Is Rey a Kenobi? Is Luke her dad? We can't really be sure about any of it ... except for the fact that Luke's her dad, because c'mon, right? But there's something else everyone's overlooking: Rey's name probably isn't even Rey. Whaaaaaaaatttttt? Yeah. After the reveal that Kylo Ren is actually Ben, fans started questioning if Rey is actually Rey. After all, changing her name would be the best way […]
Sorry, Leo, there's a new king of the world. No iceberg could stand in the way of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," sailing past "Titanic" on Friday for second on the all-time domestic box office list. The movie's reported U.S. total of $686.4 million beats the James Cameron directed blockbuster by nearly $30 million ("Titanic" made $658.7 million). Now it has another Cameron film, the all-time record holder, "Avatar," in […]
With more than $1 billion in ticket sales and a 94 percent fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, it seems like just about everybody is happy with the seventh installment of "Star Wars" -- except for George Lucas. "Star Wars’" original creator sat down with Charlie Rose and had a few choice words for the franchise’s new owners at Disney and how they treated what he referred to as "his children." "I loved […]
The movie — relaunching the classic sci-fi franchise — achieves the milestone Tuesday at the North American box office. J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Force Awakens is celebrating Tuesday by crossing the $300 million mark at the North American box office in only five days, the fastest in movie history. The Disney and Lucasfilm release — rebooting the marquee sci-fi franchise in Jedi-like fashion — finished Monday with a domestic […]
Harrison Ford and Omaze recently teamed up to surprise Star Wars fans on Skype. After popping in on the fans’ live chat, Ford announces a new Star Wars: The Force Awakens charity auction that will “present two winners with tickets for them and three guests each to attend the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in either Los Angeles or London, walk the red carpet, and meet the cast.” […]
"My first few auditions really didn't feel good, but my last audition suddenly felt like something clicked," says the 23-year-old Londoner. A version of this story first appeared in the Nov. 13 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe. Before landing one of the most coveted roles of the decade, Star Wars: The Force Awakens heroine Daisy Ridley had become accustomed to disappointment. […]
The final Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer has been unveiled. The spot for the J.J. Abrams-directed film aired during halftime of ESPN's Monday Night Football, following the release of the film's poster over the weekend. 'Star Wars: Rogue One' Director Reveals Plot The film hits theaters Dec. 18. It stars Oscar Isaac, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Lupita Nyong'o and Adam Driver, along with returning castmembers Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and […]
Our cover model, Kylo Ren (played by Adam Driver) strikes a pose with his homemade lightsaber. It turns out, his true identity has been masked from us in more ways than one … Old friends, but in a new time and place. R2-D2 seems to have hardly changed, but C-3PO (played by Anthony Daniels) now sports an unexplained red arm. Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux, a cruel leader of The […]
The new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer, unveiled on Thursday, makes the upcoming JJ Abrams-directed sequel look like a lengthy love letter to every series fan who hasn’t stopped complaining since 1999’s The Phantom Menace. From the dogfight inside the ruined hulk of a crash-landed Imperial Star Destroyer to the not-quite-a-surprise appearance in the last moments of the trailer of Han and Chewie, there’s not an uncomfortably racialized alien […]
