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bestweasel writes: The Hollywood Reporter highlights an academic paper which finds that half of the criticism aimed at director Rian Johnson over Star Wars: The Last Jedi was politically motivated. From the report: [Researcher Morten Bay’s paper] title… Continue reading ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Negative Buzz Amplified By Russian Trolls, Study Finds
Disney is reportedly having trouble buying back TV rights to “Star Wars” movies from AT&T’s Turner Broadcasting so that it can offer them on a new streaming video service it is working on. Bloomberg reports: Disney made a preliminary inquiry about … Continue reading Original Star Wars Movies May Not Launch With Disney’s Streaming Service Until 2024
In an interview with James Cameron, George Lucas reveals what he’d planed for the final three Star Wars films:
“[The next three ‘Star Wars’ films] were going to get into a microbiotic world,” he told Cameron. “There’s this world of creatures that opera… Continue reading George Lucas’s Terrible Idea for Star Wars Episodes 7-9
Zorro shares a report from The Hollywood Reporter: To borrow one of Han Solo’s lines from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, “That’s not how the Force works!” It’s an apt way to sum up the troubled performance of Solo: A Star Wars Story. In one of the bigge… Continue reading ‘Solo’ Will Lose $50+ Million In First Defeat For Disney’s ‘Star Wars’ Empire
“Logan” director James Mangold is reportedly directing a “Star Wars” standalone movie centered on the bounty hunter Boba Fett. Variety reports: The untitled movie will be a part of the studio’s Star Wars Anthology films, which are being spun off as ori… Continue reading A Star Wars Boba Fett Movie Is In the Works
From a report: Jon Favreau is going from “Avengers” blockbusters to a galaxy far, far away. The director, actor, producer and writer will take on a Star Wars starring role by helming a series destined for Disney’s new streaming video service. While Fav… Continue reading ‘Iron Man’ Director Jon Favreau Will Write And Produce a Live-Action ‘Star Wars’ TV Series For Disney’s New Streaming Service
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A federal judge in California has rejected Disney’s effort to stop Redbox from reselling download codes of popular Disney titles like Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, and the latest Star Wars movies. … Continue reading How a Fight Over Star Wars Download Codes Could Reshape Copyright Law
Combined, Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Star Wars: The Force Awakens have surpassed $4.06 billion in ticket sales at the worldwide box office. That’s more than what Disney paid to buy George Lucas’ St… Continue reading ‘Star Wars’ Franchise Crosses $4 Billion, Eclipsing Disney’s Lucasfilm Price
2017 will be remembered for some of the worst hacks and data leaks. Equifax, WannaCry, Goldeneye and Uber’s concealment of the leak of 57 million user records have apparently taught the average internet user nothing about security. Users still ha… Continue reading ‘starwars’ joins the top 100 worst passwords list in 2017
AmiMoJo writes: After what feels like an eternity of waiting, Star Wars: The Last Jedi has finally reached cinemas, scoring a whopping $450 million opening weekend worldwide. While reviews have been unanimously positive for Rian Johnson’s blockbuster, … Continue reading Ask Slashdot: Thoughts On Star Wars: The Last Jedi One Week Later? [Spoilers]