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Star Wars fans build Mandalorian spaceship in Siberia
The model of the Razor Crest -- a gunship used by the hit TV show's mysterious bounty hunter to roam the galaxy's outer reaches -- now sits on a snow-covered...
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Star Wars toys discovered in bin bags net £400,000 for UK couple
The couple, from Stourbridge in central England, were initially unsure what to make of the jumble of dolls and spacecraft their neighbour had spent decades collecting, 'The Times' newspaper reported Thursday.
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Boyega says non-white 'Star Wars' characters 'pushed to the side'
In an interview published by 'GQ' magazine on Wednesday, Boyega expressed bitterness over how his role as black stormtrooper Finn faded in the latter episodes of the trilogy which concluded with 'The Rise of Skywalker' in 2019.
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'Thrones' creators join 'Star Wars' director for Netflix series
Liu Cixin's bestselling book trilogy 'The Three-Body Problem,' which tells the epic story of humanity's first contact with an alien civilisation, will become an international series for the streaming giant.
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Disney pushes back 'Mulan,' 'Star Wars,' 'Avatar' due to pandemic
Following the postponement of 'Tenet,' a sci-fi thriller that theater operators were counting on to jump-start attendance, it appears the summer film calendar is collapsing.
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Disney announces new 'Star Wars' theatrical film directed by Taika Waititi
A new 'Star Wars' series for streaming service Disney+ also is in development from 'Russian Doll' writer Leslye Headland, the company said in a statement.
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John Boyega thought he'd 'lose' himself to fame
The 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' star has admitted he found fame 'stressful' when he was first thrust into the spotlight after starring as Finn in the sci-fi franchise, and thought the pressures of fame would force him to 'do drugs and die'.
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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.
