Today, the cast and crew of Star Wars: Episode IX take their first steps into a larger world, as filming officially begins on the 2019 blockbuster. Directed by J.J. Abrams, the film will wrap up the Star Wars sequel trilogy, and also is intended to be the final installment of the nine-part Skywalker saga. They [...]
Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader. It seems nearly impossible to think of a more dangerous duo in Star Wars, combining the Empire's most brilliant strategist and tactician with the Empire's most ruthless and capable warrior. It seems too good to be true, like the dreams and fanfiction made up by countless Star Wars fans [...]
Star Wars: Episode IX begins filming this week, but perhaps the most notable figure from the casting announcement won't be with them. Carrie Fisher passed away in December 2016, but the film is bringing her back one last time to the role of General Leia Organa through unreleased footage from The Force Awakens. That makes [...]
On Friday, Lucasfilm announced the official cast list for Star Wars: Episode IX, which begins filming on August 1. The most notable news was, understandably, the revelation that Carrie Fisher will reprise her role as General Leia Organa in the film posthumously via the use of unreleased footage shot for The Force Awakens. It is [...]
Today, Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars: Episode IX starts filming next week, and they also announced the official cast list - which includes Carrie Fisher's return as Leia Organa, through unreleased footage shot for The Force Awakens! “We desperately loved Carrie Fisher,” director and co-writer J.J. Abrams said in a statement. “Finding a truly satisfying [...]
Lucasfilm today announced that Star Wars: Episode IX will begin filming next week at Pinewood Studios, on Wednesday, August 1, 2018! The movie is being directed by J.J. Abrams, who directed The Force Awakens, and was written by Abrams and Chris Terrio. John Williams will once again compose the score, as he has done for [...]
On Twitter, Bryan Young recently asked his followers what their favorite moment of the modern Star Wars era (the Disney era) is, and there are too many great ones to count. Inspired by that, we'll be taking a look at this author's top 50 moments from recent Star Wars material. Today, we conclude with a [...]
There are multiple projects ongoing for Lucasfilm animation currently, and with the recent announcement of the return of The Clone Wars the new show premiering this fall, Resistance, has been largely overshadowed. We got some general plot details when the show was announced earlier this year, and then more recently at a French Disney convention [...]
On Twitter, Bryan Young recently asked his followers what their favorite moment of the modern Star Wars era (the Disney era) is, and there are too many great ones to count. Inspired by that, we'll be taking a look at this author's top 50 moments from recent Star Wars material. Today, we look at numbers [...]
On Twitter, Bryan Young recently asked his followers what their favorite moment of the modern Star Wars era (the Disney era) is, and there are too many great ones to count. Inspired by that, we'll be taking a look at this author's top 50 moments from recent Star Wars material. Today, we look at numbers [...]
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