Star Wars
Riding a superhero high, Hollywood’s marketing machine roars back to life
Welcome to San Diego’s Comic-Con, a wild crossroads of capes, crowds and commerce.
- Michael Idato
Latest
The best TV of the year (so far)
From returning favourites to the resuscitation of Noah Wyle’s medical career, this year’s TV offerings have been a mix of the familiar and the thrillingly unexpected.
- Louise Rugendyke, Meg Watson, Kylie Northover, Karl Quinn, Craig Mathieson and Debi Enker
Andor was one of the great TV triumphs of the decade. Here’s why.
Intricate, thrilling and heartbreaking to the very end: this was a brilliant show about the people who never get statues.
- Craig Mathieson
Watching Warfare makes you feel like you’re in combat. It’s thanks to this underrated element
The hyper-realistic war film joins a long list of titles famous for their innovative use of sound, including Star Wars and Gravity.
- Nell Geraets
- ★★★★★
- Review
Andor isn’t just a great show, it makes the whole of Star Wars better
Starring Diego Luna, the second and final season of the Star Wars series is utterly satisfying, whether you’re a fan or not.
- Karl Quinn
‘The stakes are getting higher’: Star Wars’ most daring story comes to an end
As Andor returns for its second – and final season – the prospect of Princess Leia or Darth Vader appearing is not out of this world.
- Michael Idato
- Opinion
- Trade deals
Darth Orange: Trade war shows Donald Trump has embraced the dark side
It’s likely this trade war is just the first episode in what will be a four-year-long saga. A New Hope can’t come soon enough.
- William Bennett
Star Wars takes The Goonies to the edge of a galaxy far, far away
The new series Star Wars: Skeleton Crew sees a group of kids stranded in a distant star system who must, with the help of Jude Law’s Jod Na Nawood, find their way home.
- Michael Idato
James Earl Jones, voice of Darth Vader and Mufasa, dies at 93
James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated icon of stage and screen – eventually lending his deep, commanding voice to Mufasa in The Lion King and Darth Vader in Star Wars – has died.
- Mark Kennedy
- Review
- Video games
Star Wars meets Grand Theft Auto in stunning but patchy new heist
The Star Wars underworld is a great fit for Ubisoft’s open-world checklist formula, but this criminal syndicate caper has a few major flaws.
- Tim Biggs
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