Daisy Ridley Reflects On Her Time In 'Star Wars', While Building A Lego 'Star Wars' Set

By: Dominic Jones

Back during the promotion for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Rey actress Daisy Ridley did an interview with Elle UK about the film while "building" a Lego Millennium Falcon set.  Now, with The Rise of Skywalker in theaters, Ridley sat down for another interview with Elle UK, this time while building the Lego set "Pasaana Speeder Chase".  In the interview she reflects on her time working on Star Wars, and also gives some updates to the answers she gave in 2017.

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Chris Terrio Explains Why Rose Tico Is Barely In 'The Rise Of Skywalker'

By: Dominic Jones

As the finale (for now) to the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker gets a lot of things right (the final show down between "all the Sith" and "all the Jedi", for instance).  It also gets several things wrong (Rey being a Palpatine is, in my book, a huge misstep).  And while most of these distinctions will fuel fan discussions for decades to come, one area where the film undeniably gets it wrong in a way doesn't lead to fun debate or fan theories is how underused the character of Rose Tico is.

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JJ Abrams And Other Crew Members Discuss Bringing Back Leia For 'The Rise Of Skywalker'

By: Dominic Jones

One of the most discussed aspects of the film going into Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was how the film handled the character of Leia Organa, since her actress, Carrie Fisher, died almost three years before the film's release.  Now that the film has been in theaters for a few weeks, and audiences have been able to see how the filmmakers created the character's role using footage shot for The Force Awakens, some of the key crew members for The Rise of Skywalker took part in a group interview with Vanity Fair's Anthony Breznican about how they created Leia's final performance.

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The SWU Podcast LIVE | Boxing Day 2019

It's The Star Wars Underworld's annual Boxing Day special!  This year, Dominic, Chris, and Ciaran discuss The Rise of Skywalker with Iraj Dowlatshahi of The Sith List podcast, Graham Hancock of Brick Fanatics, Steele Saunders of the Steele Wars podcast, Charlie Ashby of The Imperial Senate podcast, Corey Van Dyke of Kessel Run Transmissions, and Ben Hart of The Star Wars Underworld podcast.  They get into the highs and lows of the film, including Rey's lineage, the death fake-outs, the voices of the past, the final scene, Lando's return, and Palpatine's role.  All this and much more!

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Review: 'The Rise of Skywalker' Is A Satisfying, If Flawed, Finale (Spoiler Free)

By: Dominic Jones

When the final scene of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker irised-out and the words "Directed by JJ Abrams" appeared on the screen at the world premiere on Monday night, I couldn't help but stand and applaud. Billed as the end of the Skywalker Saga (even though Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy acknowledged before hand that, some day, there will probably be more), the film does everything needed to be a fun, emotional, and satisfying end to the story that began 42 years ago.

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New Clip From 'The Rise Of Skywalker' Released

By: Dominic Jones

With less than a week now until Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters on December 20th, we are truly in the home stretch when it comes to the marketing of the film.  Which means promotion for the film truly is everywhere, including in the video game Fortnite.  We learned last week that a new clip from The Rise of Skywalker would be released in the game and today it was released.  The scene features Rey, Finn, and Poe arriving in a First Order star destroyer hanger and getting into a shoot-out with some stormtroopers. 

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New 'The Rise of Skywalker' TV Spot Released

By: Dominic Jones

With less than a week to go until Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm is making sure everybody knows about it.  Today they released a new 15 second TV spot featuring a couple of new shots of Rey and Kylo Ren in the desert, as well as some new dialogue from Darth Sidious.  The spot isn't quite as revealing as the promo that was released yesterday, but it still offers some tantalizing details that will keep fans speculating until they're seated in theaters on opening night.

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Amazon Releases New 'The Rise of Skywalker' Preview

By: Dominic Jones

Amazon has teamed up with Lucasfilm and Disney to release a new promotional video for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which hits theaters next week.  The video is hidden on the Amazon website, and can only be found by searching for "#TheRiseOfSkywalker" on Amazon.com.  You will then be taken to a page where first you will be treated to a short clip of Kylo Ren's TIE Whisper leading a squad of First Order TIE Fighters, after which you will see the following page,

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Kylo Ren Encounters [SPOILER] In New 'The Rise Of Skywalker' Clip

By: Benjamin Hart

We are now just a little over a week away from the release of Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker. Apart from a seemingly limitless amount of TV spots and other marketing material, Lucasfilm has also begun releasing full clips from the film. The first clip showed our heroes being chased by Jet Troopers on Pasaana. The second clip, which was just released on Facebook, dives deeper into the film.

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StarWars.com Announces Live Stream of 'The Rise of Skywalker' Red Carpet

By: Dominic Jones

As has become tradition, StarWars.com announced today that they will once again be hosting a live stream from the red carpet at the world premiere of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.  The live stream will be hosted by The Star Wars Show hosts Andi Gutierrez and Anthony Carboni.  It will begin at 5:30 pm PT (8:30 pm ET) on Monday December 16th, and will feature interviews with the cast and crew of the film, as well as some of the other celebrities in attendance.

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Lucasfilm Releases "In IX Days" TV Spot For 'The Rise of Skywalker'

By: Dominic Jones

We are now just nine days away from the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and with it the end of the Skywalker Saga (for now).  And to remind us of how little time there is left to wait, Lucasfilm has released a new TV spot for the film, titled "In IX Days".  The spot is only 15 seconds long, and features one new shot from the film of General Leia Organa in a Resistance Base.  It also features the ominous voiceover, "Nothing can prepare you for the end."  You can check out the new promo for yourself below,

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Josh Gad And Other Celebrities Try To Get Daisy Ridley To Answers Their 'The Rise of Skywalker' Questions

By: Dominic Jones

Back during the run up to The Last Jedi, Daisy Ridley and her Murder on the Orient Express co-star Josh Gad released a series of videos from the set of that film where Gad attempted to get answers from Ridley to his questions about the next Star Wars film.  The videos caught more and more elaborate as they went, with the duo eventually enlisting their co-star Judi Dench, as well as several other celebrities (including JJ Abrams and then-Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow), all of which culminated in Gad hosting the The Last Jedi preview panel at Celebration Orlando in 2017.

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'The Rise of Skywalker' Cast & Crew Interviews

By: Dominic Jones

With just over a week until the release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in theaters, the cast and crew are everywhere.  Late last week there was a press conference for the film, and the cast also sat down for many one-on-one interviews with various press outlets, many of which we've highlighted (along with some other fun interviews) below.  Some of the people feeatured are stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, Joonas Suotamo, Naomi Ackie and Kelly Marie Tran, and director JJ Abrams.

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Adam Driver & Kelly Marie Tran Talk 'The Rise of Skywalker' On 'Good Morning America'

By: Dominic Jones

With less than two week's until Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters, the cast of the film is everywhere talking about.  This week two more cast members made appearances on Good Morning America.  First, Kylo Ren actor, Adam Driver appeared on the show where he talked about his background as a marine and how he likes to scare people on set.  Then, Rose Tico actor, Kelly Marie Tran spoke about her reaction to seeing the film for the first time and her history with the franchise.

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New Scene From 'The Rise of Skywalker' To Debut In "Fortnite" Next Weekend

By: Dominic Jones

So far we've seen several trailers, countless TV spots, a couple of featurettes and one actual clip from Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, which hits theaters in two weeks.  And all of them have been released in relatively traditional ways (on TV, online, etc.), but Lucasfilm is trying something new as a way to release a new clip from the film.  It was announced today that a scene from The Rise of Skywalker would debut in the video game Fortnite, on December 14th at 2pm ET.

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Lucasfilm Releases New 'The Rise of Skywalker' Featurette

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm has released a new behind the scenes featurette promoting the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in less than two weeks.  The featurette, titled "Friendship, focuses on the relationship between the stars of the sequel trilogy, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, and how their relationships mirror their characters, as well as that of the original trilogy's main trio of Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford.  The featurette features lots of new behind the scenes footage, as well as interviews with Ridley, Boyega, and Isaac.

You can watch the featurette below,

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Even More 'The Rise of Skywalker' TV Spots Released

By: Dominic Jones

We're now less than two weeks away from the final installment for of the Skywalker Saga (at least for now), with the released of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker in theaters on December 20th.  And Lucasfilm is building up the hype for the release with as many TV spots as possible, all featuring a few new shots of footage.  The two new ones released in the last day or so feature new footage of an exchange between Poe Dameron and Rey, Poe flying in an X-Wing (with R2-D2), and Rey, Finn, and Poe disembarking a ship into a First Order hanger.

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JJ Abrams Discusses Bringing Back Lando For 'The Rise of Skywalker'

By: Dominic Jones

Ever since the cast of The Force Awakens was revealed back in 2014 (before the film even had a title), fans have been wondering why Billy Dee Williams wasn't a part of the sequel trilogy. Lando fans were dealt a further blow when it was revealed that Williams wouldn't be back for The Last Jedi either.  Lando wound up being the only major character from the original trilogy to be not be played by their original actor in their first appearance in Disney era of Star Wars, with Donald Glover playing the part in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

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Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, & Oscar Isaac Talk Potential Of 'Star Wars' Return After 'The Rise of Skywalker'

By: Dominic Jones

With the end of the sequel trilogy in sight, the stars of The Rise of Skywalker are already being asked if they would return to Star Wars in the future. It certainly wouldn't be the first time the franchise brought back it's stars, decades after they first thought they were done with their roles. The actors who play the trio of main heroes in the current trilogy, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, and Oscar Isaac, simultaneously didn't commit to a return in a recent interview with Variety, they didn't rule it out either.

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New 'The Rise of Skywalker' Posters Revealed

By: Dominic Jones

With less than a month until Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hits theaters, Lucasfilm is making sure that everyone knows about it.  There have been countless TV spots, still images, cast and crew interviews, and posters.  Now, two more posters for the film have been released on the official Star Wars social media accounts.  The first, which features the showdown between Rey and Kylo Ren on the wreckage of the Death Star, was designed by Adam Stothard.  The second is a artistic depiction of Rey in front a star field and was designed by Tracie Ching.

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