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Billie Eilish calls on billionaires to give away their wealth—with Mark Zuckerberg in the room: ‘If you’re a billionaire, why are you a billionaire?’

“No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties,” she said at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards.

Fortune

28 Years Later, One Star Wars Leak Confirms What Fans Have Wanted All Along

A Star Wars leak suggests the massively popular theory around an upcoming anniversary may actually be true.

Inverse

Star Wars creator George Lucas says he's not thinking about managing the franchise since Disney took over: "Of course I've moved past it. I've got a life"

"Disney took it over and they gave it their vision. That’s what happens"

Total Film

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Yoda was originally supposed to be blue in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Looked very different, one of the most recognizable Star Wars characters almost did

Total Film

Star Wars, Blade Runner, Indiana Jones: Iconic film poster artist Drew Struzan dies aged 78

You may not recognize the name, but Drew Struzan was the supremely talented artist behind countless iconic movie posters – from the original Star Wars and Back To The Future trilogies to 'Blade Runner' and many more. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg have paid tribute to the man and his…

Euronews

Oh look, a new thing the most annoying Star Wars fans are angry about

Men are angry (and wrong) again...

The Mary Sue

10 Things To See At New York Comic-Con 2025

There is plenty to see!

The Mary Sue

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Darth Lager: Ray Winstone admits drunken Star Wars audition ‘didn’t go well’

Winstone read for the role of Natalie Portman’s on-screen father in the 2005 prequel ‘Episode III — Revenge of the Sith’

The Independent UK

Inspired and emotional: why a drunk Ray Winstone was exactly what the Star Wars prequels needed

The Sexy Beast star has said he was under the influence when he auditioned – unsuccessfully – for Attack of the Clones. George Lucas really missed a trick

The Guardian - UK

Ray Winstone auditioned to play Padmé's father in the Star Wars prequels, but showed up drunk: "Why don’t we both have a 15-minute sleep and then I'll f*** off?"

The part went to Australian actor Graeme Blundell instead

Total Film

Revenge Of The Sith Is One Of The Best Star Wars Novelizations, But The Author Explained Why He Had A ‘Panic Attack’ Before Writing It

I don't blame him.

Cinemablend

'Thunderbirds' are 60! Looking back at the British puppet classic that was the 'Star Wars' of its day

A decade before George Lucas flew off to a galaxy far, far away, International Rescue introduced a generation to the coolest toys on the planet.

Space

Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor praises the use of real locations rather than green screens in Andor: "I think that gave [it] something special"

Ewan McGregor thinks the use of real locations in Andor sets it apart from other Star Wars projects

Total Film

20 Years Later, A Consequential Piece Of Star Wars Canon Is Getting A Massive Upgrade

The wrath of Anakin! 20 years later, 'Revenge of the Sith' is getting an upgrade. But not the way you might expect.

Inverse

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A young Han Solo was almost in The Clone Wars, and he could've been played by Darth Maul voice actor Sam Witwer

Han Solo almost appeared in The Clone Wars

Space

'Alien: Earth' has the right approach to canon — pick-and-choose and ignore the bits that don't work

"Alien: Earth" has adopted a much looser approach to canon than most of its sci-fi counterparts, allowing it to tell good stories without restriction.

Bored Panda

25 Bad Movies That Went So Low That They Actually Went Down In History

25 times movies were so terrible they became classics in the “so bad they’re good” genre.

Total Film

George Lucas cut a Clone Wars scene because he didn't want Sith ghosts in Star Wars: "They cannot conceive of anything beyond death"

Sam Witwer explains why Darth Bane and Darth Revan didn't show up in The Clone Wars

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Star Wars' only female starfighter pilot in The Phantom Menace says she was "told off" by George Lucas for wearing lipstick

Celia Imrie wanted her Star Wars starfighter to look "fierce"

Total Film

James Gunn would "love to George Lucas the sh** out of" Peacemaker season one but doesn't want to pay for it: "I'd rather just give that money to a few more CGI shots in Supergirl"

James Gunn says he'd have to "change too many little things" to reshoot Peacemaker season 1 to make it fit seamlessly in the new DCU

The Guardian - UK

Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable?

The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offs

The Independent UK

George Lucas museum set to open in Los Angeles in 2026

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The Independent UK

George Lucas’s $1 billion spaceship-like Los Angeles museum nears completion

The futuristic Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Exposition Park is due to open in 2026

The Guardian - UK

The strangest David Lynch facts – ranked!

Ahead of a new biography of the late director (whose favourite number was seven), we rundown some of the most offbeat things about this most mysterious modern genius

BANG Premier

Mark Hamill thought Star Wars was a Flash Gordon parody after reading script

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill initially thought George Lucas' 1977 space opera was a spoof of Flash Gordon when he first read the script and the director nor his co-star Harrison Ford gave him any advice on how to approach his character Luke Skywalker.

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