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It’s May the Fourth, aka Star Wars Day! D’you know what that means? It’s time to put on your favourite Star Wars t-shirt (opens in new tab) and bust out some of the best Star Wars quotes, ready for you to annoy your friends, families, and colleagues. It’s already one …

If your parents didn’t love you enough and denied you the original Millenium Falcon toy, there’s finally a way to heal those wounds. A $500 way, courtesy of the designers over at HasLab, Hasbro’s version of Kickstarter. They’ve designed a 4-foot recreation of the Khetanna, Jabba the Hutt’s barge from …

Let’s be candid for one second; we’ve all wanted a little R2-D2 droid to call our own. He’s basically your friendly neighbourhood robot butler, and nowhere near as annoying as C-3PO, so it’s a win-win for any Star Wars fan.  While there are dozens of variants of R2-D2 toys out …

One of the most intriguing moments from Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens in new tab) was when Rey touched Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber at Maz Kanata’s castle and had what can only be described as a ‘Force vision’. With The Last Jedi (opens in new tab) mere days away from …

Star Wars nearly killed George Lucas. The director’s ambitious space saga, which nobody understood nor cared about (not even its cast) looked set to be a disaster of intergalactic proportions. During production in 1976, the special effects department was struggling with its groundbreaking technologies, while unbearable heat in Tunisia had …

Update: November 28, 2016 A new Star Wars: Rogue One (opens in new tab) poster has been released and it’s really different from the usual montage images we see. I knew Rogue One was going to be a different sort of Star Wars movie as soon as it released its …

Having been featured heavily in the pre-release marketing, it was a little surprising that Gwendoline Christie’s Captain Phasma ultimately had very little screen time in Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens. Thankfully we haven’t seen the last of the character, as Christie confirmed Phasma’s return on the red …

We already knew Star Wars: Episode VIII had started filming, with Mark Hamill spotted last year in Ireland wearing full Jedi gear. Now we have more details from John Boyega, Harrison Ford’s best friend and ex-Stormtrooper. Speaking to Vogue (opens in new tab) Boyega says “we just starting work on …

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (opens in new tab) has been rated 12A by the BBFC, making it the second film in the series to receive the rating after Revenge of the Sith in 2004. The UK rating (opens in new tab) will remain consistent with the United States’ MPAA, …

After co-writing The Force Awakens, Lawrence Kasdan has arrived at the surprising conclusion that Star Wars is not part of the sci-fi genre. While many would definitely describe the saga as a sci-fi, or at a push fantasy, Kasdan believes the property defies categorisation. Here’s what he thinks… “Star Wars …