Star Wars

  • Movie News

A Movie About The First-Ever Star Wars Fan Is Finally Out — And It Only Took 18 Years

Patrick Read Johnson has been making his Star Wars homage, 5-25-77, for 18 years. Well, longer than that, if you…

1 year ago
  • Movie News

Studio Ghibli Hints at New Project With Lucasfilm

Are Studio Ghibli and Lucasfilm teaming up together for a collaboration? It sure seems like it. The Japanese animation studio…

1 year ago
  • The Rundown

9 People Not Making a Star Wars; Top Gun: Sickness; Indiana Jones on TV

Who is and isn't making a new Star Wars; another Indiana Jones TV show is coming; many people got sick…

1 year ago
  • The Rundown

Superman Spoiler; Secret Star Wars; Two Phenomenal Festivals

A Superman actor makes a big announcement; a secret Star Wars film has a Lost connection; greetings from the Louisiana…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Yes, Jeffrey Dahmer Wore Contacts to Imitate Emperor Palpatine From Star Wars

Yes, Jeffrey Dahmer really did buy yellow contact lenses to look like Emperor Palpatine in Star Wars: Return of the…

2 years ago
  • Movie News

Vader Goes A.I.; House of the Dragon Changes; Don’t Worry Darling‘s Box Office Win

Darth Vader will live on in future Star Wars franchise projects through A.I. voice technology with permission from James Earl…

2 years ago
  • The Rundown

A Star Wars Anime; Suicide Squad Exposed; Finish Your Thing

A Star Wars anime looks spectacular; The Suicide Squad and the destruction of plot armor; some theaters want vaccination proof;…

3 years ago
  • December Rundown

The Rundown: Dune ‘Hijacked’; R.I.P. Tiny Lister; 11 More Star Wars; No Black Panther 2 Recasting

In today's Movie News Rundown: Dune director Denis Villeneuve says his long-awaited film has been "hijacked"; Tiny Lister has died after…

3 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: John Boyega Criticizes Star Wars; Can You Afford a Train?; Tenet Sound Confounds

John Boyega says the new Star Wars trilogy pushed his character to the side in favor of white characters; Venice attempts to…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Star Wars: The Bad Batch to Debut on Disney+ in 2021

Disney+ has announced its new animated series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch will premiere early next year. The series is a…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Dave Chappelle’s Perfect Timing; LA Filming Reopens; Introducing The Industry

In today's Movie News Rundown: Dave Chappelle releases a new film-special that captures this moment exactly; Los Angeles County allows…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

John Barry Won an Oscar for Star Wars — Then Worked on a Disaster. Introducing The Industry Podcast

John Barry is a deeply respected set designer, responsible for the Korova Milk Bar in A Clockwork Orange, the cantina…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Movie News: Taika Waititi to Make Star Wars Film; Free The Donut King; A Feminist Western Revisited

In today's Movie News Roundup: Taika Waititi is making a new Star Wars film; we recommend The Donut King, a documentary…

4 years ago
  • First Draft

10 Screenplay Structures To Flesh Out Your Formless Story

Since we're all spending more time indoors lately, its prime time to write that screenplay you've been putting off. So…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

How Is Emperor Palpatine Alive in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker?

How is Emperor Palpatine alive? It's no spoiler to say that the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker final trailer,…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Star Wars Is More Than a Hero’s Journey—Harness the Power of ‘The Force’ in Your Next Screenplay

Star Wars is back in theaters with another blockbuster episode, The Rise of Skywalker, and at this point, it’s a…

4 years ago
  • Movie News

Why I Love Star Wars, by Rise of Skywalker’s Victoria Mahoney

Victoria Mahoney, the second unit director of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is, remarkably, the first female director in the…

4 years ago
  • Screenwriting

First Draft: 11 Anti-Heroes, and Ways to Develop Them In Your Screenplay

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. How do writers craft protagonists…

6 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Learn “Kaufman’s Folly” to Avoid Writing Fanciful Worlds That Aren’t Relatable (Video)

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. There is a fundamental issue…

7 years ago
  • Cinematography

Eye Piece: How and Why I Shot My Film The Nude with AJA’s CION 4K Camera

As much as every filmmaker wants to get their hands on a 4K capture system made by Red, Canon or…

7 years ago
  • Other

Score! Five Things Directors Should Learn About Working With Composers (From Hans Zimmer, Howard Shore and More)

Three years ago, I packed up my things at my desk in a Sacramento television news station and walked out…

7 years ago
  • First Draft

First Draft: Cover Your (Screenwriting) Ass With These Rules For Writing Valuable Script Coverage

In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. Screenplays don’t exist in a…

7 years ago
  • Editing

Classic Cuts: Three Simple Editing Techniques Employed By The Empire Strikes Back (Video)

The trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the sequel to 2015's The Force Awakens, dropped this past weekend, a…

7 years ago
  • Other

How Stop-Motion Can Survive: The Past, Present and Future of a Suffering Art (Video)

From The Boxtrolls, to Anomalisa, to Kubo and the Two Strings, stop-motion animation has consecutively held its place within the category of…

7 years ago