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'Star Wars' Bait and Switch: What Was in 'Force Awakens' Trailers vs. What Ended Up in Film (Spoilers)
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The 'Force Awakens' Cast Reveals the Most Unexpected Famous 'Star Wars' Fans They've Encountered
Joseph Gordon-Levitt came dressed as Yoda. Sofia Vergara wore Princess Leia’s signature hair buns. Other actors like Rainn Wilson (who also came in costume) and Eric Stonestreet tweeted out their approval.
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Watch 'Force Awakens' Newbies Get Their 'Star Wars' Cred Tested
The quiz (which you can see above) was simple: We listed the names of characters who were either real but semi-obscure Star Wars characters, or fake (and borrowed, say, from the name of a Filipino restaurant in suburban Los Angeles), and Boyega (Finn), Christie (Captain Phasma), Nyong'o (Maz Kanata), Daisy Ridley (Rey), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), and Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) had to tell us which was which.
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J.J. Abrams Confirms Name of New 'Star Wars' Character Is Nod to Both Beastie Boys and 'Lost'
When word spread in September that one of the new characters in Star Wars: The Force Awakens was named Ello Asty, it didn’t take fans long make the obvious Beastie Boys connection. Director J.J. Abrams is known to be a fan of the seminal rap trio, and to create the moniker for the alien, Abrams appeared to simply drop the first letters of both words from the Beasties’ 1998 album, Hello Nasty (which, it should be noted, includes the single “Intergalactic”). “It is for me,” Abrams said when we a
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Harrison Ford Nominates Himself to Play Young Han Solo in 'Star Wars' Prequel
Harrison Ford has not been paying attention to the search to find a young Han Solo, which should come to the surprise of absolutely no one who has ever witnessed an interview with or public appearance by Harrison Ford.
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'Star Wars' Flashback: When No Theater Wanted to Show the Movie in 1977
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J.J. Abrams Wants Ava DuVernay to Direct a 'Star Wars' Movie
In October, Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy said there’s nothing she’d like more than to see a woman direct one of the upcoming Star Wars movies. Now, her current Star Wars: The Force Awakens director, J.J. Abrams, has weighed in with one filmmaker he’d like to see enlisted for the gig.