Star Wars Reviews, Interviews & More

Brad Bird has firmly established himself as an inventive, exhilarating director with a flair for wild, intricate, and kinetic visuals that play like pure eye-candy with heart—from his animated works (The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, and Ratatouille) to his surprisingly awesome live-action debut with Mission: Impossible Ghost...

Within the span of a few years suddenly filmmaker J.J. Abrams has turned into the go-to person to handle monstrous science fiction franchises. First he helped revive the Star Trek movie series, and now he's taking over the next film addition to the Star Wars universe. Some of us are wondering how he'll be able to have time to work on both Star...

There are certain things that have carried over into all of the Star Wars movies. Character-wise that's been limited to C-3PO and R2D2, but one of the few constants in the making of the films has been the scores by five-time Oscar winner John Williams. With J.J. Abrams coming aboard there were some who thought he would use Michael Giacchino, but Abrams has said he...

Though director J.J. Abrams still has to make his way through the publicity gauntlet for his latest film, Star Trek Into Darkness, that's not going to stop people from wondering what's going on with his next project. You know, Star Wars: Episode VII. There's been word that the old cast might return, and now it seems that Carrie Fisher has confirmed that she's coming...

J.J. Abrams is a busy guy—when he’s not taking the Star Trek original series franchise and rebooting it into a shiny, depth-less cartoon with Star Trek and the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness, he’s taking of the reigns of the Star Wars franchise, seeing as he has been tapped to helm Star Wars Episode VII.  So, will he have time to return for...

In its initial run, Star Wars came out once every three years from 1977-1983. And though George Lucas suggested it was the start of a nine-part series, it took sixteen years for him to make the first prequel. The prequel series was three films that ran from 1999 -2005.  Now that Disney owns the rights, we're not only going to be getting chapters VII-IX to the...

If you've been living under a rock for the past couple of months, then you haven't heard the major changes that Disney and company are doing to the Star Wars franchise. Now that Star Wars: Episode VII is beginning pre-production, it's time for Disney and Lucasfilm to renovate what's going on in the Star Wars animation department. Some...

Sigh, OK, to recap, one last time: Mark Hamill has stated the original Star Wars cast were in negotiations to return to the new sequel trilogy of Star Wars films.  Then rumors broke that Harrison Ford was confirmed to return as Han Solo.  Then, just this week, Carrie Fisher confirmed she would return as Princess Leia.  Then, today, we reported that Fisher’s rep issued a...

A Star Wars: Episode VII news item made the rounds yesterday in which Carrie Fisher confirmed her return casting as Princess Leia with a simple “yes” upon being asked if she would appear in the sequel trilogy.  Her answer made sense, as Harrison Ford has already been rumored to return as Han Solo, and Mark Hamill has stated that Disney has approached all the main original cast...

Being able to put together a proper prequel for a well known property is a tricky thing to do. It's normally a risk to put together a movie, but you're working with more obstacles when it comes to the prequels game. The folks making the picture are dealing not only with expanding on an established fictional world but handling a good chunk of money in order to create it. There's a lot of...

As J.J. Abrams and screenwriter Michael Arndt work to develop the sequel Star Wars: Episode VII, news and rumors have begun to swirl that members of the original trilogy’s cast would be included in this new sequel trilogy.  Fanning these flames is the all but confirmed rumor that Harrison Ford will indeed return to star as scoundrel Han Solo, and the fact that Mark...

Now that we have news that Harrison Ford is returning to the Star Wars franchise, it’s stands to reason to assume that other original trilogy stars such as Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, or Billy Dee Williams would likely pop up as well, as more and more rumors spring up that the new trilogy will focus on the children...

There has been a lot of head-scratching and speculation concerning the new Star Wars films—will they focus on the children of the heroes from the original film?  How many original stars will make cameos or appearances?  Is it possible for a decent Star Wars sequel to exist?—and one of the questions haunting Star Wars fans since J.J. Abrams signed on to direct...

In news that is sure to set a good chunk of the internet to implode in on itself, Harrison Ford has agreed to star in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII as Han Solo.  Yes, you read the correctly—Harrison Ford is returning as Han Solo.

I remember it like it was yesterday. After suffering through what seemed like an hour of bad romance, and a side plot that didn't advance much character (and maybe a little plot), we saw Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi go toe to toe with Count Dooku. Yeah, maybe the fights were a little CGI enhanced, but it was still a lightsaber battle. Then Yoda showed up and turned into a whirling...

Ever since Disney announced that they would be releasing an all new trilogy of Star Wars sequels, fan speculation has run rampant concerning the “stand-alone” films that Disney also mentioned producing, which would each take place in the Star Wars universe, but would be more concerned with individual characters rather than the overall series arc of Jedi versus the Sith.  And with...

One of the more interesting aspects of Disney’s re-launching of the Star Wars franchise is that not only are they prepping the release of an all-new trilogy, but that they are set to release a series of stand-alone films set within the Star Wars universe as well.  And the first of those stand-alone films may well star a little green guy who has an odd manner of...

Star Trek Into Darkness is certainly one of the most anticipated films of 2013—not only because of the never ending “is the villain secretly Khan?” debate—but also because the IMAX 3D CGI extravaganza (and any other trends you can think of—Smell-o-Vision?  Is it in Smell-o-Vision, too?) likely marks the final moment in the Star Trek franchise...

It’s been a topsy-turvy few months for fans of both the Star Wars and Star Trek franchises.  On the Star Trek end of the spectrum, there has been wild and fervid internet speculation as to whether or not director J.J. Abrams would commit the supposed sacrilege of rebooting the classic Trek villain Khan for the upcoming Star Trek Into Darkness...

When Lucasfilm was bought by Disney, the first thing announced was a new Star Wars movie that would be a follow up to the six films that had come previous. But Disney mentioned that they hoped to expand the brand, and the latest development is that Zack Snyder may have been hired to make his own non-sequel Star Wars movie.