#December2015

Hoping to get through the week leading up to ‘Star Wars’ like

‘Star Wars’ Spinoff News: They Won’t All Be Prequels. Futzing good.

Rogue One.

One of the most disappointing things about the Grand Resurrection of the StarWars Capitalist Big Rig is that the movies that have been revealed don’t seem to be tilling much new ground. Disney owns an entire universe, but they have seemed comfortable enough sitting in the same sandbox. I get it. Established iconography, easily marketable properties. I get it. But, I cannot imagine myself the only one who wants to see Lucasfilm and the Mouse spread their wings and expand, as opposed to masturbate, the StarWars Mythos. And while nothing is confirmed, or revealed, or certain, it seems that some of those standalone movies will (maybe) give me those new stories I hanker for.

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Art: Darth Vader by Esad Ribic

Chip Zdarsky auctioning rare ‘Star Wars’ variant to help Syrian refugee family

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Chip Zdarsky is auctioning off a rare (one in 4,999!) Star Wars cover of his to help get a Syrian refugee family to Toronto.

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‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off News: 2,500 actors have auditioned for Young Han Solo

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Hey friends! Don’t forget! Once you’ve seen The Force Awakens and momentarily (I hope) basked in the glory that is a resurrected and beautiful WarStar franchise, remember that more movies are coming! Yes ma’am! Yes sir! Disney is going to take that momentary euphoria and proceed to wring all novelty out of it with an endless cascade of annual installments!

One of those aforementioned installments will center on a Young Han Solo, and my word is Disney being extensive in its casting of the actor to fill the role.

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Rolling Into ‘Star Wars’ Month Like

Bless the Maker, the time is nearly upon us. It officially became Star Wars Month for me when the clock struck midnight.

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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Clips: Finn & Rey running, X-Wings, and More

Watch: Harrison Ford surprises ‘Star Wars’ fans who donated to charity

Man. It’s starting to hit me. There’s a new Star Wars movie less than a month away, and it’s starring Harrison Ford. Like, Han Solo. The knowledge has been public for a while, and the movie has been anticipated for what feels like forever. But now the factoid is beginning to coalesce from “abstract knowledge” into “Jesus Christ, Harrison Ford is doing Star Wars things like surprising people who donated to a charity because he’s In The New WarStarFlick which is really fucking close.”

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Phil Noto’s ‘The Force Awakens’ poster is the best

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Extended TV Spot: Solo Always Shoots First