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Fresh off his career-making roles in The Godfather franchise and Dog Day Afternoon, Al Pacino was offered the part of Han Solo in 1977’s Star Wars. As reported by Variety, Pacino spoke about nearly joining George Lucas’ iconic film during a recent discussion at The 92nd Street Y in New York City. Pacino joked that Harrison Ford, who was […]
Screenwriter Stuart Beattie, whose credits include Collateral and Interceptor, has opened up about his involvement with what was originally intended to be a film trilogy centered on the Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi. Indeed, during a recent interview with The Direct’s Nathan Johnson, Beattie—who is credited as a writer on multiple episodes of Disney+’s Obi-Wan […]
Plans for a Star Wars Disney+ series focused on Lando Calrissian were revealed back in 2020, and now Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has provided an update on its status. In an interview with CinemaBlend, Kennedy was asked about what’s happening with Lando, which was previously reported to be in development from Dear White People writer-director Justin Simien. Glover portrayed a younger version […]
Harrison Ford has never really made it a secret that he’s just playing the role of Han Solo, you know, because he’s an actor. And thus he’s also always made it pretty clear that he doesn’t give a damn about the ins and outs of the Star Wars universe. At this point the sometimes crazed […]
*Warning: Spoilers ahead* If you saw The Rise of Skywalker at some point over the past 10 days and wondered how they got Harrison Ford, a man who publicly revealed that he wished George Lucas had killed off Han Solo in 1983’s Return of the Jedi, to reprise his role in the franchise then you’re […]
Most film executives would be thrilled if their movie brought in nearly $400 million at the box office unless, say, they needed to pull in nearly $500 million to break even. Then they’re not so thrilled. That was the reality for 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which didn’t do as well as pretty much […]
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