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Huge 'Skywalker' debut sales lowest of recent 'Star Wars' trilogy
Roughly $176 million of the total for 'Rise of Skywalker' came from the United States and Canada, ranking as the 12th-biggest opening of all time, and the third biggest in December, in the world’s largest film market.
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'Star Wars' bows after 42 years as Carrie Fisher heads reunion
Thanks to some innovative repurposing of footage shot during the previous Star Wars installments, Fisher improbably remains at the center of a movie released three years after her death.
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Coming to 'Star Wars': Emotional end for Skywalkers, and then what?
'Star Wars,' the second-highest grossing movie franchise with more than $9.2 billion in ticket sales, began with George Lucas’ 1977 movie about farmboy-turned-hero Luke Skywalker.
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'It's bittersweet': Leia has key role as 'Star Wars' wraps Skywalker saga
Writer and director J.J. Abrams said he had enough unused footage of Carrie Fisher from the filming of 2015 movie 'The Force Awakens' to make Leia a key player in 'The Rise of Skywalker'.
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'Game of Thrones' creators withdraw from 'Star Wars' trilogy
David Benioff and DB Weiss said they were 'regretfully stepping away' from the upcoming trio of movies in the blockbuster space saga, the first of which was originally scheduled for release in 2022.
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Chewbacca, Ford and Hamill launch Disney's 'Star Wars' land
Chewbacca climbed into the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon and fireworks flew overhead as Walt Disney Co dedicated its new 'Star Wars' section at California’s Disneyland Resort on Wednesday.
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Actor Peter Mayhew, Chewbacca in 'Star Wars' saga, dead at 74
Mayhew died on Tuesday at his home in Texas, surrounded by loved ones, the family said in a statement released on the actor's Twitter account.
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'Star Wars' Darth Vader costume could go for $2m at auction
The 17-piece ensemble includes the villain’s black mask, boots, a pair of capes and a cod piece, said the auctioneers, who estimated it could sell for between $1 million and $2 million.
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'Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker' sees return of emperor Palpatine
Disney showed fans attending the 'Star Wars Celebration' convention in Chicago the first footage from the movie, which will be released in theaters in December and will conclude the story that began in 1977.
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Disney bans smoking at US parks ahead of 'Star Wars' openings
The restrictions are designed in part to help deal with the large crowds expected to flock later this year to new 'Star Wars'-themed attractions at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
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George Lucas's film empire tops Forbes list of richest US celebrities
Most of Lucas’s wealth came from the $4.05 billion sale of the LucasFilm production company to Walt Disney Co in 2012, Forbes said.
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Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber to light up ‘Star Wars’ props auction
‘Star Wars’ movies have made billions of dollars at the box office worldwide and props and costumes from the sci-fi saga can fetch sky-high prices at auction.
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'Star Wars' producer wants new movie voices 'to bring world to its senses'
Honoured with her producer husband Frank Marshall, Kennedy was the first woman to receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ annual Irving. G. Thalberg award.
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Disney plans new 'Star Wars' prequel series for streaming service
Iger also said Disney is developing a new series based around Marvel comic book villain Loki, starring British actor Tom Hiddleston.
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Half of 'Last Jedi' haters were bots, trolls, activists, study says
'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' prompted criticism online after its December 2017 release.
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‘Star Wars’ fans promised up-close look at Vader in virtual reality
The series, called ‘Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series, will be watchable on Oculus Quest virtual reality headsets, which offer immersive, 360-degree video experiences.
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Disney admits dark side for 'Star Wars'
The company has conceded that it’s been a mistake to shuttle a new film into theatres every year.
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Han Solo jacket, Marty McFly hoverboard for sale at movie props auction
London and Los Angeles-based Prop Store is putting more than 600 lots from some 150 movies and television shows under the hammer on 20 September.
