Carrie Fisher died today at age 60 in a Los Angeles area hospital after suffering a massive cardiac event a few days prior. Fisher was best known to Star Wars fans as the iconic, feisty Princess Leia Organa. She was also an accomplished author, screen… Read More »Carrie Fisher, actress known for Star Wars role of Princess Leia, dies at age 60
With a ton of dirt being moved around there’s a lot to dust off the Disneyland resort in 2017. The much-anticipated Star Wars theme land is still a ways off but between the arrival of Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: Breakout! and the return… Read More »What’s next for Disneyland Resort in 2017
Multiple new sources are reporting that actress Carrie Fisher, who appear in the Star Wars series movies as Princess Leia Organa, suffered a massive cardiac attack during a flight from London to Los Angeles. The episode started shortly before landing and eyewitnesses report that Fisher,… Read More »Actress Carrie Fisher, Star Wars’ Princess Leia, suffers cardiac arrest
When Disney bought Lucasfilm, one of the first big moves they made was to announce that much of the expanded universe (a collection of novels, comic books, and other stories that expanded the Star Wars storytelling beyond the movies) would become part of a new… Read More »All the Star Wars Rebels references in Rogue One
If you’ve watched every Star Wars movie on cable and “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” in theaters and you still want more Star Wars? Have you considered the excellent “Star Wars Rebels” animated TV how on Disney XD channel? It features some of the… Read More »Rogue One character to appear in Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels
I’d say 90% of the feedback I’m hearing about “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is very positive. However, even the most positive reviews question the use of CGI to recreate Grand Moff Tarkin despite the actor having died many years ago. I think the… Read More »Rogue One: A Star Wars Story “K-2SO” featurette
Leading up to the opening weekend for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” there was a lot of worry among Star Wars fans. Rumors of major re-shoots made it sound like the film really just wasn’t working. Executives at Disney and Lucasfilm assured fans that… Read More »How different a film was Rogue One: A Star Wars Story before the re-shoots? We look at the clues.
The first Star Wars film outside the normal numbered trilogy episodes, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” took in a global total of $290 million over its opening weekend. $155m of that was at the domestic box office, giving it an easy first place. This… Read More »Rogue One: A Star Wars Story makes $290m over first weekend