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By Joe Glass This time last year, the first new Star Wars film in years was released in cinemas, The Force Awakens, and immediately audiences came out wondering if Star Wars maybe possibly just included, under the radar, their first gay character, in the form of hotshot X-Wing pilot, Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac). In fact, I even[...]

To celebrate, Marvel will be doing a total of 48 variant covers for their Star Wars publishing line starting in January and continuing through 2017. Kevin Wada Some big name artists will be involved, including Kevin Wada, Mike Mayhew, Stuart Immonen, Ryan Stegman, David Lopez, and many more.  They will have a new border marking the anniversary[...]

Well, since that time, a little movie called Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has also been released, earning $290 million in its first weekend alone The end result is that Disney has now officially broken the record, with more than $7 billion in revenue for 2016. The milestone has some huge hits this year to[...]

There has been quite a lot of talk about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and where its political leanings lie Despite the fact that the connection between the Empire and fascism—mostly linked to the Nazis—couldn't be more obvious, and the fact that Star Wars itself was a reaction to Vietnam, there are people who[...]

Rogue One's use of the character of Grand Moff Tarkin, as played by Peter Cushing is an impressive next step in the use of CGI to allow filmmakers to be able to utilize actors who have either passed away, or need to be shown at a far younger age. In Cushing's case, he had died back in '94, which left filmmakers with only a few options: not use the character at all, to recast, or to utilize special effects to see how far through the uncanny valley the industry has progressed.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Felicity Jones is set to host Saturday Night Live when it returns to TV on January 14th, after taking a break for the holidays We're relatively positive this will happen, since President Elect Donald Trump won't be inaugurated until a week after that, and so will be unable[...]

Lando is possibly the coolest character in Star Wars Billy Dee Williams really did bring something smooth to that universe that no other character had. It's something that isn't lost on Donald Glover, who is set to take on the role in the Young Han Solo movie In a round table talk with the likes of[...]

Every so often, comic book publishers send out previews of upcoming comics without any of the lettering finished. The result, while pretty to look at,

It was one of the best series of 2015 and feeds into the Star Wars craving that folks have coming out of seeing Rogue One Marvel's successful launch of their Star Wars titles included a series by Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca, Star Wars: Darth Vader. The series picks up right after Episode IV and shows[...]

But he does have light up eyes. Here is K in action and then images of the figure. https://youtu.be/_ykWI13JZloVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: K-2SO Featurette NEW FOOTAGE – Rogue One A Star Wars Story Red Carpet World Premiere (https://youtu.be/_ykWI13JZlo)   I have not seen Rogue One yet… may not[...]

The most common complaint tabled at Star Wars: Battlefront when it initially came out was its lack of single player story The game while certainly impressive, only really worked for those who like to get stuck in with multiplayer modes. This isn't lost on DICE or EA though In fact, it looks likely we will be[...]

There are still three days for people to order the core Loot Crate box for December, with the Revolution theme. But some lucky people already have theirs.

The folks at How It Should Have Ended are getting into the Rogue One spirit by releasing a special updated edition of their take on Star Wars They do bring up some pretty good points… why didn't the Millennium Falcon just transmit the Deathstar plans once they got them? Heck, since they were in R2-D2…[...]

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story expands on the familiar universe that we know and love with excellent characters and a dynamite third act Title: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Director: Gareth Edwards Summary: The Rebellion makes a risky move to steal the plans for the Death Star, setting up the epic saga to follow. The review[...]

It's definitely still in the Star Wars Universe – with [most] of the bits and pieces that you know and love. Rating: 4 Stars out of 5 The Drinking Rules: Every time you see a character from another one of the films, take a drink If a character says a catchphrase from an earlier movie (in whole or in[...]