Tag: Star Wars
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George Lucas (Literally) Couldn’t Afford Mistakes In The Original Star Wars’ Special Effects
Watching films in recent years has gotten us all used to seeing things that don’t exist in the real world. Visual effects have certainly come a long way since “Star Wars: Episode I – A New Hope” premiered in 1977. These days VFX artists can create an entire world, like the Quantum Realm in “Ant-Man…
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Warwick Davis Filmed A Never-Seen Star Wars Mockumentary As Wicket
When the original “Star Wars” trilogy was first released in the late 1970s and early ’80s, fans were starving for more things to watch in this world. With no streaming at the time, the only way to see your favorite film was to catch it in the theater or — if you or someone you…
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Best Sci-Fi Movies Based on Actual Science, Ranked by Accuracy
In most cases, science fiction films err on the side of fiction rather than reality. Sometimes a film, such as Star Wars, is a fantasy film disguised as a sci-fi spectacle, or a film will deviate so far from genuine science that it is pure imagination. Occasionally, science movies will accurately incorporate genre tropes with…
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‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 Concept Art: Grogu Plays With Space Crabs
The cutest foundling in the galaxy is having the time of his life! In new concept art for the third season of The Mandalorian released by Empire Magazine, Grogu can be seen playing with what appear to be the Star Wars galaxy’s equivalent to crabs. It is unclear if the child will try to eat…
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Peyton Reed on Directing Mandalorian & Using Volume Technology on Ant-Man 3
Award-winning director Peyton Reed is about to show the fruits of his jump into the Quantum Realm with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania releasing this week. The film will see Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) travel to a world they’ve never known to face off against Kang the Conqueror (Jonathan…
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How ‘The Bad Batch’ Season 2 Can Connect to The Rise Of Skywalker
Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 Episode 8 of The Bad Batch.This week’s double feature in The Bad Batch was definitely one of the highlights of Season 2, even with possible ties to The Rise of Skywalker, the finale of the Skywalker Saga in Star Wars. In “The Clone Conspiracy”, the animated…
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Pedro Pascal Can’t Help But Crack Up In A Mostly Satisfying Episode Of Saturday Night Live
Pedro Pascal is the talk of the town right now. Not only has the actor skyrocketed in fame and admiration since taking on the title role in the “Star Wars” series “The Mandalorian,” but he’s garnering even more love and acclaim thanks to his leading role in HBO’s adaptation of the beloved video game “The Last…
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Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi 40th Anniversary Funko POPs, Action Figures & More Are Coming Soon
“Return of the Jedi” turns 40 this year, believe it or not, marking the last of the original trilogy to officially enter into the mid-life crisis age. Instead of buying a sports car, getting a single ear piercing, or hyper-fixating on working out, “Return of the Jedi” is instead celebrating this milestone with … wait…
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The Bad Batch Season 2 Needs to Get a New Goal — Fast
The Bad Batch follows interesting characters during one of the most intriguing, tense periods in the history of the Star Wars galaxy, but the series is growing increasingly stale in its second season. The two most recent episodes, arguably the most tedious ones yet, make it clear why this is. As it stands right now,…
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The Bad Batch Season 2: Could [Spoiler] be a Jedi?
Did this week’s episode of The Bad Batch just hint at another Jedi in Star Wars? “Entombed” is filled with Easter eggs, and sees the titular gang (all played by Dee Bradley Baker) join newcomer pirate Phee Genoa (Wanda Sykes) in a treasure-hunting mission to the Kaldar Trinary system, after a few episodes of disillusionment…