Why Lucasfilm Decided to Dump the Expanded Universe Before Making ‘Star Wars’ Sequels

It’s been over a month since the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so you’re all probably very familiar with the complaints about the movie by now. One of the most popular sounds something like this: “The Luke Skywalker I know would never act like that.” Basic translation: “I read a ton of novels featuring that character in which […]

‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Secrets Revealed by Lucasfilm Story Group Along with Spoilery New Stills

Now that Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been in theaters for nearly a month, fans are no longer as worried about spoilers. That doesn’t mean we’re going to start shouting them from the rooftops, but it does mean we can start talking about them a little less cautiously out in the open, and that’s […]

‘Star Wars’ Box Office Grosses Have Just Paid for Disney’s Lucasfilm Cost

When Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 for $ 4.06 billion, it was not a question of whether that business move would pay for itself. It was only question of when. And now we know. Five years and three movies later, Disney’s Star Wars movies are about to cross the $ 4.06 billion mark at the […]

Lucasfilm oversees Electronic Arts Star Wars games with weekly meetings

It’s easy to think that Star Wars: Battlefront II is the sole result of Electronic Arts‘ work. That publisher taken the lead on developing and promoting the sci-fi shooter, which is available now on PC and consoles. But Lucasfilm is involved with everything. “Yeah, that’s very much true,” Luasfilm brand boss Douglas Reilly told GamesBeat last […]

Star Wars: Battlefront II director Mark Thompson on working with Lucasfilm

Star Wars: Battlefront II is one of the biggest expansions of the Star Wars universe since Disney purchased the rights to the franchise from George Lucas — and it is all happening outside of Lucasfilm at publisher Electronic Arts. But while EA has the rights to make Star Wars games for console and PC, that doesn’t mean […]

Steven Soderbergh Shares a 1984 Rejection Letter From Lucasfilm

If you’re struggling with job rejection after job rejection in your 20s, don’t worry. Rome wasn’t built in a day, nor was Steven Soderbergh an indie darling director immediately after he joined the film industry. It took work, and rejection by one of the top movie studios of the day. In April 1984, Soderbergh was an aspiring 21-year-old […]

Disney and Lucasfilm Debated Killing Han Solo in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

The big debate around Han Solo may no longer be “did he shoot first?” but “was he supposed to die at first?” The death of Harrison Ford‘s iconic sci-fi character reverberated throughout the Star Wars universe, affecting characters both new and old in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But the Han Solo death scene might not have happened if it was […]

Daily Podcast: Lucasfilm Story Group’s Role in Star Wars Movies, Stephen King, Stan Lee, Apple TV 4K, Devin Faraci

On the September 14, 2017 episode of /Film Daily, Peter Sciretta is joined by Jacob Hall Hoai-Tran Bui to talk about the latest news, including: the effect of Rotten Tomatoes scores on the box office, another Stephen King movie adaptation in development, Stan Lee lines up future Marvel Studios cameos, Apple announced Apple TV 4K and we have a […]

Lucasfilm delays release of Star Wars Episode IX after director change

Enlarge (credit: Lucasfilm) Lucasfilm has announced a new release date for Star Wars: Episode IX. Previously scheduled to come out in May 2019, the film will now release on December 20, 2019, just in time for Christmas. The announcement isn’t a surprise. It comes a week after Lucasfilm fired Colin Trevorrow as director and hours after Lucasfilm […]

Lucasfilm fires the director of Star Wars Episode IX

(credit: Disney / Lucasfilm) Lucasfilm has fired Colin Trevorrow as director of Star Wars: Episode IX. The final installment of the nine-part Star Wars saga is slated for release in 2019. “Colin has been a wonderful collaborator throughout the development process but we have all come to the conclusion that our visions for the project differ,” says a statement […]