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Is Lucasfilm Hiding a 4K Star Wars Original Cut? A New Hope IMAX Re-Release Ignites Major Fan Speculation
Earlier this year, Luscasfilm announced that it would be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Star Wars: A New Hope by re-releasing it on April 30th, 2027, and recently it was revealed that it would also have showings in IMAX.
Leslye Headland Ties The Acolyte to the Star Wars Sequels, Lucasfilm Provides a Connection No One Asked For
There’s a major connection between the Star Wars sequel trilogy and the divisive Disney+ series The Acolyte.
Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker left theaters nearly six years ago and divided fans as part of the divisive sequel trilogy. A few years later, The Acolyte went into production for Disney+. One would think that showrunner Leslye Headland might have tried to distance herself from the sequel trilogy despite its canonical status.
Disney Reportedly Paid Seven Figures for “The Hunt for Ben Solo” Script as Mouse House’s Wasteful Spending Continues — Big Budgets for Bigger Flops
Disney budgets continue to skyrocket as box office returns plummet. It was recently alleged that The Walt Disney Company paid screenwriter Scott Z. Burns a seven-figure sum — the highest in Lucasfilm history — for a script that will never be made.
Report Claims The Hunt for Ben Solo Canceled for “Political Reasons” And May Have Cost Alan Bergman the Disney CEO Job — But Does That Really Hold Up?
Some new behind-the-scenes claims about The Hunt for Ben Solo are circulating—and they make the galaxy far, far away sound more like an episode of Succession than Star Wars.
Rian Johnson Says Him Coming Back to Star Wars “Would Be the Most Wonderful Thing in The World”
While doing press for Wake Up Dead Man, the next installment in his ensemble murder mystery franchise, Johnson told Empire Magazine, “That cog will be turning the rest of my life. I love Star Wars.” His last (and so far, only) Star Wars movie, 2017’s The Last Jedi, proved divisive. It currently sits at a 16% “Heinous” score on Criticless with 132 voters.
Disney Resurrects Hated Star Wars Holiday Special With Life Day Chewbacca Meet and Greet at Jollywood Nights Tickets
Disney will roll out a meet and greet with Life Day Chewbacca, complete with his festive red robe at Jollywood Nights.
Star Wars Fans Fly Plane Over Disney Studios Demanding Bob Iger “Save The Hunt for Ben Solo”
The fallout from Adam Driver’s revelation that Disney rejected the idea for a Kylo Ren-centric Star Wars film just hit the stratosphere — literally. Star Wars fans furious over Disney’s decision to kill The Hunt for Ben Solo have taken their protest airborne, flying a banner over Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California, that read: “SAVE THE HUNT FOR BEN SOLO.”
Bob Iger Discarded George Lucas Sequel Trilogy Scripts & Ended Skywalkers Against Kathleen Kennedy’s Wishes, Den of Nerds Reports
When Disney purchased Lucasfilm in 2012 for $4.05 billion, George Lucas handed over more than just a company — he handed over his mythology to Disney CEO Bob Iger.
Adam Driver Confirms Disney Killed His Kylo Ren Star Wars Spin-Off Film ‘The Hunt for Ben Solo’
Fans can now add another title to the long list of Star Wars projects that failed to launch. In an interview with the Associated Press, Adam Driver, who played Kylo Ren (later revealed to be Ben Solo) in the Star Wars sequels that started with The Force Awakens, said he and director Steven Soderbergh spent two years independently developing a Star Wars movie called The Hunt for Ben Solo before presenting it to Lucasfilm and Disney executives.
Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Cost Nearly $600 Million, Making It One of the Most Expensive Movies Ever
In a staggering new report from Forbes journalist Caroline Reid, Disney has officially revealed that Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker cost $593.7 million to produce—making it the third most expensive movie ever made. That number places it behind only The Force Awakens and Jurassic World: Dominion in the all-time rankings of cinematic spending.
No Mention of Rey Star Wars Movie in Variety Profile on Director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy — Has “New Jedi Order” Been Quietly Canceled?
When Variety publishes a major profile on a filmmaker, readers tend to notice not only what’s included — but what’s missing. In the case of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the two-time Oscar-winning director who was once announced to helm a new Star Wars movie centered on Daisy Ridley’s Rey, a major omission might be the biggest story of all.
Mark Hamill Condemns AI Actors — After Letting Disney Digitally Rebuild Him
Mark Hamill is warning Hollywood about the “terrifying” future of AI performers. In a new Variety interview, the Star Wars veteran blasted the rise of synthetic actors as “ghastly,” “ghoulish,” and “weird.”
But the same man now decrying artificial actors has already been turned into one — at least partially — by Disney.