When it comes to Star Wars, we know prequel films don't really work out so well. While no one ever really asked to see the Muppet Babies version of Star Wars, it's happening again anyhow. But with any luck and without George Lucas to crash the ship, this new slate of movies might not be half bad.
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In all the excitement surrounding the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it's easy to forget that we know almost nothing about anyone who wasn't a character in previous films. The movie that includes a few familiar faces is also jam packed with plenty of unfamiliar ones.
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Star Wars fans love a good backstory. In the old Expanded Universe, every minor character in every scene had an elaborate and thrilling story to tell, from droids all the way down to the heartless little pig guys who worked the freezing chambers on Bespin.
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Star Wars didn't just clean up at the box office, it literally reinvented the entire Hollywood machine. Here's how it came close to never even happening.
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The secret universe of Star Wars is denser than the Forest Moon of Endor. If you've seen a weird alien on-screen for even one half of one second, you can be sure that it has a backstory that would rival that of any of the films' main characters.
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Rogue One was just the start. Here's how we think Return of the Jedi could lead to more standalone Star Wars stories.
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Though Lucasfilm passed on Star Wars franchise creator George Lucas' vision for the current film trilogy, Solo: A Star Wars Story director Ron Howard wasn't going to turn down input from the legend himself. Howard has revealed that Lucas offered insight that ended up altering the Han Solo prequel.
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Think you know all there is to know about Star Wars? Think again.
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It is nigh impossible to overstate the impact that Star Wars has had on popular culture. Since the first movie's debut in 1977, the franchise has been mentioned in other media on a myriad of occasions. Here are a few of the more obvious easter eggs in other movies.
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The Star Wars franchise thrives on faces both familiar and fresh, even if those faces are covered in a few inches of latex. For every ultra-famous James Earl Jones or Alec Guinness we see aboard the Death Star or yelling at sandpeople, there are just as many unfamiliar actors.
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There's no doubt that Star Wars: The Force Awakens has been a hit with audiences and critics alike. While there's been plenty of justified criticism over how the movie revisits (or maybe even rehashes…or rips off) elements from A New Hope, the movie as a whole is still a great time.
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Solo: A Star Wars Story is slated to make a statement at the box office later this month. Early tracking projections forecast that the Alden Ehrenreich-starring film will score a $170 million-plus domestic opening when it officially debuts on Friday, May 25.
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From smugglers to Jedi, bounty hunters to politicians, here are our picks for the most impressive women throughout the Star Wars saga.
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Following the confirmation that Avengers: Infinity War officially earned the biggest domestic opening weekend of all time, taking home $258.2 million across North America towards a $630 million international pull, Star Wars franchise owner Lucasfilm congratulated Marvel Studios on a job well done.
Read MoreTo boost hype for Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lucasfilm unveiled a fresh featurette showing off new footage and teasing a different side to the space-faring smuggler Han Solo: a rare, reckless "free spirit."
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The fresh face behind the scruffy-looking nerf herder is here to stay. Actor Alden Ehrenreich inadvertently revealed that his role as young Han Solo in the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story isn't a one-time-only thing.
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We're just about a month out from Disney and Lucasfilm launching Solo: A Star Wars Story onto silver screens near us, and the companies have been doubling down on their promotional rampage. The latest bit of Solo marketing material came on Monday, in the form of nine new character posters.
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From shifting the focus away from dynasties to a parental revelations and the evolution of Force powers, here's a look at some of the ways The Last Jedi changed Star Wars and no one noticed.
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Empire has rolled out two new images from Solo: A Star Wars Story, giving fans their best look at the film's main villain, Dryden Vos, and teasing the dangerous heist mission Han Solo carries out on the snowy planet of Vandor.
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It's one of the biggest mysteries in the galaxy: who are Rey's parents in the new Star Wars trilogy?
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Han Solo really knows how to get on a lady's nerves. New details have emerged about the mysterious villain that has appeared in the teaser and trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story, thanks to a French tie-in magazine that reveals the masked villain's name, allegiance, and gender.
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Surely it's just a matter of time before Hollywood finally figures out how to make a great video game movie. Right? That day may well be a lot closer than you think, because — believe it or not — the Call of Duty movie is actually shaping up quite nicely.
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We've got a Wookiee's bounty of Corellian content, so here's everything you missed in the new Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer.
Read MoreSolo: A Star Wars Story stars Alden Ehrenreich as a younger version of Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford in the original trilogy. Emilia Clarke, Woody Harrelson, Donald Glover, and Thandie Newton also star in the movie, which hits theaters in May.
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The Star Wars movies are some of the biggest blockbusters ever, stuffed full of more hidden details and secrets than you can shake a gaffi stick at.
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The Last Jedi successfully thrusts the franchise forward, and it does so by answering a bunch of lingering questions along the way.
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