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John Boyega attends the premiere of Disney's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Editorial credit: Silvia Elizabeth Pangaro / Shutterstock.com
Actor John Boyega is by far the most outspoken of the Star Wars cast members when it came to Disney and Lucasfilms' practices, particularly about the franchise's treatment marginalizing POC in an interview with GQ A Disney exec reached out since, and now so has Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, according to Deadline Hollywood Boyega told[...]
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special Is the Easter Egg Hunt We All Needed
Image courtesy of Disney/Lucasfilm The story finds the trio picking up (sort of) from The Rise of Skywalker (2019) where the 800-pound elephant in the room finally gets addressed in Finn's force sensitivity is used as a plot device where Rey starts training him to be a Jedi Meanwhile, Poe acts as party organizer while all[...]
DUBLIN, IRELAND - NOVEMBER 2017: UFC and MMA fighter, Conor "The Notorious" McGregor at the Irish premiere of the documentary about his rise within the ranks of MMA fighting. (Image: G. Holland/Shutterstock.com)
This fight will be at 155.   View this post on Instagram   I'm a diehard fan… Can you tell? 😂 #TheMandalorian #StarWars #Disney A post shared by Georges St-Pierre (@georgesstpierre) on Nov 9, 2020 at 9:43am PST GSP & "The Mandalorian"? Make It So, Lucasfilm! Georges St- Pierre is retired, and enjoying himself A self-professed geek, he posted the above[...]
John Boyega attends the premiere of Disney's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Editorial credit: Silvia Elizabeth Pangaro / Shutterstock.com
When Star Wars actor John Boyega spoke about his time about the franchise about Lucasfilm's handling of POC characters to GQ, a Disney executive reached out to have an open, honest, and transparent conversation Promoting his upcoming anthology Small Axe, the actor opened up about his recent experience to The Hollywood Reporter Boyega played Finn,[...]
Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017). Image courtesy of Lucasfilm
In Episode VIII, which in the current Disney/Lucasfilm canon is The Last Jedi (2017), the Jedi master astral projected himself at the end of the Battle of Crait at the film's climax to confront his former star pupil Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), the former Ben Solo. Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last[...]
The Mandalorian Season 2 (Image: Disney+)
Image courtesy of Disney/Lucasfilm "If there were more than just a couple of pages of a one-on-one scene, I did feel uneasy about not, in some instances, being able to totally author that," Pascal said "But it was so easy in such a sort of practical and unexciting way for it to be up to them[...]
John Boyega attends the premiere of Disney's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker" on December 16, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Editorial credit: Silvia Elizabeth Pangaro / Shutterstock.com
John Boyega never stopped being passionate about speaking his mind on the wrongs he sees, whether if it's Black Lives Matter or the questionable decisions from Disney and Lucasfilm during his time in the Star Wars franchise The actor spoke to British GQ about his life and career, including his time in the sequel trilogy[...]
Star Wars The Last Jedi "Broom Boy" Shoots His Shot On Returning
Credit Disney/Lucasfilm Star Wars Broom Boy Would Love To Return In a new interview on YouTube interviewer Jamie Stangroom, broom boy himself Temirlan Blaev talked a little about not coming back for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and how he hopes to continue his story: "I think it was unexpected, but everyone's reaction, it just said,[...]
Star Wars Fans Start Petition For Extended Cut Of Revenge Of The Sith
Fans have started a petition for Disney/Lucasfilm to release an extended cut of Revenge of the Sith, the third film in The Skywalker Saga, and the final movie of the prequels The original cut of the film has a runtime of 2 hours and 20 minutes, and apparently, there have been rumors for years that[...]
Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008). Image Credit: Paramount Pictures/Lucasfilm
When Disney announced that they were buying Lucasfilm in 2012 they weren't just taking control of the Star Wars brand but the Indiana Jones brand as well When Harrison Ford signed on to do more Star Wars movies he also signed on to do another Indiana Jones That was about the last time anything has[...]
Jon Kasdan Teases Possible 'Solo' Sequel on Anniversary of 'Star Wars' Film Opening
Credit Lucasfilm Solo Is A Star Wars Story That Deserves More Attention Time is being kind to it lately, though Fans have accepted that while the production faced heaps of delays and problems, what we got was a fun, breezy film set in a corner of the Star Wars universe that doesn't really involve Jedi and Sith[...]
Star Wars Galaxy's Edge Was Supposed To Be Tatooine At The Start
That would have been a disaster, especially for those Disney park-goers who already felt Star Wars was infringing on their turf. As to why they abandoned the plans for a more OT focused park, Cockerell says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy was the one who questioned that decision: "They said, 'Well, yesterday Bob Iger met with Kathleen[...]
How to Draw The Child | Let's Draw Star Wars
Lucasfilm understands our insatiable need for content featuring "The Child." With that in mind, and during the times we are all going through, they have posted a neat little video tutorial on their Star Wars Kids YouTube page on how to draw Baby Yoda The video goes step by step to show you how to[...]
Star Wars Zoom backgrounds have arrived.
I mean, Clone Wars is running as we speak, why not throw a Clone Wars background up? Star Wars Rebels Ghost ship would also have been welcome. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 50%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ Star Wars Zoom backgrounds have arrived. Star Wars Zoom[...]
Disney Shake-Up: Bob Iger Out, Bob Chapek in Effective Immediately
He oversaw the acquisitions of Fox, Marvel, Lucasfilm, and Pixar to name a few Last year, Disney became the first company to have more than five films gross over $1 billion globally at the box office. "With the successful launch of Disney's direct-to-consumer businesses and the integration of Twenty-First Century Fox well underway, I believe this[...]
“Indiana Jones 5”: Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy – “Only Harrison Ford Can Play Role”
With Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm, the company will split distribution with Paramount internationally Unlike Fox with Star Wars before their acquisition by Disney, Paramount remains involved with the production No release date announced. Harrison Ford is ready to don the bullwhip and Fedora at least one more time for the next installment of the Indiana[...]
“Indiana Jones 5”: Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy – “Only Harrison Ford Can Play Role”
The Lucasfilm president spoke with BBC News at the BAFTA Awards about the status of the fifth film set to star the 77-year old actor. "Harrison Ford will be involved [and] he can't wait There is only going to be one actor playing Indiana Jones and that's Harrison Ford." Lucasfilm The Last Time Harrison Ford Played "Indiana Jones" Kennedy also[...]
'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Screened For a Terminally Ill Fan
A terminally ill, unidentified fan in England wish to see Episode 9 was granted by Disney and Lucasfilm, and their family gathered around and watched the final film in the Skywalker Saga at hospice The fan was thrilled to have viewed the film, and more grateful to Disney and Lucasfilm for a special time with[...]