Star Wars

With kids sprung from school, J.J. Abrams' Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker flew to $29.2 million Monday, the sixth-best showing of all time and ahead of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. And so begins the most lucrative two weeks of the year at the box office, when…

Now that the Skywalker Saga is officially over, it's time for Star Wars fans to face an uncomfortable truth: Chewbacca will never get his due. Sure, he got a Yavin medal right at the end of The Rise of Skywalker. Even better, it came from Maz Kanata, the onl…

Lucasfilm Ltd. Two years ago, my former colleague Sarah Jeong laid out how Star Wars: Rogue One — and, indeed, much of the Star Wars mythology — is about internet freedom. A huge amount of the series involves people struggling to copy a sci-fi floppy disc or …

The moment Darth Vader looms over Luke Skywalker in the climax of The Empire Strikes Back and declares that he is Luke's father is one of the greatest twists in cinema history. Paternity reveals weren't a new concept when The Empire Strikes Back came out, but…

Its always odd to see an artist respond to their critics directly. The reaction to the latest Star Wars film, The Rise of Skywalker, was apparently heated enough that J.J. Abrams felt the need to respond to the fans who hated it. Heres the surprising thing he…

A brief kiss between two women in the new "Star Wars" movie was cut from the version released in Singapore, local media said. "The Rise of Skywalker", the conclusion to the nine "Star Wars" films that stars Daisy Ridley, was released in the Asian city-state …

This post discusses the end of Star Wars: TheRise of Skywalker. You've been warned. "I hope she's just an ordinary person. Because then she's me." These words, spoken by a friend in 2015 after she saw The Force Awakens for the first time and pondered the or…

TL;DR: The Star Wars Luke Skywalker battle simulation helmet is on sale for £69.94 on Amazon, saving you 30% on list price. Star Wars has a legion of dedicated fans all over the world, and whether or not you're into the most recent trilogy, you have to accep…

Patience is a virtue. And when it comes to watching Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, it also just might save your computer from some nasty malware.  As excited fans champed at the bit ahead of the Dec. 19 release of the latest Star Wars film, some overeager…

Watch the trailer for the movie Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Photo: Walt Disney Pictures The first thing you may want to know about Disneys Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is that, yes, exactly as teased, promised and expected, the mystery of Reys pare…