Hayden Christensen Opens Up About His ‘Surreal’ Return To The ‘Star Wars’ Universe In ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’

A farm worker was fined £1000 for hurling sectarian abuse at cops after telling them he’d just been attacked on a night-out.

The wife of a Scots OAP who was left lying in a pool of blood after being attacked by his neighbour in a row over a parking space has hit out after the thug who assaulted him escaped jail.

A Scots mum-of-four has died suddenly in her sleep with 'no warning' and 'no explanation'.

THE colourful spectacle of Edinburgh’s annual festivals are now as synonymous with the city as the castle that dominates the skyline. This year marks the 75th anniversary of Edinburgh’s first festivals and, after two years without full-scale events, you can expect a joyous return. The celebration of music, culture, art, books, films, and storytelling will continue all year, culminating in the annual Edinburgh’s Hogmanay. The annual extravaganza is ready to welcome visitors with open arms. Here’s a guide to each festival and what you can expect.

Tax codes are a hot topic at the moment as HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has now emailed or posted notifications of changes to tax codes for the 2022/23 tax year to an estimated 12 million people across the UK.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterGet ready for more Venom.Sony Pictures has greenlit a third installment of the Tom Hardy-led “Venom” franchise, following the back-to-back box office successes of 2021’s “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” ($502 million globally) and 2018’s “Venom” ($856 million globally).The studio also announced plans for another “Ghostbusters” installment, which will serve as a follow-up to 2021’s reboot “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” ($200 million globally). Sony revealed its plans for both sequels during its Monday evening presentation at CinemaCon, the annual trade show for theater owners.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorTwitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey commented on Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform on Monday night, kicking off his thread with Radiohead’s song “Everything In Its Right Place.”“I love Twitter. Twitter is the closest thing we have to a global consciousness,” he wrote.After stepping down from Twitter in November 2021, Dorsey continued to sit on the company’s board of directors. The board approved Musk’s $44 billion acquisition Monday morning.I love Twitter.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterBenito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known by his stage name Bad Bunny, has been cast as the newest Marvel hero in Sony Pictures’ portfolio of the super characters — and will lead the standalone comic book film “El Muerto.”“El Muerto” is set to hit theaters on Jan. 12, 2024.Introduced by Sony Motion Pictures Group president Sanford Panitch at CinemaCon, the annual gathering of movie theater owners in Las Vegas, Ocasio will be the first ever Latino actor to headline a live-action Marvel movie.“To bring El Muerto to life is just incredible ..

Jordan Moreau SPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched the third episode of “Better Call Saul” Season 6, titled “Rock and Hard Place.”Like the title of Monday night’s episode says, Nacho Varga (Michael Mando) found himself between a rock and a hard place — Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) and Hector Salamanca (Mark Margolis) — and he paid the ultimate price. As one of the major “Better Call Saul” characters who doesn’t appear in “Breaking Bad,” fans have been wondering where Nacho would end up, and they finally have an answer.

Ayanna Prescod Thornton Wilder’s allegorical play “The Skin of Our Teeth” is bizarre, abstract and convoluted; it’s not to be taken seriously. Or so Sabina (Gabby Beans) tells the audience at Lincoln Center Theater’s Broadway revival of the 1942 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Thornton Wilder.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is out with the winners of the 73rd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards. The trophy ceremony was held tonight at the Wynn Encore Ballroom in Las Vegas, in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters as part of its convention.

weather feature expected to dominate the UK into next week — making the UK colder than Sweden.Southern areas are forecast to watch the mercury plunge to -2C overnight in the first few days of May, while northern areas will experience biting lows of -5C, according to the Evening Standard.The long 'revenge' of wintry weather means the nation could experience its coldest May since 1997 only days after basking in an Easter bank holiday 'mini-heatwave'.Ex-BBC and Met Office forecaster John Hammond of Weather Trending predicted: “The mercury will go into reverse, with a cooler trend to end April.“Fresh waves of Arctic air mean a good chance, even across southern Britain, of temperatures falling close to or below freezing.“One or two wintry showers are not ruled out later in the week, most likely on higher ground in the North.”A Met Office forecaster has meanwhile predicted a phase of dry but cold weather, saying: “North-easterly winds will bring cooler air, with chilly nights and widespread frosts possible.“Temperatures are slightly below or near normal into the start of May, with mainly dry conditions this week but showers possible in the North."The Met Office's long range weather forecast from Saturday 30 April to Monday 9 May reads: "Daytime temperatures will remain near normal or slightly above, but colder nights, mainly in the south could see some patchy frost in sheltered rural areas."Moving through the middle and later part of this period there is a risk of more unsettled conditions bringing spells of rain, mainly to the north and west, with patchy showers at times mainly in the east, and potentially some cooler air for a time."For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up

Ewan McGregor shared someObi-Wan Kenobi news with fans on Thursday.The actor revealed that the debut of the Disney+ series will move from May 25 to May 27 adding that the first two episodes will be shared back-to-back.'The first two episodes will premiere together,' said an excited Ewan who wore a black T-shirt. 'So make sure you tune in to both episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi streaming Friday, May 27 exclusively on Disney+,' the veteran actor said in a cheerful tone.

Ewan McGregor shared someObi-Wan Kenobi news with fans on Thursday.The actor revealed that the debut of the Disney+ series will move from May 25 to May 27 adding that the first two episodes will be shared back-to-back.'The first two episodes will premiere together,' said an excited Ewan who wore a black T-shirt. 'So make sure you tune in to both episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi streaming Friday, May 27 exclusively on Disney+,' the veteran actor said in a cheerful tone.

Ewan McGregor shared someObi-Wan Kenobi news with fans on Thursday.The actor revealed that the debut of the Disney+ series will move from May 25 to May 27 adding that the first two episodes will be shared back-to-back.'The first two episodes will premiere together,' said an excited Ewan who wore a black T-shirt. 'So make sure you tune in to both episodes of Obi-Wan Kenobi streaming Friday, May 27 exclusively on Disney+,' the veteran actor said in a cheerful tone.

Disney+ has moved the premiere date for its next Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi. Originally set for May 25, the streamer has pushed it back two days to May 27, the Friday before Memorial Day weekend, with a two-episode launch.

Karen Gillan is just the latest Scots actor to be added to the James Bond odds.

Almost exactly 20 years after making his debut in the Star Wars universe as young Annakin Skywalker... who would ultimately turn into Darth Vader, Hayden Christensen is making his long-awaited return in Obi-Wan Kenobi.While Jake Lloyd played the nine-year-old Anakin in 1999's Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, Christensen played the older Skywalker in 2002's Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and 2005's Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith.Now he the 40-year-old actor will return once again as Annakin in Disney Plus' Obi-Wan Kenobi, set 10 years after Revenge of the Sith, as Christensen opened up about returning in a new interview with EW.

Hayden Christensen is gearing up for his return to the Star Wars universe!

Apple TV+ has handed a nine-episode series order to Dark Matter, an adaptation of Blake Crouch’s acclaimed sci-fi novel, with Joel Edgerton attached to star and executive produce and author Crouch to serve as writer and showrunner. Matt Tolmach (Jumanji franchise) also will executive produce and Sony Pictures Television will produce for Apple TV+.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple is adapting the Blake Crouch novel “Dark Matter” as a series with Joel Edgerton set to star, Variety has learned.The nine-episode series will follow Jason Dessen (Edgerton), a physicist, professor, and family man who – one night while walking home on the streets of Chicago – is abducted into an alternate version of his life. Wonder quickly turns to nightmare when he tries to return to his reality amid the multiverse of lives he could have lived.