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It's hard to argue with Star Wars' Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo's choice to celebrate on International Women's Day. He tweeted a photo of himself in costume hugging the late Carrie Fisher with the caption, "Happy #InternationalWomensDay. My Hero." Suotamo's "Star Wars" History Suotamo initially shared the role of Chewbacca with the late Peter Mayhew in […]

Kelly Marie Tran played an important role in the Resistance's base in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker as Rose Tico. Despite shooting many scenes, cuts severely diminished her screen time. Shooting scenes to match with existing footage of Carrie Fisher provided a challenge on its own. Director J. J. Abrams repurposed the late actor's […]

Chris Terrio, who co-wrote the screenplay for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (TROS) with director J. J. Abrams, said not all of Carrie Fisher's repurposed scenes were used. Terrio spoke with The Wrap to explain the process of incorporating the late actor into the film. Respecting Carrie Fisher's Performance Fisher, who died in December […]

Star Wars fans are now sitting in theaters and taking in the end of the Skywalker Saga with the release of The Rise of Skywalker. As a huge Star Wars fan my entire life, walking out of this film the first time has left me conflicted. The film is a mess of bad editing, pacing, […]

Lucasfilm finally answered one of the biggest lingering questions for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. For those who want to avoid any spoilers despite the intentional reveal, this is your final warning. . . . . At the Star Wars junket on December 4th, Lucasfilm revealed how The Rise of Skywalker presents Leia. Originally repurposed […]

Daisy Ridley recently sat down for British GQ for a lengthy interview about fame, Star Wars, Star Wars fans, dealing with paparazzi, and so much more. It is a delightful read, except for the parts where she discusses a certain sect of Star Wars fan (you can read that interview here, highly recommend). As part […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has gotten around 15 posters so far, so what is one more? Disney has released a new poster to celebrate the IMAX version of the film, and to be honest it is the best one so far. The white border, the twin suns. I love how Kylo's mask blends […]

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is out in a little over a month, and the cast is making the rounds for the beginning of the promotional push. By far one of the most talked about images we have seen from the film so far was when Rey (Daisy Ridley) is shown in a dark […]

With The Rise of Skywalker, it's hard to believe Carrie Fisher will be there for the last time. It's harder to believe she died three years ago in 2016. Some say she was the heart and soul of the Star Wars franchise. While most boys modeled themselves after Luke Skywalker or Han Solo, most girls […]

With the final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker out, there's much to absorb. What's going to happen is anyone's guess. Given what's released, here are five predictions that may happen in the final film of the Skywalker Saga. Harrison Ford Cameo There are some things J.J. Abrams wants to keep tight to […]

Last year, Disney and LucasFilm revealed that the upcoming 9th and final chapter of the Star Wars Skywalker saga would include our dearly departed Carrie Fisher as Princess General Leia Organa. Director JJ Abrams and LucasFilm President Kathleen Kennedy were adamant that this would not be through the use of a digital recreation (like what we saw in Rogue One: […]

May The Fourth Be With You! Today the world celebrates a rare geek double holiday, International Star Wars Day and Free Comic Book Day. As fans reflect on what Star Wars means to them, the recent death of Peter Mayhew– the actor who portrayed Chewbacca, weighs heavy on our hearts. In order to both mourn and celebrate the […]

Film Twitter can be a pretty horrible place sometimes, but every once in awhile an account will spring up that brings people together and makes us feel nothing but joy when we see it in our feeds. This past week out of nowhere a new account called Movie Premieres Unlimited (@NightOpening) which just posts pictures […]

The 2nd anniversary of the passing of Carrie Fisher happened this past week, and with the grim date came beautiful tributes to the Princess General from her family and friends, as well as fans across the galaxy. One of the most interesting comments came from Todd Fisher, Carrie's brother. In a recent interview segment with ABC News […]

Two years ago today, a shining light of the galaxy went out with the passing of Carrie Fisher. Using the term 'actress' doesn't really cover everything she did- she was an author, a performer, a singer, and artist, a mother, daughter, friend, and above all, a person. Her loss hit fans the world over hard, there […]

Season 2 of FOX's space dramady The Orville is about to premiere, and series creator Seth MacFarlane is making the press rounds, offering bits and pieces of insight into the show. While The Orville is most often compared to Star Trek and Galaxy Quest, MacFarlane has a different suggestion for a tonal goal as mentioned in a recent interview with […]

The opening to this week's episode of Fox's Family Guy featured a rain-soaked Peter eulogizing his boss Angela (Carrie Fisher). Amid the jokes and pop culture references, we get some beautiful and complex feelings about loss–especially about losing someone like Fisher. A show that does meta-commentary like no other, Family Guy makes this scene all about our feelings […]

When Harry Met Sally…, widely considered to be one of, if not the best romantic comedies of all-time, is turning 30 years old. To celebrate Shout Factory will release a new version of the film on Blu-ray. Featuring a new 4k transfer of the film and new interviews with star Billy Crystal and director Rob […]

Although this season of American Horror Story is over, we're still getting some gems of behind-the-scenes of AHS: Apocalypse from the series stars. Like today's Instagram entry from Billie Lourd, who is WAAAAAAY CHANNELING HER MOM, Carrie Fisher. The post shares a Coven family photo, with Lourd (who played young Supreme witch Mallory this season) sporting the dual […]

While Star Wars: Episode IX is still a aways down the line, we do know from certain sources that it'll be "magical". That source, in this case, is none other than Lieutenant Connix actress Billie Lourd, who also happens to be the daughter of our dearly departed Princess General Leia, Carrie Fisher. Lourd, who you may have seen most […]