Star Wars costume display brings styles of a galaxy far, far away to Seattle
A new exhibit created by the Smithsonian at Seattle’s EMP Museum displays 60 original costumes from the six Star Wars movies in one room – from Princess Leia’s slave bikini to Queen Amidala’s wedding...
View ArticleOriginal Star Wars trilogy to debut on iTunes this week
The entire collection will all be available digitally for the first time with new bonus footageThe original Star Wars trilogy will be available to buy for the first time on iTunes and other digital...
View ArticleStar Wars has gone digital – but how should you actually watch it?
Now that the entire franchise is available to watch digitally, are you more ‘Narrative Structure’ or ‘Machete’?With Star Wars: The Force Awakens looming on the horizon like a beguiling planet, it’s no...
View ArticleChristopher Lee: an actor of muscular intelligence with a staggering career |...
From his electrifying roles as Count Dracula, to his venerable turns in Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, Christopher Lee possessed a rare grace and charmChristopher Lee dies aged 93ObituaryA career in...
View ArticleChristopher Lee dies at the age of 93
The veteran actor was best known for roles including Dracula and Saruman in the Lord of the Rings franchisePeter Bradshaw’s appreciation: ‘An actor of muscular intelligence’ObituaryA career in clipsSir...
View ArticleAyesha Dharker: ‘I try to talk directors out of casting me’
She ducks auditions, doesn’t call agents back and says she was upstaged by her outfit in Star Wars. Yet Ayesha Dharker has a career that spans everything from soaps to Shakespeare. Near the end of our...
View ArticleIs the Force with Simon Pegg as he ranks the best and worst Star Wars films?
The Mission: Impossible actor has ranked George Lucas’s space opera in order of quality. So is Attack of the Clones really worse than The Phantom Menace? The art of amateur Star Wars punditry may not...
View ArticleThe return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing?
Next month sees the eagerly awaited seventh coming of Star Wars with The Force Awakens. A good moment to examine the apparently timeless mass appeal of this huge franchise. What does it tell us about...
View ArticleHollywood awards expert predicts Oscars success for The Force Awakens
The Hollywood Reporter’s Scott Feinberg believes latest episode of space opera could prove as popular with Academy voters as the original Star Wars filmHollywood’s top awards season expert has...
View ArticleWhy Star Wars is a political Force to be reckoned with
It may have lightsabers, stormtroopers and fussy droids, but George Lucas’s Star Wars saga is in fact an acute reflection of the politics of the 21st century. What will Episode VII tell us about our...
View ArticleKenny Baker – a life in pictures
English actor Kenny Baker, famous for playing R2-D2 in Star Wars, has died at the age of 81Continue reading...
View ArticleStar Wars Identities probes the space saga's parts that Disney cannot reach
The new exhibition dedicated to the characters developed by George Lucas focuses its attention on the first six films, and helps you to put the ‘I’ in Jedi...When (like Luke Skywalker) your dad turns...
View ArticleMay the 4th be with you: the 40 best lines from the Star Wars saga
With this month marking four decades since the release of the original film, we relive the sprawling space opera’s most memorable snippets of dialogueStar Wars turns 40 on 25 May. The film changed...
View ArticleEvery Star Wars film – ranked!
From the saga’s debut in 1977 to this month’s Solo and (almost) everything in between, we rank 14 of the Star Wars films and spin-offsWhat a disaster. Never was so much anticipation and excitement...
View ArticleThis Star Wars mega-trailer offers us a thrilling sense of what might have been
Topher Grace’s Star Wars Always supercut blends footage of the best-known films to suggest a radical vision for the sagaImagine if all of the Star Wars movies had been produced by a single creative...
View ArticleThe Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars Episode IX title revealed as first trailer...
Details of the plot have been disclosed by cast and crew at a presentation of a teaser trailer and panel discussion to mark the conclusion of the Skywalker seriesA first look at the new Star Wars film,...
View ArticleMay the fourth be with you: the Guardian Star Wars Day quiz
Twenty-four questions to test your knowledge of the weird and wonderful characters that populate the Star Wars universeIt’s Star Wars Day. May the fourth. “May the force be with you.” It’s a pun, you...
View Article‘Redemption is a powerful concept’: Hayden Christensen on Star Wars and...
When he first portrayed Darth Vader in the much-panned Star Wars prequels 20 years ago, fans vented their anger at him. So why is he risking more in a new TV series? He talks about George Lucas, the...
View ArticleObi-Wan Kenobi: series one, episodes one and two recap – enter the wily old...
The acting’s better than the prequels (although it was a low bar), the Daiyu mission’s a Blade Runner-channelling joy and Disney have nailed the Inquisitors. We’re lapping up this spin-off so...
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