer Alex Pappademas says in the piece, “He knows what he’s getting into. It’s a deeper commitment than just one movie. Even [Harrison] Ford …
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Solo: A Star Wars Story May Not Be The Last We See of Young Han
Solo: A Star Wars Story is set to hit theaters May 24 and trailers and TV spots for the film are drumming up a lot of excitement. At last we’ll see the the origin story of our favorite spice smuggler Han Solo, before he became a galactic hero, helped save the universe and married a princess. We missed Han …
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What we learned about ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ and ‘Incredibles 2’ at CinemaCon 2018
Disney put some effort into highlighting Solo, the second standalone Star Wars film, this one directed by Ron Howard, which flies into theaters Memorial Day weekend. Cathleen Taff, Disney’s head of distribution, teed up an entire Solo scene that shows the budding rivalry between a young Han Solo …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ CinemaCon Footage Shows Han Meeting Lando
Disney unveiled footage Tuesday from its upcoming “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” with a key scene between Alden Ehrenreich’s young Han Solo and Donald Glover’s Lando Calrissian. The clip, shown to theater owners at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, showed the first encounter between the duo at a rundown …
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Disney Screened a Sneak Peek of Solo: A Star Wars Story at CinemaCon
Save for a couple of brief and none-too-revealing trailers, Disney has maintained a CIA-like veil of secrecy around one of its most eagerly anticipated summer films, Solo: A Star Wars Story, the stand-alone prequel detailing the personal backstory of a Galaxy Far Far Away’s favorite interstellar smuggler.
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Coventry students create ‘Star Wars’ playhouse for local boy
COVENTRY — This week carpentry students at Coventry High School completed a handmade Star Wars themed playhouse for a local child who has been diagnosed with cancer. On Wednesday they will travel to Bryant University to watch as the lucky recipient sees the structure for the first time as part …
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Disney Reveals Entire Upcoming Release Schedule For Marvel, Star Wars And More
Disney’s got plenty of movies left after Avengers: Infinity War, and you can see the whole list in the updated slate. At CinemaCon Disney took to the stage and revealed the movies that are part of its next two years, and whether you’re a fan of superheroes, science fiction, animation, or live-action …
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Somehow, Jaxxon the Ridiculous Green Space Rabbit Has Made It to the New Star Wars Canon
Jaxxon the Lepi smuggler is one of the most infamous excesses of the old Star Wars expanded universe—the rabbit in Flash Gordon cosplay that was bound to come up whenever you mentioned the weirdness of the EU. For decades, he’s been the butt of fan jokes… but now he’s officially back in the …
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Solo: A Star Wars Story Star Defends Original Directors
Harrison Ford’s successor to Han Solo, Alden Ehrenreich, is officially defending Solo: A Story Wars Story’s original directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller. The two directors were replaced by Academy Award winner Ron Howard back in June 2017, but Ehrenreich was a fan of the role they played.
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The Force is strong at this Tunisian desert locale where ‘Star Wars’ was filmed
A traditional underground Berber home that’s been turned into a museum. The home is near Matmata, a town in southern Tunisia known both for its Berber inhabitants and as a setting for the filming of the original Star Wars. Southern Tunisia is a remote and otherworldly region that extends into the dunes …
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Star Wars’ Mark Hamill tweets he wants to visit Kansas
Many “Star Wars” fans (including some in our newsroom) might have been surprised where actor Mark Hamill said hasn’t visited but would like to. … Because if you are, you can watch #BTAS with my sons and I. And then #StarWars with my wife and I. And then we can watch whatever you wanna watch.
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Alden Ehrenreich on All the Rumored Solo: A Star Wars Story Drama
Ironically, Alden Ehrenreich is quite unlike Harrison Ford. For starters, he reveals a lot in interviews. In Esquire’s May issue, for example, he addresses everything from directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller leaving Solo: A Star Wars Story at the end of production to rumors that his performance was so …
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Kansas makes case for visit from ‘Star Wars’ actor
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is rolling out the welcome mat after “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill tweeted about wanting to visit. Gov. Jeff Colyer suggested Monday in a tweet that Hamill come on May 4, which fans call Star Wars Day for the wordplay on “May the Force be with you.” Kansas Highway …
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‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Extended Footage Unveiled: When Han Met Lando – CinemaCon
The last time an extended scene from a Star Wars movie was played was during ShoWest when Fox dropped the opening sequence from Revenge of the Jedi. Earlier today, it was reported that Alden Ehrenreich had signed up for three Solo films,however, Disney made no mention about further Stars …
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Stormtroopers, Chewbacca, R2-D2 to announce 49ers NFL draft picks
However, the NFL says the Star Wars characters will be accompanied by the San Francisco Police Activities League’s 49ers Prep Flag Football Team. You might think this would be outlandish enough. But it seems the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have created their own version of peculiar. The team is …
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‘Solo’: Han and Lando Gamble for a Ship in CinemaCon Footage
While the new look at the Star Wars film cuts off before the audience got a chance to see how the game ended, previous trailers (as well as Star Wars lore) have established that Lando was the original owner of the Millennium Falcon, and Han won the ship from him in a card game. Ron Howard directs …
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Flying Saucer is hosting Star Wars trivia, and we’re here to help you prepare
And this year, those Wookie-loving, lightsaber-brandishing, George Lucas-adoring fans just won’t be celebrating Star Wars Day on May 4 (May the Fourth be with you) but will spend much of May counting down the days until “Solo: A Star Wars Story” reaches the theater on May 25. So it’s only …
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Kansas makes case for visit from ‘Star Wars’ actor
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) – Kansas is rolling out the welcome mat after “Star Wars” actor Mark Hamill tweeted about wanting to visit. Gov. Jeff Colyer suggested Monday in a tweet that Hamill come on May 4, which fans call Star Wars Day for the wordplay on “May the Force be with you.” Kansas Highway Patrol …
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‘Star Wars’ actor tweets he would like to see Kansas
(KSNT) – Luke Skywalker has been all over the galaxy fighting the dark side but the one place he has never been is right here in the Midwest. Someone asked Mark Hamill Monday morning on Twitter “What is the one place you’ve not visited that you want to see?” The legendary “Star Wars” actor replied …
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The Best Space Operas (That Aren’t Star Wars)
Star Wars took the oft-maligned genre of the space opera – essentially, an adventurous melodrama in set in outer space and/or on distant planets – and found just the right way to take it seriously. George Lucas took the fantastical locales, costumes and weapons from the old Flash Gordon serials and …
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Alden Ehrenreich could play Han Solo in other Star Wars movies
Alden Ehrenreich told Esquire today that his contract allows for him to appear in more Star Wars films than just one. Ehrenreich is Han Solo, a character originally portrayed by Harrison Ford, in Solo: A Star Wars Story, due to hit theaters on May 25. Esquire released a telling excerpt from an upcoming …
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The new Han Solo accidentally revealed he’s signed on for 3 ‘Star Wars’ movies
In an interview with Esquire, “Solo” actor Alden Ehrenreich accidentally revealed he’s signed on for three “Star War” movies. The news is a tad surprising, as an acting coach was reportedly hired during filming on “Solo” to help with Ehrenreich’s performance.
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New Solo: A Star Wars Story Posters Show Off Thandie Newton, Jon Favreau, And More
It’s a very exciting time to be a Star Wars fan. With Disney now in charge of the beloved property, there’s a ton of new and exciting content being produced within the galaxy far, far away. While many fans are still reeling from Rian Johnson’s subversive sequel The Last Jedi, the next installment in the …
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