The Force: Last News

There’s arguably been a disturbance in the Force that has disrupted its balance for years now. Some may argue the trouble goes back to 2012 when Disney bought Lucasfilm.

There’s arguably been a disturbance in the Force that has disrupted its balance for years now. Some may argue the trouble goes back to 2012 when Disney bought Lucasfilm.

Filmmaker James Mangold’s “Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny” is in theaters now, and while it seemed to underwhelm at the global box office in its opening weekend, the film has grossed $305 million worldwide so far, so maybe there’s hope it can have some minor legs. If anything, it maybe shows how making a blockbuster with an 80-year-old star can only take you so far with audiences.

unofficial holiday for fans of the franchise — May 4.The date, also known as May the Fourth, has been adopted as “Star Wars Day” because the date sounds like the signature quote from the movies: “May the force be with you.” Some devotees decided to make it their wedding day. Six couples tied the knot on Thursday in 15-minute ceremonies at the Highland Universal Gathering Spot in Akron with the original 1978 movie, “Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope” playing in the background.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Grogu, better known to his legion of fans as Baby Yoda from Disney+’s “The Mandalorian,” has infiltrated the Googleplex. Type “Grogu” or “Baby Yoda” into the Google Search bar — and the diminutive creature appears in the lower right-hand section of the screen. When you click or tap on Grogu, he commences to use The Force… and knocks out the top section of the search results. If you keep clicking on him, he continues to dismantle the Google Search page. Grogu stars alongside Pedro Pascal in Disney+ original series “The Mandalorian,” which just finished its Season 3 run on the streamer, and the toddler also appears in “The Book of Boba Fett.” (Before he was identified by name, Grogu was simply called “The Child.”)

A former Greater Manchester Police officer who sexually assaulted a colleague on a drunken night out has been sacked from the force.

Picking up where Season 1 left off, the second season of “Carnival Row” finds former inspector Rycroft Philostrate investigating a series of murders in the titular town where humans and creatures coexist, while Vignette Stonemoss and the Black Raven plot payback for the oppression experienced by the creatures. According to the synopsis, “with humans and fae folk divided and freedom on the line, each hero will face impossible dilemmas and soul-defining tests in the epic conclusion of ‘Carnival Row.’” READ MORE: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows & Mini-Series Of 2023 Created by René Echevarria and Travis Beacham, the Amazon Prime show is based on Beacham’s film script “A Killing on Carnival Row.”  The highly anticipated second season started filming in 2019 after the show’s premiere, but experienced pandemic-related setbacks, having to pause filming twice in 2020 and then again in May of 2021 due to the birth of Orlando Bloom’s child.

Dwayne Johnson had trouble buckling down Friday on a work trip. The Black Adam star, 50, who reportedly pitched a multi-year plan for the character to Warner Bros. shared a video from the cabin of his private jet, as he tried to get to work on his laptop as music played in the background.Bundles of papers were strewn around the small on-board desk.

Nick Cave has responded to a fan who asked him what he thinks “the point of life” is.The Bad Seeds singer answered Beau on his The Red Hand Files blog earlier this month, laying out his argument that “we must first understand what it is to be human” in order to find meaning.“We are capable of the greatest atrocities and the deepest sufferings, all culminating in a vast, collective grief. This is our shared condition,” part of Cave’s blog post reads.“Yet happiness and joy continue to burst through this mutual condition.

After nearly 20 years of anticipation, fans of “Star Wars” were excited to welcome back Ewan McGregor in the new Disney+ series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Upon its debut, the series instantly became one of the biggest hits in the short history of the streaming service and earned plenty of love from critics and fans alike.

Gallery: These stars have something to MARVEL at! The celebrities who just LOVE comic books. . . (BANG Showbiz)Melissa - whose has just released her new memoir 'Lies My Mother Told Me: Tall Tales from a Short Woman' - was talking to the publication for the '25 Things You Don't Know About Me' feature.

Workers at Wishaw Police Office gave a fond farewell to one of their most popular colleagues on his retiral from the force.

Zack Sharf Ewan McGregor is returning to “Star Wars” for the first time in 17 years with the upcoming Disney Plus series “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” but it turns out the actor didn’t entirely give up his Jedi training in the nearly two decades between “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” and the new streaming series. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, McGregor admitted that he often uses the Force hand motion on automatic doors in various supermarkets.“I do it with doors!” McGregor said of the finger-slash-Force move. “I like to do that with automatic doors just for my own amusement.

Amber Dowling The L.A. Rams’ 23-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals at Super Bowl LVI scored a massive touchdown on Variety’s Trending TV chart for the week of Feb. 7 – 13, tackling this week’s other televised offerings with almost 805,000 engagements during its Feb.

An iconic role in one of the most loved movie series of all time had long secured him a lifetime of adulation from millions. And the force appears to be so strong in Star Wars actor Mark Hamill that he now needs only to tweet his own name to trigger an avalanche of approval from fans.

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Michael B. Jordan recalled that he had a less-than-stellar audition for Star Wars: The Force Awakens.The 34-year-old actor recently appeared on an episode of the Just For Varietypodcast, where host Marc Malkin asked him to describe his worst tryout to date.The Fruitvale Station star bashfully recalled that, out of all the projects that he had auditioned for in the past, his reading for the first entry in the new Star Wars trilogy had to be his weakest.

Even Michael B. Jordan has had some bad auditions.

On paper, you can put the name of an actor together with a project and think it’s going to be great. So, if you said Michael B.