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'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' star says racial profiling got him kicked off flight
Actor Riz Ahmed, who played pilot Bhodi Rook in 2016’s “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” says racial profiling got him removed from a flight last year, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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Fresh off 'Star Wars,' Felicity Jones talks about playing another pop culture icon: Ruth Bader Ginsburg
"When I first met Ruth, she said, 'You speak the Queen's English and I'm a girl from Brooklyn. How is that going to work?'" Felicity Jones says about playing Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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'Rogue One' Director Says Carrie Fisher Couldn't Tell Princess Leia Was Actually Computer-Generated
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story received mostly positive reviews, but also criticism for its CGI characters — Grand Moff Tarkin and Princess Leia. Rogue One director Gareth Edwards told Fandango that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy told him, “[Fisher] didn’t realize it was CGI.
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The History of 'Star Wars' at the Oscars
Did you know that every Star Wars film to hit theaters has had a presence on Oscar night? It all started at the 1978 Academy Awards when the then-simply titled Star Wars received seven Oscars, including one for its original score by John Williams. While the film lost out on best screenplay, director, and picture, it was still the best night that George Lucas’s creation has had at the Academy Awards.
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Why 'Star Wars' Hates Handrails: Finally We Know Why People Keep Plummeting to Their Death
Ever noticed that most of the locations in the Star Wars universe wouldn’t pass a basic safety inspection? A number of characters plummet to their doom throughout the series, and the risk of accidentally falling on The Death Star or in Cloud City, or even tripping into that floor hatch on the Millennium Falcon, seems incredibly high. A new episode of the official web series The Star Wars Show explains that this was by design: George Lucas was against building guardrails on Star Wars sets.
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The Secret Origin of Jyn Erso's Name Revealed by 'Rogue One' Mastermind
It was visual effects ace John Knoll who first pitched the idea for the standalone Star Wars hit Rogue One to Lucasfilm chief Kathleen Kennedy. “I wanted a really strong, smart, and active female character as the lead of this movie,” Knoll, chief creative officer of Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light & Magic effects house, told Yahoo Movies.
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'Rogue One' Has Lackluster Opening Weekend Box Office in China
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was a box-office success in 2016. The Washington Post says Rogue One earned $477.3 million, so it’s not a stretch to imagine it will soon overtake Finding Dory’s $486.3 million haul. Yet, while Rogue One was a hit in the U.S., it might not be in China.
