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The Force Awakens

Video Celebrates The Visual Beauty of STAR WARS, Set to John Williams’ Score
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Video Celebrates The Visual Beauty of STAR WARS, Set to John Williams’ Score
Eric Diaz
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Adam Driver Reveals Kylo Ren’s Redemption Wasn’t Originally the Plan for the STAR WARS Character
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Adam Driver Reveals Kylo Ren’s Redemption Wasn’t Originally the Plan for the STAR WARS Character
Eric Diaz
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STAR WARS Sequel Trilogy Characters Who Could Return in Daisy Ridley’s Rey Movie
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STAR WARS Sequel Trilogy Characters Who Could Return in Daisy Ridley’s Rey Movie
Michael Walsh
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The STAR WARS Timeline Has New Official Eras
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The STAR WARS Timeline Has New Official Eras
Eric Diaz
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Video Explains Why The STAR WARS Movies Should Switch Titles
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Video Explains Why The STAR WARS Movies Should Switch Titles
Eric Diaz
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How STAR WARS Abandoned Finn by Remaining Apolitical
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How STAR WARS Abandoned Finn by Remaining Apolitical
Jeremy Mathai
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What Are Mark Hamill’s Secret Star Wars Roles? (Nerdist News w/ Dan Casey)
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What Are Mark Hamill’s Secret Star Wars Roles? (Nerdist News w/ Dan Casey)
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STAR WARS Skywalker Saga 4K Box Set Coming in 2020
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STAR WARS Skywalker Saga 4K Box Set Coming in 2020
Eric Diaz
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Nerdist’s 66 Favorite Movies of the Decade
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Nerdist’s 66 Favorite Movies of the Decade
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Proof That Luke Skywalker’s Story Got the Proper Ending: King Arthur
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Proof That Luke Skywalker’s Story Got the Proper Ending: King Arthur
Eric Diaz
8 MIN READ
What THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’s Color Scheme Tells Us About The Film
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What THE RISE OF SKYWALKER’s Color Scheme Tells Us About The Film
Rosie Knight
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John Boyega May Have Revealed STAR WARS: EPISODE IX’s Timeframe
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John Boyega May Have Revealed STAR WARS: EPISODE IX’s Timeframe
Luke Y. Thompson
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Is This Young Luke from a THE FORCE AWAKENS Flashback Scene?
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Is This Young Luke from a THE FORCE AWAKENS Flashback Scene?
Eric Diaz
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Haunting Luke Skywalker Concept Art Hints at the Jedi’s Path
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Haunting Luke Skywalker Concept Art Hints at the Jedi’s Path
Rosie Knight
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