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Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Talks Rey Star Wars Movie

AlexGherzo | Jun 24, 2024 | 3

That Rey movie sounds better and better as time goes on. The film’s director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, recently spoke to Variety about a documentary she made, and the developing Star Wars movie inevitably came up. When asked about why she wanted to direct the Rey film, Obaid-Chinoy said: “The st...

Kathleen Kennedy Wants to Leave Lucasfilm on a “Big Win”

AlexGherzo | Aug 7, 2024 | 3

For years, Star Wars fans dissatisfied with the franchise since Lucasfilm’s acquisition by Disney in 2012 have been hoping for Kathleen Kennedy, the president of the company since George Lucas sold it to Disney, to leave. Now, it looks like their wish may come true… under certain circumstances...

More Men Than Women Worked on The Acolyte and Were Paid More

AlexGherzo | Jun 25, 2024 | 1

The Force may be female, but Disney’s workforce sure isn’t, at least on its new female-led show. By now, you’ve been inundated with the messaging that Star Wars is all about girl power – and will be for the foreseeable future – and the fan base is a bunch of evil men who hate women and &h...

Daisy Ridley Knows “Bits and Bobs” About Rey Movie

virginiakublawi | Mar 11, 2024 | 0

Daisy Ridley sat down with Deadline in their SXSW studio, where she discussed details of the Rey-centered Star Wars movie Lucasfilm announced last year. Years after the events of the sequel trilogy, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s film will follow an older Rey and her students as they re-re-establish the ...

JJ Abrams Told Daisy Ridley Star Wars is “A Religion”

virginiakublawi | Jan 27, 2024 | 0

Daisy Ridley recently sat down with Inverse to discuss her new film, Sometimes I Think About Dying. Inevitably, the inescapable topic of Star Wars came up. Ridley recalled The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams saying the following when she was cast: “This not a role in a movie… This is a religi...

Daisy Ridley: Star Wars Fan Racism “Blown Out of Proportion”

virginiakublawi | Jan 26, 2024 | 0

On the hype trail for Sometimes I Think About Dying, Daisy Ridley told NBC News that not all may be as it seems within the “toxic” Star Wars fanbase. She also reacts to the response to Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and her comments from a few years back. Check out what Ridley had to say here: “I thi...