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PLOT A COURSE TO THE FUTURE OF STAR WARS COMIC BOOK STORYTELLING IN STAR WARS: REVELATIONS #1!

The special one-shot that sets the stage for what’s to come to the galaxy far, far away returns this December. Announced earlier this week at StarWars.com , STAR WARS: REVELATIONS, the can’t miss issue that offers readers a startling glimpse at what’s to come next year in Star Wars comics, is back with more surprises than ever this December! Last year’s Star Wars: Revelations prepared fans for a dramatic year of Star Wars sagas including putting the pieces in place for the current crossover event, Star Wars: Dark Droids. This year will be no different with a giant-sized installment packed with the first appearances of major players, and new twists and turns across all of Marvel’s STAR WARS line! Crafted by an army of current and upcoming Star Wars talent including writers Marc Guggenheim (Star Wars: Dark Droids - D-Squad), Charles Soule (Star Wars, Star Wars: Dark Droids, Star Wars: The High Republic - Shadows of Starlight), Greg Pak (Star Wars: Darth Vader), Alyssa Wong (Star Wars: Do

Gareth Edwards Explains Shooting With New Lightweight Cameras For The Creator Brought More Freedom On Location

© 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. Gareth Edwards Preferred Real Locations And New Camera Technology Brought Freedom With The Shoot The eagerly anticipated sci-fi movie  The Creator, from director Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will hit the cinemas on 28th September and we were lucky enough to attend a press conference for the movie where the director was in attendance.  During the event I wanted to ask about the shooting process.  In the production notes for the movie, Edwards explains how they used new lightweight cameras that gave more freedom when it came to shooting, especially on real-life locations which he preferred to use rather than making sets from scratch. L-R): John David Washington as Joshua and Madeleine Yuna Voyles as Alphie on the set of 20th Century Studios' THE CREATOR. Photo by Oren Soffer. © 2023 20th Century Studios. All Rights Reserved. The filming of The Creator led the production team to travel over 10,000 miles and visit 80

RETURN TO THE SAGA OF THE RONIN IN STAR WARS: VISIONS - TAKASHI OKAZAKI #1

This January, experience a new chapter in Takashi Okazaki’s Ronin saga in Star Wars: Visions, the series of one-shots that see visionary creators boldly explore new territory for Star Wars comic book storytelling! Announced last month, some of the most inventive creators in the world are bringing their unique comic book artistry to the galaxy far, far away in Marvel’s STAR WARS: VISIONS! Inspired by the animated anthology series of the same name, this new line of one-shots gives artists the chance to infuse Star Wars storytelling with their individual styles as well as elements from their cultures and backgrounds. After Marvel superstar Peach Momoko kicks things off in November, masterful manga artist Takashi Okazaki will unleash his imagination on the Star Wars mythos once again in STAR WARS: VISIONS – TAKASHI OKAZAKI #1! Revealed earlier today at StarWars.com , the creator of Afro Samurai and frequent Marvel cover artist will return with another tale of the mysterious Ronin, a charac

Ten Actors Who Performed in Spielberg Films Just Before They Hit Big

Getting old isn’t all that much fun, for the most part. Nothing works like it did or is supposed to. We yearn for the days of our youth while cursing the sudden and stubborn limitations of age, even if, during one of those days of youth, we fancied ourselves as old. However, with age comes an ever-expanding memory and well of experience. The filing cabinets of our minds are continuously getting filled with new people, events and things we bear witness to.  One part of aging I have come to embrace is watching public figures - in this case, actors - move from relative obscurity to front-of-line in the public consciousness. We see these actors go from “how do you pronounce that Matthew guy’s last name again?” to seeing them win Academy Awards for their work.  In the case of director Steven Spielberg, his films have had a knack for casting actors at the early stages of their careers, just before major breakthroughs. In each of these roles, you can see the talent, charisma and craft that wo