For Amandla Stenberg, the Star Wars franchise is about how trauma affects everyone and how the inability to accept and process it makes people more vulnerable to corruption. The Hunger Games actor stars in the new eight-episode Star Wars series The Acolyte on Disney+ as Mae, a character with complicated family problems and a strong connection to the Force. There...
British actress Daisy Ridley says reprising her role as Jedi hero Rey feels "exciting and nerve-racking" as she returns to the Star Wars franchise for a new film. Walt Disney Co, which purchased Star Wars producer Lucasfilm in 2012 and released three movies starring Ridley from 2015 to 2019, as well as different TV series, announced...
George Lucas has defended his Star Wars prequels. The 80-year-old director insisted that his movies were never meant to appeal to grown ups and he doesn't understand the hate directed at them. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he said at the Cannes Film Festival: "It was supposed to be a kid's movie for 12-year-olds that were going through...
Props from Harry Potter and Star Wars will be among the items going up for sale in an online auction. Propstore will launch a three-day auction from March 12 until March 14 where potential buyers can bid online, over the phone, or via absentee bidding for the chance to get their hands on memorabilia from Hollywood,...
Daisy Ridley feared she had ruined Star Wars with her acting. The 31-year-old played heroine Rey in the trilogy The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi and the Rise of Skywalker, and said she found it traumatic watching her first turn in the sci-fi franchise. She told Inverse magazine: "Honestly, the first time I watched myself on screen,...
Carrie Fisher's Star Wars costume is expected to fetch up to US$2 million (S$2.7 million) at auction. The late actress' all-white outfit she donned as Princess Leia in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope is going under the hammer with Propstore Auction and is expected to fetch a huge sum at the end of...
The launch of Columbia's newest collection of Star Wars apparel is one of our favourite holiday traditions. In the past years, The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, and The Empire Strikes Back were some of the featured designs. Approaching its eighth year, Columbia is amping it up with a limited-edition outerwear collection inspired by the...
Already an esteemed actor in his own right, Lee Jung Jae further propelled his career and status, achieving international popularity for his role in the Netflix breakout series, Squid Game. In February, Lee Jung Jae announced signing with American talent agency, Creative Artists Agency, officially kickstarting his Hollywood career. Recently, Lee Jung Jae was announced to star in upcoming Star Wars series, The Acolyte,...
A big fan of Star Wars while growing up, Louis Koo (古天樂) had always wanted to produce a prominent Hong Kong sci-fi film. His company spent three years on the postproduction of Warriors of Future <明日戰記>, which is finally ready to release on August 25. Set in the future, the premise of the film centers around Earth already ravaged by pollution and...
This article contains spoilers for Stranger Things Season 4 Volume 2 — last chance to turn back!] With a body count, devastation in Hawkins, and far more questions than answers, the finale of Stranger Things 4 has been nothing short of bleak. It’s not an unexpected shift — and some might even welcome the angst —...
