For the first time in the past month, Star Wars: The Force Awakens received competition for the box-office crown. The smash hit continued raking in the cash with an estimated $41.6 million dollar weekend. The film’s domestic total crossed the $800 million dollar mark, while also having a huge $53 million dollar debut in China, which are […]
The Star Wars universe is on the verge of exploding and expanding in ways that many of us have only dreamed about while playing in the sandbox with action figures. After the release of The Force Awakens, we will be getting a Star Wars feature film every calendar year for the foreseeable future. In 2016, we will be treated […]
Welcome back to the 77th episode of the Epic Comicast podcast! There were a lot of stories this past week that moved the needle in the world of geek news. So sit back and let the ECC crew take you on an audio tour through it all. Star Wars continued to make noise as the release of The […]
Here we go! Today Lucasfilm made an (un)official announcement that these are the modern faces of the new Star Wars trilogy. A couple of weeks ago, the full posters for The Force Awakens were released which called upon the designs used for the original trilogy. The poster featured most of the major characters that we can expect to see in […]
We are less than 60 days away from the moment that you have been waiting for. Lucasfilm has fired shots into the air signalling the arrival return of Star Wars to movie theaters and into the collective imagination of millions of fans. There is the possibility that Star Wars: The Force Awakens could end up the most beloved movie in the entire […]
Can you feel it? There’s a disturbance in your bank account. Yes, its Star Wars season and Lucasfilm has once again found a way to make us want to consume anything and everything Star Wars. Today, they dropped a bundle of information with the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens just a short two months away and it’s […]
We are less than four months away and director J.J. Abrams is loosening his notoriously tight lips about his little passion project known as Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He was faced with one of the gargantuan tasks in film history by continuing the legacy of Star Wars, while making a new one for future generations […]
We are just a few short months away from Star Wars mania taking grip of the public consciousness once again. However due to almost forty years of buildup, the franchise has the potential to be even bigger than before. (And it could be easily argued that the Star Wars was already the biggest franchise ever.) A large reason […]
We are less than 6 months away from things getting real for Star Wars fans. LucasFilm is at San Diego Comic Con in full force and many hopeful fans were hoping to get a glimpse at new Star Wars footage over the weekend. As expected they didn’t bring a new trailer, but they did present an incredibly effective short film […]
Over the past six months or so, the shape of the revamped Star Wars universe has begun to take shape. The initial awe of the seventh episode has worn off and eager fans have begun to get excited about the upcoming Anthology series, that will accompany the trilogy beginning with The Force Awakens in December. […]
In comic stores everywhere this month is Marvel’s Darth Vader #6. Like the entire line of Star Wars comics Marvel launched early this year, they all pick up right after the destruction of the first Death Star. And, so far, none of the books has taken a hand off the hyperdrive. We’re smack dab in the middle […]
Last month at Star Wars Celebration fans of the franchise were treated to a weekend of unparalleled festivities. Most of the cast of The Force Awakens addressed the crowd, while Disney and Lucasfilm premiered all sorts of Star Wars media including the new trailer for Battlefront, The Force Awakens, the second season of Star Wars […]
