Tag Archives: Star Wars

TRAILER: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Via ABC News: The first teaser trailer of “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” just debuted this morning on “GMA” and the film looks to be a character-driven story, featuring the usual “Star Wars” action you know and love. “Rogue One” is a brand new “Star Wars” movie set just before 1977’s iconic “A New Hope.” The plot focuses on …

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J.J. Abrams: Gay Characters Are Coming To Star Wars

From the Daily Beast: Two months and two billion box office dollars later, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has reaped huge returns for Disney with its most progressive episode yet. Now that Daisy Ridley’s Rey and John Boyega’s Finn have given the Star Wars franchise its first female Jedi and black lead, respectively, does its fearless director J.J. Abrams see …

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TEASER: Star Wars VIII

Yes, already. Via Rolling Stone: After shattering domestic box office records with The Force Awakens, the Star Wars saga officially announced Monday that it has started production on the upcoming, still-untitled Episode VIII. The announcement was accompanied by a short video that provided an alternate look at the cliffhanger ending of The Force Awakens: The appearance of Luke Skywalker and …

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Star Wars Closes In On All-Time US Record

Some time this week it’s likely that Star Wars will become the #1 domestic grossing film of all time. The Associated Press reports: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” marched confidently into the new year, raking in an additional $88.3 million over the New Year’s weekend and topping the box office for a third week, according to studio estimates Sunday. In …

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Star Wars Hits $1 Billion Gross

Via the Associated Press: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” has reached $1 billion at the box office, achieving the milestone with record-setting hyper speed. The Walt Disney Co. said “The Force Awakens” crossed the billion-dollar mark Sunday, accomplishing the feat in just 12 days. The previous movie to reach $1 billion the fastest was Universal’s “Jurassic World,” which did it …

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Stormtroopers Flank White House Press Secretary

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest exited the briefing room this afternoon flanked by two stormtroopers, much to the delight of Twitter’s wingnuts, many of whom correctly noted that stormtroopers are the bad guys in Star Wars. The stunt was part of tonight’s screening of The Force Awakens at the White House.

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This Is An Ad For Something [VIDEO]

JMG reader David points us to this Star Wars-inspired French clip, which might be an ad for condoms. Unless it’s for cellphones. Watch below.

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Star Wars Cast Sings Star Wars Theme [VIDEO]

Stereogum recaps: Daisy Ridley, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyongo, Carrie Fisher, various droids, and Chewbacca all joined Fallon and the Roots to Pentatonix the shit out of it. They even got grumpy old Harrison Ford to show up for a couple of seconds. And you know what? It’s great! It’s so fun!

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VIRAL VIDEO: Darth Vader Yule Log

Via Gizmodo: Who wants the hassle and maintenance of a real fireplace when Netflix serves up a convincing yule log you can just stream to your living room TV? Or better yet, why not just give in to all the Star Wars mania and curl up next to Anakin Skywalker’s burning corpse on a cold winter’s night. If this five …

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Carrie Fisher & Ellen Sell Star Wars Tickets [VIDEO]

Via People: Carrie Fisher and Ellen DeGeneres heard the call of disappointed Star Wars fans who couldn’t nab tickets to the opening night of the newest installment, so they took to the street. The actress, who is reprising her role as Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, stood on the side of a busy Los Angeles roadway with …

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Nutjob Actress Janine Turner: Darth Vader Is Black Because Star Wars Is Based on The Bible [VIDEO]

Ooh, papa toony! Via Raw Story: Northern Exposure actress Janine Turner asserted to Fox Business News on Monday that Darth Vader’s costume was black because Star Wars movies were based on the Bible. Over the weekend, MSNBC host Melissa Harris Perry had suggested that there was a racial component to Darth Vader’s character because he was dressed in black and …

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VIRAL VIDEO: Darth Trump

The Daily Beast raves: Have you been confused by the steady stream of tyrannical nonsense spouted by GOP presidential wannabe Donald Trump? Wondering just what the hell it all means, and what will happen, God forbid, if he somehow rides a wave of hot air infused bullshit into the White House next year? The geniuses at YouTube channel Auralnauts have …

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Stormtrooper Mark Hamill On Hollywood Blvd [VIDEO]

In a promotion for charity, Mark Hamill donned a stormtrooper uniform to interact with Star Wars fans and cosplayers on Hollywood Boulevard. You’ll like this. Watch below.

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Yet Another Star Wars Trailer

Death March! Via TechCrunch: Thanksgiving doesn’t really rhyme with Star Wars Episode VII, but given that Disney wants to break the record of trailers before a theatrical release, here’s a brand new trailer full of exclusive footage. This time, the new trailer is all about the bad guy. You may remember him from his crazy-looking lightsaber in previous trailers. As …

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Pentatonix Sings Star Wars Theme At AMAs [VIDEO]

Mashable recaps: Your favorite a capella group has joined the dark side. Pentatonix performed a rousing tribute to Star Wars at the American Music Awards, recreating the film’s classic theme music. The performance was introduced by Harrison Ford, and was later boosted by legendary composer John Williams, who came out conducting a full orchestra. Watch below.

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TRAILER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

There’s yet another Star Wars trailer. Screen Rant recaps: We’ve seen that Rey is able to fly the Millennium Falcon while Finn uses one of the Corellian transport’s laser turrets. This new TV spot focuses more on the latter, putting Finn (John Boyega) in the spotlight. We see him acting tough, perhaps introducing himself to Solo, hints of why he’s …

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NEW TRAILER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mashable recaps the new, slightly different trailer: One new scene of particular note shows Han Solo handing Rey, Daisy Ridley’s character, an unidentified weapon. “You’re going to need this,” Han says. In another scene, evidently set at a Resistance base, Carrie Fisher’s daughter Billie Lourd was seen in a scene around a table with Princess (sorry, General) Leia — scotching …

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TRAILER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

After months of maddeningly short teasers, including two released early today, the full trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens debuted tonight during Monday Night Football. Variety reports: The new footage opens with Daisy Ridley’s Rey as she scavenges what looks like an old starship — likely the Imperial Star Destroyer seen in the first trailer — before moving on …

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TEASER: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Via Wired: It’s finally happened. We’re now just close enough to the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens that we’re getting teasers for new trailers—and we couldn’t be more excited. In two clips released ahead of tonight’s debut of the latest Force Awakens trailer, we see just a brief moment of Finn (John Boyega) and Poe (Oscar Isaac) apparently …

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There’s A New Star Wars VII Teaser

Vox recaps: That disturbance in the force can only mean one thing: Star Wars: The Force Awakens has released new footage. Granted, it’s not a whole lot of footage, since the clip was released on Instagram. In fact, this latest chapter of the Star Wars franchise has played it particularly close to the vest as far as new video goes. …

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