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‘Rogue One’ writer reveals the film could have ended with a wedding

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

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Rogue One: A Star Wars Story took a turbulent journey from page to screen, but we never realized how different things could have been. Screenwriter Chris Weitz revealed that before he joined the project, the story had a happy ending.

“The version prior to [my involvement] didn’t have everyone die. As a matter of fact, it ended with a wedding,” Weitz told CultPopture. “I think it was on the presumption that Disney wouldn’t allow characters to die with such abandon.”

More than two years after the film’s release, this is almost impossible to imagineRogue One ending with a joyful wedding???

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Captain Marvel rakes in $455 million in worldwide weekend haul

sudshr47 March 10, 2019

Captain Marvel, the latest superhero film from Disney’s Marvel franchise, is bringing home the bacon — to the tune of a $455 million box office total for the weekend. The movie, Marvel’s first to be headlined exclusively by a female superhero, is off to the second largest global opening of any superhero movie behind Avengers: […]

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Watch someone feed a baby Porg in new Star Wars mixed reality game

sudshr47 February 20, 2019

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Been dreaming of raising your own little Porg family since Star Wars: The Last Jedi?

You can soon live like Luke Skywalker on the island of Ahch-To, surrounded by fluffy little Porgs, thanks to a new mixed reality project from Lucasfilm’s immersive entertainment division.

ILMxLAB’s Project Porg was first announced in October at Magic Leap’s L.E.A.P Conference, but on Tuesday, the team dropped a first peek at what the project will look like.

To be released for free download on Magic Leap One headsets, Project Porg lets you raise your own Tamagotchi-like version of the Star Wars character — and their family. Read more…

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Disney’s streaming service is resurrecting ‘The Clone Wars’

sudshr47 July 19, 2018

Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an animated series that ran on Cartoon Network for five seasons, is coming back. Created by George Lucas and overseen by Dave Filoni, the show depicted the adventures of Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, as well as new characters like Ahsoka Tano, during the titular Clone Wars. Fans praised its ability […]

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Check out the latest featurette for Star Wars: A Solo Story

sudshr47 April 30, 2018

On May 25, the latest installment of the Star Wars theatrical franchise will drop in theaters. Shooting Star Wars: A Solo Story hasn’t been all roses, with Ron Howard stepping in to take over for directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller and reshooting many scenes. But the show must go on! Yesterday, Lucasfilm released a […]

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An animated Star Wars series is coming to your TV — featuring the voice of Oscar Isaac

sudshr47 April 26, 2018

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A new anime-style Star Wars series will fill in the gaps between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens. In addition to introducing new characters – like Resistance pilot Kazuda Xiono – it’ll also include familiar faces like Poe Dameron, Captain Phasma, and BB-8.

“Our colleagues at Lucasfilm have created a compelling narrative for an untold moment in the Star Wars galaxy, and we are excited to partner with them again on this new original series,” Disney XD’s senior vice president, programming and general manager Marc Buhaj said in a press release. “Star Wars Resistance will bring viewers across generations an engaging story with heart, humor and both new and familiar characters.” Read more…

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Disney revamps ‘Solo’ posters for international marketing

sudshr47 March 15, 2018

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The international posters for Solo: A Star Wars Story have undergone a bit of a makeover.

Following a little snag where Disney’s original character posters were claimed as theft by a French artist, the new ones opt for a slightly different aesthetic that still pairs one character with a matching color.

The color scheme has stayed the same; red-orange for Han, blue for Lando, pink-purple for Qi’ra, and yellow for Chewie. One slight modification is that Han’s now says “Han” and not “Solo” – a minor gripe about the originals when everybody else had a first name (to be totally fair, Chewbacca does not have a last name). Read more…

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Jon Favreau is making a Star Wars show for Disney’s streaming service

sudshr47 March 8, 2018

The Los Angeles World Premiere of Marvel Studios' BLACK PANTHER Disney plans to include Star Wars and Marvel TV shows as part of the lineup in its upcoming streaming service, but details about those shows have been scant until today, when the company announced that Jon Favreau will be writing and producing a live action Star Wars series.
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Star Wars’ obsession with white guy filmmakers is hurting the franchise

sudshr47 February 9, 2018

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For the most part, Lucasfilm’s keeping their Star Wars plans close to the vest.

But of the details we do know about their upcoming slate, one obvious pattern stands out: All of them are being created by white men. 

This isn’t a new state of affairs. As Maureen Ryan points out at Variety, 24 people have been brought on to “direct, write, or otherwise take the creative lead” on a Star Wars movie over the past 41 years. 

Of those 24, just one (Leigh Brackett, a screenwriter on Empire Strikes Back) has been a white woman. The other 23 have been white men – up to and including the latest additions, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Zero have been people of color. Read more…

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The showrunners behind ‘Game of Thrones’ have signed on to write some ‘Star Wars’ movies

sudshr47 February 6, 2018

David Benioff DB Weiss David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the writers who turned George R.R. Martin’s fantasy novels into a television phenomenon, will be writing and producing a new series of Star Wars films. Read More

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