Video: George Lucas Visited The Set Of The Final Season Of 'Game of Thrones'

By: Dominic Jones

The overlap between Star Wars and Game of Thrones are many, and only growing in numbers (sort of like the soldiers in the Night King's army, amirite?), with directors and cast members having been involved in both.  This continued on the set of the final season of Thrones, when Star Wars creator George Lucas visited the set.  Lucas' visit was featured in a behind the scenes video released by HBO, where he can been seen on set and offering some "direction" to Jon Snow actor Kit Harrington.

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Diego Luna, Emilia Clarke & Other Star Wars Alums To Present At The Oscars

By: Benjamin Hart

The 91st Academy Awards will be happening this Sunday in Hollywood! With Solo: A Star Wars Story nominated in the category of Best Visual Effects, Star Wars fans and creators alike are hopeful that another Oscar could be headed to a Galaxy far, far away.

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New Clip From 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Released

By: Dominic Jones

With the wide release of Solo: A Star Wars Story just days away, a new preview clip from the film has been released.  The clip first aired during The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night when Emilia Clarke, who plays Qi'Ra in the film, was a guest.  The new clip features Clarke as Qi'Ra reconnecting with Han for the first time in a while.  Also appearing in the clip is Woody Harrelson as Tobias Beckett.  You can see the clip at the 2:54 mark in the video below,

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New 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Behind the Scenes Video

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm released a new behind the scenes video about the making of Solo: A Star Wars Story today on the USA Today website. The video features interviews with members of the cast and crew, including Donald Glover (Lando Calrissian), Emilia Clarke (Qi'Ra), director Ron Howard, and director of photography Bradford Young.  You can see the video for yourself below,

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Dryden Vos Speaks In Newest 'Solo' TV Spot

By: Benjamin Hart

"You need an incredibly fast ship, and a brilliant pilot."
"We've got the pilot."

We're now just mere weeks away from the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story in theaters. Star Wars Day brought us the news that tickets for the film are now on sale, leading to a massive flood of presales. To celebrate and promote the release of tickets, Lucasfilm has revealed a new TV spot for Solo.

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New 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Featurette Released

By: Dominic Jones

"I like this kid!"

In advance of the film's release next month, Lucasfilm has released a new featurette about Solo: A Star Wars Story.  The video features interviews with director Ron Howard, co-screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan, and stars Alden Ehrenreich (Han Solo), Donald Glover (Lando Clarissian), and Emilia Clarke (Qi'Ra).  It also includes loads of footage from the film that had not previously been released in trailers or TV spots.  Check it out for yourself below,

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New Footage From 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Screened at CinemaCon

By: Dominic Jones

With just over a month until Lucasfilm releases Solo: A Star Wars Story in theaters, the studio debuted a new preview clip from the film at CinemaCon, the annual event National Association of Theatre Owners hold in Las Vegas.  The clip from the film features the first meeting of Han Solo (played by Alden Ehrenreich) and Lando Calrissian (played by Donald Glover).  The duo are introduced by Qi'Ra (Emilia Clarke) and their first interaction involves a card game.  The scene was described by Anthony D'Alessandro for Deadline, who writes,

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Emilia Clarke Offers New Insight Into Qi'Ra

By: Dominic Jones

Of the many new characters we'll be meeting in Solo: A Star Wars Story who have an impact on the young Han Solo's life, perhaps the most impactful will be Emilia Ckarke's Qi'Ra, who we hear in the trailer telling Han that she may be the only person, "who knows what he truly is."  Clarke spoke about the character in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly's Anthony Breznican, as part of the magazine's cover story about Solo.  Clarke discussed Qi'Ra's past with Han, the character's mysterious nature, and the legacy of Star Wars.

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Entertainment Weekly Releases New 'Solo: A Star Wars Story' Stills

By: Dominic Jones

The condensed marketing period for Solo: A Star Wars Story is in full swing now.  After a teaser during the Super Bowl, a full teaser trailer and character posters on Monday, we now have the first gallery of images from the film, thanks to Entertainment Weekly.  Solo is the cover story for this week's issue of EW and, as usual, there will be several online stories about the film by reporter Anthony Breznican.  The gallery went up this morning, and we've highlighted some of the images below,

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Emilia Clarke Wraps Filming on the Han Solo Film

By: Dominic Jones

The mother of dragons has left the galaxy far, far away.  Director Ron Howard announced today in an Instagram post that Emilia Clare (Game of Thrones) had completed filming all of her scenes for the upcoming untitled Han Solo film.  Howard made the announcement with a picture of him and Clarke on set with the caption, "#emiliaclarke gave us a terrific performance & left! She completed principal photography and is off on her next adventure. Busy girl. We miss her already! Talented & great to work with #UntitledHanSoloMovie."  Check it out for yourself below,

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Michael K. Williams Says Emilia Clarke's Character Is Named "Kira" in the Han Solo Movie (Updated!)

By: Dominic Jones

Even though his character has (sadly) been cut from the upcoming untitled Han Solo, Michael K. Williams still knows a thing or two about that movie.  The actor was interviewed by Julie Miller in Vanity Fair recently about all of his upcoming projects, including the Han Solo film, and he dropped some interesting tidbits about the film--including the name of a previously unnamed character.

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Woody Harrelson Talks 'Han Solo' & Brie Larson Geeks Out Over Meeting The Cast

By: Benjamin Hart

Woody Harrelson is one of the biggest and busiest actors in Hollywood nowadays, starring in a variety of films and TV series. Next may, Harrelson will make his first foray into the Star Wars Galaxy by portraying Beckett in the upcoming Han Solo standalone film.

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Emilia Clarke, Ron Howard Share New Photos & Video From The 'Han Solo' Set

By: Benjamin Hart

Ron Howard is at it again with the Han Solo set teases, and this time he has help! The director of the upcoming film has been surprisingly open on social media recently, sharing various glimpses at the production.

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New Photos and Video From the Han Solo Film Set Leak

By: Dominic Jones

A new set of photos, showing members of the main cast in a scene together, from the young Han Solo film set have been leaked by TMZ.  The pictures and short video show Alden Ehrenreich's Han Solo and Woody Harrelson's Beckett in a scene with Chewbacca and possibly the character played by Game of Thrones star Emila Clarke.  And for those wondering, these are apparently from before directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were removed from the project and replaced by Ron Howard.   Given that we don't know the context of the scene being filmed, it's hard to say these are major spoilers but if you are trying to avoid all Han Solo film spoilers then stop reading now.  This is your SPOILER ALERT!

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Emilia Clarke Says Her Star Wars Character Is "Awesome"

By: Benjamin Hart

There has been a ton of news popping up recently from the Han Solo standalone film, and unfortunately it hasn't been all good due to the recent change in directors. Thankfully we now have at least one piece of encouraging news from one of the actors in the film.

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Emilia Clarke Says Talking About the Han Solo Film is Scarier Than Talking About 'Game of Thrones'

By: Dominic Jones

You would think that after six season's of HBO's smash hit series Game of Thrones Emilia Clarke would well equipped to handle the secrecy of Star Wars.  Turns out that the Force is even scarier than dragons.  Clarke, who is set to star alongside Alden Ehrenreich in the upcoming young Han Solo film, spoke with the Los Angeles Daily News recently and compared the secrecy surrounding the two projects.  Clarke said,

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'Rogue One' Nominated for Two MTV Movie Awards

By: Dominic Jones

MTV announced the nominees for the 2017 MTV Movie Awards and Star Wars was well represented among the nominees.  Not only did Rogue One: A Star Wars Story pick up two nominations but some other members of the Star Wars picked up a few more nominations.  Rogue One was nominated for Best Picture and Felicity Jones was nominated for Best Hero for her role as Jyn Erso.  Another Rogue One actor, Riz Ahmed (Bodhi Rook) was nominated in the Next Generation category (not for any specific role).  In addition, stars of the upcoming Han Solo movie, Emilia Clarke and Donald Glover (who will be playing young Lando in the film) will be facing off in the Best Actor in a Show for their roles on Game of Thrones and Atlanta, respectively.

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Thandie Newton and Phoebe Waller-Bridge cast for 'Han Solo' Movie

By Ciaran Duggan,

Thandie Newton (Westworld) and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag) are set to star in the upcoming untitled Han Solo Star Wars Story, as principal photography starts.

The stand alone film will explore the adventures of Han Solo prior to the events of Star Wars: A New Hope.  Production started yesterday at Pinewood Studios, London.

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Variety Offers Insight into Emilia Clarke's Casting in Upcoming 'Han Solo' Film

By: Dominic Jones

Last night, Lucasfilm shocked and thrilled Star Wars fan with the news that Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke had been cast to star in the upcoming Han Solo A Star Wars Story film.   Clarke will be starring alongside Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo and Donald Glover as Lando Calrissian, as well as Chewbacca, when the film hits theaters in 2018.  When the news was announced, Variety's Justin Kroll was able to offer some insight into how this casting came to be.

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BREAKING: Emilia Clarke Cast In 'Han Solo' Stand-Alone Film

By Ciaran Duggan,

Emilia Clarke is set to appear in the new Han Solo stand-alone movie.

Lucasfilm have today announced that Clarke, who is best known for her iconic role as Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones, will be added to the dynamic cast of the upcoming untitled Han Solo A Star Wars Story film.

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