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Variety: As of Tuesday, December 27, 2016, the worldwide box office for "Rogue One" is at $615 million.
CARRIE FISHER:
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BleedingCool: Carrie Fisher dies at the age of 60, Tuesday morning, December 27, 2016.
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THR: Debbie Reynolds, the mother of Carrie Fisher, has died at the age of 84, Wednesday, December 28, 2016, one day after the death of her daughter.
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People: "I want to be with Carrie" were Debbie Reynold's last words according to her son, Todd Fisher.
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YahooStyle: Why she really hated the gold metal bikini in "Return of the Jedi."
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YahooNews: Debbie Reynolds speaks about the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher - our Princess Leia.
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Variety: Fisher reportedly finished her work on Star Wars Episode 8 before she died.
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TheWrap: Posted a little over an hour ago, Debbie Fisher, mother of Carrie Fisher, who suffered a heart attack about a day and a half ago, says that Carrie is in "stable condition."
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Patreon: My review of "Rogue One."
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Deadline: "Rogue One" soars past $200 million.
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TheVerge: "Rogue One" had a different ending.
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ABC7: Gareth Edwards hopes for lasting cultural impact of "Rogue One."
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Polygon: Don't be afraid to talk about "Rogue One" and politics.
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Variety: "Rogue One" has $155 million opening weekend.
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CBR: Rebellions are built on hope. Why "Rogue One" matters now.
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YahooMovies: The inspiration for the "Star Wars" logo.
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Variety: $71 million in box office (North America) for "Rogue One" on Friday, Dec. 16th.
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Variety: "Rogue One" debuts with a massive $29 million Thursday night preview, the largest box office for a Thursday preview this year.
REVIEWS:
YahooMovies: From Variety by Peter Debruge.
YahooMovies - From AP by Lindsey Bahr - a dark exhilarating blast.
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Variety: "Rogue One" had its world premiere Saturday night, December 10, 2016 at Pantages Theatre in Hollywood.
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YahooMovies: George Lucas apparently like "Rogue One," cause he wasn't to crazy about "The Force Awakens."
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YahooMovies: Disney screens 28 minutes of "Rogue One" for select reporters. SPOILER ALERT
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YahooFinance: There is a Star Wars boycott that some Dump supporters... I mean Trump supporters have taken too - #DumpStarWars
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YouTube: Felicity Jones, "Jyn Erso" in Rogue One, was recently on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" showing off her martial arts moves.
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CNET: There will be new and weird creatures in "Rogue One."
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Variety: Advance ticket sales for "Rogue One" go on sale Monday, November 27, 2016.
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YouTube: Third and final (supposedly) official "Rogue One" trailer.
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YahooMovies: Spoilers in third Rogue One trailer.
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Gamespot: International "Rogue One" trailer with new Darth Vader footage.
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YouTube: New official trailer - released for the Olympics.
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YouTube: "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" - Celebration Reel.
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ThePlaylist: New "Rogue One" poster.
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ScreenRant: "Rogue One" gets an official synopsis.
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YahooMovies: Jimmy Smits confirms that he will play "Bail Organa" in a cameo in "Rogue One." He originated the performance in "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith."
SPOILER - From
Vulture: Jiang Wen spoils the fate of a character... maybe.
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YahooTech: Darth Vader is rumored to have a cameo in "Rogue One."
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YahooMovies: First "Rogue One" trailer is here!!!
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Moviesdotcom: A new trailer for "Rogue One" to drop next week.
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ShadowandAct: James Earl Jones to voice Darth Vader in "Rogue One."
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Collider: 16 early images from "Rogue One."
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ScreenRant: More details about Darth Vader's appearance in "Rogue One."
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TheWrap: Forest Whitaker's character in "Rogue One" is Saw Gerrera, a character that first appeared in the CGI-animated TV series, "Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
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ScreenRant: Dave Filoni, showrunner for "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," expresses pride at the fact that Saw Gerrera will appear in Rogue One.
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YahooNews: Darth Vader looms large over "Rogue One."
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EntertainmentWeekly: The true and false concerning "Rogue One" reshoots rumors.
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ScreenRant: The "Rogue One" reshoots rumor breakdowns.
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WeGotThisCovered: Rumors say the reshoots will feature a watered-down version of Darth Vader whoopin' a Rebel squad. Rumors also suggest that director Gareth Edwards is livid about the reshoots on "Rogue One."
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Wired: A week of Star Wars news, including "Rogue One" reshoots.
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YahooMovies: "Rogue One" reshoots will involve veteran stunt coordinator and second unit director, Simon Crane, and also, screenwriter, Tony Gilroy, who wrote three "Jason Bourne" movies.
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BleedingCool: The Rogue One reshoots are apparently to address character moments rather than the tone of the film.
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YahooNews: Disney orders reshoots for "Rogue One." I thought they wanted it to look like a war movie...
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YahooNews: Rumors say that Disney is not happy with "Rogue One."
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YahooMovies: A book preview allows details about characters to emerge.
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Collider: Mads Mikkelson reveals who is playing in "Rogue One."
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YahooNews: Boba Fett might be in Rogue One?
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MakingStarWars: The rumors about Forest Whitaker's character in "Rogue One" include that he might be a bounty hunter.
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Esquire: Union issues could further delay Episode 8.
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THR: Star Wars 8 moves from May 2017 to December 2017, which gives Rogue One more box office breathing room.
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YahooTech: Rumors of Darth Vader's return for "Rogue One," and even a CGI Tarkin.
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TMZ: Possible classic X-wings.
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StarWarsTime: Rogue One trailer to debut on "Captain America: Civil War."
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StarWarsSite: "Rogue One" page.
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SlashFilm: Rumors about specific Rogue One characters and more.
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Variety: "Rogue One" is the most anticipated movie of 2016, according to survey.
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ScreenRant: Ben Mendelsohn talks about being in this film.
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HitFix: What we know about Rogue One so far... not much really.
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Wikipedia: Rogue One page.
Apparently, the title is actually, "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."
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Still talking about "The Force Awakens," Episode VIII and more:
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TMZ: Carrie Fisher suffers a heart attack on a plane.
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YahooMovies: 10 actors who have played Darth Vader.
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BleedingCool: Peter Sumner, an actor in the original Star Wars film, has died at the age of 74. He played Imperial officer, Lt. Pol Treidum.
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Variety: Emilia Clarke is the female lead in the "young Han Solo" spinoff Star Wars movie.
YahooNews: Darth Maul will get his first Star Wars comic book published by Marvel. He had a least a few when Dark Horse had the license to produce Star Wars comics.
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YahooMovies: Carrie Fisher reveals that she had an affair with Harrison Ford during the making of the original Star Wars film. Ford was 14 years older than Fisher and also married.
YahooCelebrity: Harrison Ford had an interesting reaction when Carrie Fisher told him that she was going to reveal their affair.
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CinemaBlend: Han Solo movie may break some rules.
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ScreenRant: Rumors about Finn's recovery in Episode 8.
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SlashFilm: Warwick Davis to appear in Episode VIII, as he did in VII, and as he will in "Rogue One."
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YahooMovies: See rare concept art for the original "Star Wars" film.
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EW: TNT and TBS will have exclusive cable broadcast rights to "Star Wars" films for some time.
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Vulture: Disney CEO Bob Iger confirms a Star Wars anthology film for 2020.
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CinemaBlend: Lupita Nyong'o says that her character, Maz Kanata, will be in Episode 8.
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YahooNews: Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) praises director Rian Johnson on Episode 8.
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FlickeringMyth: Katee Sackhoff reprising her role on "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" for "Star Wars Rebels" Season 3.
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YouTube: Lucasfilm gifts this four-minute-plus VFX reel from "The Force Awakens."
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YahooNews: Mark Hamill lets a spoiler slip... Luke will be back for Episode 9.
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IndieWire: John Williams says that he will begin composing the score for Episode 8 in a few weeks.
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TheWrap: There is apparently a casting search for a young Lando Calrissian who will appear in the Han Solo spinoff movie.
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YahooMovies: The original Darth Vader - David Prowse - is not happy.
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CBR: From 2016 San Diego Comic-Con comes news that Episode VIII has officially wrapped production.
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YahooMovies: What we've learned about Episode VIII and Han Solo at "Star Wars Celebration" London.
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ThePlaylist: Rian Johnson talks Episode 8 at the "Star Wars Celebration" in London.
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BleedingCool: "Star Wars Rebels" Season 3 expands the universe.
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ScreenRant: Episode 8 almost finish production.
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VanityFair: Samuel L. Jackson talks about Mace Windu fan theories.
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DenofGeek: Mark Hamill hints at his future with Star Wars.
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ChicagoTribune: The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is not happening in Chicago.
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YahooTech: Script lead for Episode 8 teases who Rey might be...
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ScreenRant: That Star Wars live-action series that never came to be was to be Emperor Palpatine's origin story.
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YahooMovies: Candace Payne a.k.a. "Chewbacca Mom" has her own custom made action figure.
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iDigitalTimes: Rian Johnson posts a picture of Luke's robe to Instagram.
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Collider: After six months, TFA has finished its domestic theatrical run, with a total box office of $936,662,225 million. That's good for #1 all-time (not adjusted for inflation, of course).
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YahooNews: "Chewbacca Mom" (Candace Payne) meets the real Chewbacca, actor Peter Mayhew.
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YahooNews: 3D-printed replicas of props from "The Force Awakens" to go on sale.
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CinemaBlend: A theory about the classic character who may have hurt the narrative of TFA.
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DenofGeek: The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (the Oscars people) have released on the web what may be the first trailer for "Return of the Jedi," then known as "Revenge of the Jedi."
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HitFix: 39 years ago, Star Wars landed in movie theatres.
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YahooTV: Viral star, "Chewbacca Mom" (Candace Payne) joins J.J. Abrams on "The Late, Late Show" with James Corden.
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CNBC: This Chewbacca mask is selling out, perhaps because of a viral video.
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ScreenRant: Rumors about a confrontation between Luke and Rey against Kylo and the Knights of Ren.
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DenOfGeek: Episode 8 will be bigger and darker... according to cast members who are talking.
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YahooMovies: Jack O'Connell, one of the young actors interviewed for the role of young Han Solo, frustrated by the audition process.
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TheWrap: Young Han Solo is 26-year-old Aiden Ehrenreich ("Hail, Ceasar").
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YahooMovies: Harrison Ford says "wookie cookies" in new Star Wars Lego game.
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CinemaBlend: Boba Fett was originally going to have a much larger Star Wars role.
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YahooNews: President and Mrs. Obama shake their money-makers for Star Wars Day.
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TIME: A history of May the Fourth.
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YahooMovies: J.J. Abrams and "Hamilton's" Lin-Manuel Miranda sing "Jabba Flow" for May the Fourth.
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YahooMovie: Jeremy Bulloch, the original Boba Fett, has given an interview.
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YahooTech: More set photos from Episode VIII - of the Millennium Falcon!
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Variety: GLAAD wants an openly gay character in the "Star Wars" film franchise.
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TheDailyBeast: Darth Vader is persona non grata at Star Wars event.
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ScreenRant: Episode VIII halfway through shooting.
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CNET: Director Rian Johnson posts two pics from the set of Episode VIII.
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YahooMovies: Daisy Ridley posts some of "Jedi training" for Episode 8 on Facebook.
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YahooMovies: In a Blu-ray extra for "The Force Awakens," see Ridley and Boyega in training.
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HelloGiggles: George Lucas has a theory that R2-D2 is the narrator of the entire Star Wars saga.
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iDigitalTimes: In Episode 8, Luke may be ditching the Jedi robes.
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EW: Dave Franco describes auditioning for young Han Solo.
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Deadline: Disney's search for an actor to play a young Han Solo may be down to one candidate, Alden Ehrenreich.
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ScreenDaily: J.J. Abrams offers vague stuff on Rey's parents.
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HitFix: Obi-Wan wasn't supposed to do... originally.
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HitFix: Dinsey breaks ground on Star Wars theme parks.
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TheVerge: Mark Hamill was Daisy Ridley's "Yoda" during the filming of Episode 8.
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CBR: The Force Awakens was screen for about two dozen terminally ill fans.
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YahooNews: Adam Driver reveals why Kylo Ren went to the Dark Side.
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EW: J.J. Abrams explain's Kylo's table of ashes.
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Esquire: Everything that is known about Episode 8 so far.
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YahooNews: Oscar Isaac photo bombs Mark Hamill and Lupita Nyong'o.
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BuzzFeed: Star Wars baby names on the rise.
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HitFix: Did John Boyega drop a spoiler about Kelly Marie Tran in Episode 8.
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CBRSpinoff: In this clip from "The Force Awakens" blu-ray, John Boyega enters the Millennium Falcon for the first time.
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BusinessInsider: Here are descriptions of the scenes during Rey's strange vision with a transcription of the dialogue.
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YahooMovies: The documentary "Elstree 1976" interviews 10 "unsung heroes" who were there at the beginning of the original "Star Wars."
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EntertainmentWeekly: Darth Maul returns in "Star Wars Rebels."
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Variety: Harrison Fords says, "Don't do it!"
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Facebook: See Maz Kanata Blu-ray bonus clip.
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IndieWire: TFA is big at the Jameson Empire Awards.
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FTWCulture: Mark Hamill's birthday wishes to John Boyega causes freak-out.
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Movieweb: The search for "young Han Solo" is down to a handful of actors.
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SlashFilm: John Boyega visits a children's hospital in London in character as Finn.
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YahooMovies: Teaser for Blu-ray release reveals first table-read of script.
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Esquire: J.J. Abrams says this scene was a mistake. I thought it was odd at the time I saw it, but I didn't think of it as a mistake.
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Newsweek: Disney is planning many new Star Wars films - including Obi-Wan and Mace Windu films.
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BleedingCool: BB-8 will have his own comic strip, that will fun as a back-up feature in Marvel's Star Wars: Poe Dameron.
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TheWrap: Tony Dyson, one of the creators of R2-D2, dies at 68.
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CinemaBlend: Daisy Ridley talks filming with Mark Hamill.
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YahooMovies: New Han Solo and Maz Kanata details.
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Variety: Benecio del Toro and Laura Dern added to the cast of Episode VIII.
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USMagazine: The possible first scene of Episode 8 is teased.
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YahooMovies: John Boyega wins "Rising Star Award" at the 69th EE British Academy Film Awards.
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YahooNews: A Finn-Poe bromance?
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FlickeringMyth: Episode VIII begins filming; more Obi-Wan rumors.
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BoxOfficeMojo: "The Force Awakens" crosses $900 million domestically, the first film to do so.
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Variety: "The Force Awakens" passed $2 billion in total global box office.
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CinemaBlend: Yoda almost made a cameo in "The Force Awakens."
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TheGuardian: Gwendoline Christie says Capt. Phasma is coming back.
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YahooMovies: "The Force Awakens" arrives on Blu-ray April 5th, 2016.
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RollingStone: Rock musician/actor Rick Springfield has one of the largest Star Wars action figure collections in the world.
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SideshowToys: In case you haven't seen it, here is Adam Driver as Kylo Ren on "Saturday Night Live."
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TOH: Daisy Ridley has signed on to executive produce the documentary, "The Eagle Huntress."
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YahooMovies: TFA crosses $1 billion internationally.
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Polygon: See some of "The Force Awakens" without visual effects.
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YahooMovies: The director of Star Wars Episode 9 (Colin Trevorrow) drops hints about Rey's parentage.
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CinemaBlend: John Boyega is hitting the gym for Episode VIII.
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Variety: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" sets a few records as it opens in China.
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Collider: Controversy ensues when "The Force Awakens" gets a best film nomination.
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CinemaBlend: A Poe/Finn romance?
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THR: J.J. Abrams responds to critics (kind of) who claim that TFA is a rip-off of the original Star Wars.
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YahooMovies: Lucasfilm confirms the identity of the First Order stormtrooper who yelled "Traitor" at Finn.
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MoviesdotCom: "The Force Awakens" has passed "Avatar" as the domestic box office champ.
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YahooNews: Samuel L. Jackson seems only mildly entertained by TFA.
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YahooMovies: It will happen today. "The Force Awakens" earned an estimated $8 million at the box office on Tues., Jan. 5th, giving it a North American haul of $758.2 million. The domestic box office record-holder is Avatar with $760 million. So being behind Avatar by less than $2 million means that TFA should become the record holder today, Wed., Jan. 6th, 2016.
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YahooNews: Because of Peter Mayhew's age (71), Lucasfilm had to cast a younger actor to play Chewbacca in more physically demanding scenes. Meet 29-year old basketball player, Joonas Suotamo.
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Variety: "The Force Awakens" moves past "Furious 7" and "Marvel's The Avengers."
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HitFix: See "The Force Awakens" free this Wednesday, Jan. 6th.
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YahooMovies: Rare Instagram photos from Dan Mindel, the cinematographer of "The Force Awakens."
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ThePlaylist: More script reveals - a Jedi temple on fire.
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Polygon: "Ahch-To" is the name of the planet upon which Rey finds Luke.
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YahooMovies: TFA is within a day or so of passing "Avatar" as the highest grossing movie in domestic box office history (not adjusting for inflation).
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EntertainmentWeekly: New images of Kanata and Snope.
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YahooMovies: TFA sets a New Year's Day box office record with an estimated haul of $34.5 million. That beats the previous record holder, Avatar, which had $25.3 million on a New Year's Day that also happened to fall on a Friday.
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CinemaBlend: What Rey saw in her "vision."
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Variety: Lucas backpedals on "white slavers" comments.
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SlashFilm: See the full Charlie Rose interview with George Lucas that includes "white slavers" and "retro movie" comments.
