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‘The Rise of Skywalker’ and ‘The Force Awakens’ Producer Michelle Rejwan Named Senior VP of Live Action Development & Production for Lucasfilm
Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy has just named Michelle Rejwan the company’s new Senior Vice President of Live Action Development & Production. Rejwan was a co-producer for The Force Awakens and is a producer for the upcoming The Rise of Skywalker. John HoeyJohn Hoey is the Co-Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net […]
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No Comments »Check out These Five Previously Unreleased Behind the Scenes Photos From ‘The Force Awakens’
As Star Wars: The Force Awakens approaches its third anniversary a photo has made its way around the internet confirming an old rumor that Luke Skywalker was to appear in Rey’s Force vision through his encounter with Vader on Bespin. Shared earlier today by Adam Frazier, the photo of actor Robert Boulter reminded us of five photos shared […]
Posted in star wars, Star Wars Episode VII, The Force Awakens Tags: Star Wars, The Force Awakens No Comments »Review – UBTECH First Order Stormtrooper Is The Droid You’re Looking For!
Do you like toys? Do you like robots? Do you like AR (augmented reality)? I know I like toys, but the latter two things are still a bit nebulous to me. I’m a simpleton when it comes to newer technology and the marriage between the tangible and the digital. That’s why I was pleasantly surprised […]
Posted in Jakku, Sequel Trilogy, star wars, Star Wars Merchandising Machine, The Force Awakens, toys Tags: Promos, Star Wars No Comments »Daisy Ridley Says J. J. Abrams Wrote Story Drafts For Star Wars Episodes VIII & IX
A common criticism of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy thus far is that there doesn’t seem to be an overall plan put in place by Lucasfilm for a clear narrative arc. But in a new interview, Daisy Ridley reveals that the opposite is true, and that J. J. Abrams came up with a general plan for […]
Posted in star wars, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi Tags: Episode IX, official news, Star Wars, the last jedi 148 Comments »A Star Wars Fan Animates An Unused Concept For The Opening Of The Force Awakens
A fan animator has taken a crack at animating the storyboards for a rejected introduction idea for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. (Don’t worry, it’s not the terrible idea with Luke’s disembodied, decayed hand holding a lightsaber in space.) Grant Davis (Pomojema)Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen […]
Pablo Hidalgo Sheds More Light On George Lucas’s Influence On The Sequel Trilogy
Not that long ago, some concept art from George Lucas’s pitch for Star Wars Episode VII finally surfaced, revealing that some of the key concepts that The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi were built around were inspired by his treatment after all. Now, Pablo Hidalgo is taking to Twitter to explain the creative process on how things […]
Posted in Episode IX, star wars, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi Tags: Episode IX, official news, Star Wars, the last jedi 361 Comments »Star Wars Concept Art Shows That George Lucas’s Influence Can Be Seen In The Force Awakens & The Last Jedi
We’re not even done with the Sequel Trilogy yet, with the third movie just less than two years away, and fans are already wondering about what could have been had the Maker himself decided to stick around to direct at least The Force Awakens like he had originally planned to do. Some newly-unveiled concept art released in […]
Posted in george lucas, star wars, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi Tags: Star Wars, The Force Awakens, the last jedi 203 Comments »UPDATE! IDW’s The Force Awakens Adaptation Reveals Something New About the “Forceback” Scene.
After hearing about the new all-ages Star Wars comics from IDW, I immediately got excited to get these for my son, given that Marvel’s stuff is more geared towards teenagers and beyond. So, I ordered IDW’s adaptation of The Force Awakens that released last week just ahead of Force Friday, and needless to say, my son […]
UPDATE! Never Before Seen Concept Art for the Knights of Ren from The Force Awakens!
During the production of The Force Awakens, a couple pieces of leaked concept art came to be in our possession, but we decided not to share the images at the time out of respect for Lucasfilm. One of the two images eventually found its way into The Art of Star Wars: The Force Awakens book, but […]
Review: Egmont’s 40th Anniversary Star Wars Trilogy Junior Novels by Ryder Windham
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Star Wars on May 4, Egmont UK Ltd released a reprint of the 2004 Star Wars trilogy junior novels by Ryder Windham with all-new metallic paperback covers. All three books have also been edited by Egmont editor Emil Fortune to make the books fit with the current Star Wars canon. […]
Colin Trevorrow Asked Rian Johnson to Add a Scene to Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Not that long ago, we learned that Rian Johnson asked J. J. Abrams to make an adjustment to Star Wars: The Force Awakens during filming in order to suit the story he was developing for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Now, we’ve learned that Star Wars Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow similarly asked for a tweak from Johnson […]
Posted in star wars, The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi Tags: Episode IX, official news, Star Wars, the last jedi 110 Comments »Mark Hamill Voices Han Solo in Hilarious New ‘Bad Lip Reading’ Video
Bad Lip Reading, famous for their spoof videos on films, TV shows, songs, sports, and news broadcasts where they overdub the original content to put their own wacky spin on the dialogue, just dropped a video on The Force Awakens. The video has only been up for 3 hours on their YouTube channel and is currently the #1 […]
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