Star Wars: The Force Awakens

What kind of lunatic puts such a thing in a Star Wars movie?

While there’s no question the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer works like gangbusters — especially the moment with C3PO saying goodbye — let’s not forget they all work like gangbusters and have so far failed to live up to the hype.

This week’s cancellation of a feature film starring the bounty hunter character Boba Fett tell us just how much trouble the Star Wars franchise is in.  

Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams said this week he wants to see the Star Wars franchise more accurately reflect “the way the world looks,” especially in regards to being more inclusive of gay characters.

“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” director J.J. Abrams is throwing his support behind Clinton in the 2016 election.

In an interview with Charlie Rose last weekend, George Lucas used the word “breakup” to describe how he felt about being left out of the process in creating the latest installment of the Star Wars franchise, “The Force Awakens,” and likened Disney’s acquisition of the brand to “white slavers” taking his children.

Construction is set to begin next month on the new galaxy-sized Star Wars expansion at the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim.

With the massive success of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” released in theaters the week before Christmas, a New Jersey megachurch is using the buzz surrounding the film to celebrate the birth of Christ.

“Star Wars” star Mark Hamill ditched a promotional appearance for “The Force Awakens” this week in order to visit sick children at a London hospital.

Not every reviewer walked away feeling impressed with J.J. Abrams’ first Star Wars film. The reviewer for the Vatican’s daily newspaper felt the villains in George Lucas’ earlier films were better.

Kotaku, everyone’s favourite social justice-oriented video games blog, is upset about spoilers. The outlet, part of the Gawker network, recently tweeted a angry, righteous condemnation of Star Wars spoilers from their official Facebook page.             The post was signed “Stephen,”

Studio estimates on Sunday say “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” brought in a galactic $238 million over the weekend, making it the biggest North American debut of all time.

A crowd of moviegoers was nearly sent into a full on revolt Thursday at a Los Angeles theater, after a projector broke down during a late-night screening of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and then skipped ahead to a later spot in the film.

“Star Wars” fans flooded cinemas around the world Thursday for the first showings of the breathlessly anticipated seventh installment of the space saga, and they floated out on nostalgia and positive reviews.

Disney has done an amazing job keeping the plot under wraps. This review will honor that. The strokes will be broad. Biases upfront. I am no “Star Wars” fanboy. The original trilogy is terrific, at least until the Ewoks show

Movie theaters across the country are bracing for large holiday crowds this weekend by adding additional security measures — including armed guards and metal detection checks — as “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” rolls out on more than 4,000 screens nationwide amidst lingering fears of terror attacks.

In the spirit of Harry Potter bookstore trolls and generally irritating people the world over, lots of folks are scrambling to post spoilers for the newest episode of the epic Star Wars saga. Fortunately, there’s help to be found in avoiding them.

A Facebook group of hardcore “Star Wars” fans has threatened to unleash a “spoiler jihad” campaign against Disney by ruining the plot of the new “Force Awakens” film if their demands are not met.

Fans descending on Hollywood Boulevard for the Monday night premiere of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will be subjected to a barrage of beefed-up security measures as local authorities prepare for what could be the largest movie premiere of all time.

On Sunday’s “Melissa Harris-Perry” on MSNBC, host Melissa Harris-Perry and a panel discussed race and gender in the “Star Wars” movies in light of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” premiering this week. Harris-Perry ranted regarding “totally black guy” “Star Wars”

A Chinese promotional poster for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is raising eyebrows among fans on social media, who are criticizing Disney for downplaying the role of a major black character.

John Boyega, who is a rebellious Stormtrooper named Finn in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, answered questions about his sex life, or lack there of, and the controversy surrounding his casting in the new blockbuster film.

Princess Leia Organa herself, Carrie Fisher–who reprises her iconic Star Wars role in this month’s The Force Awakens–mocks a UK theater chain’s ban of a Bible-themed ad before showings of the new film.

National Review writer Katherine Timpf claims that she is receiving death threats for telling a joke at the expense of Star Wars fans during a Fox News segment last month.

Daniel Fleetwood, the terminally ill “Star Wars” super-fan who was treated to an advanced screening of “The Force Awakens” a week ago, has died of cancer.

Disney dropped the international trailer for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” on Friday, featuring lots of new footage.

Disney granted terminally-ill “Star Wars” fan Daniel Fleetwood, 32, of Houston, Texas, his dying wish to see the new film “The Force Awakens” in an early screening.

Disney is reportedly doing away with all the Star Wars merchandise featuring Princess Leia in her metal “slave bikini” costume.

Star Wars fans are accusing retail giant Target of sexism this week, after a T-shirt being sold in the chain’s stores featured and image that was altered to replace Princess Leia with Luke Skywalker.

Disney debuted the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, during halftime on ESPN’s Monday Night Football.

Disney debuted the latest trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, during halftime on ESPN’s Monday Night Football.

Two months ahead of its North American release, tickets for the upcoming Star Wars film will go on sale this Monday.

As fans of the Star Wars franchise eagerly await the December release of Star Wars The Force Awakens, Friday helped them manage their anticipation, with the release of new toys and other merchandise, in an intergalactic Black Friday of sorts.

Star Wars fans have been clamoring for new footage and details of the upcoming seventh installment, The Force Awakens, ever since the first extended trailer for the film debuted in March.

J.J. Abrams unveiled the second trailer for Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens during Thursday’s kickoff panel for the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim