Star Wars: The Last Jedi: Luke Isn’t What Rey Expects
Daisy Ridley shared very, very few details about Star Wars: The Last Jedi during the film's Star Wars Celebration panel, but it should be enough to get fans excited about the 2017 movie.
Ridley promised that the Rian Johnson movie will go "deeper into Rey's story," but also hinted that what comes after the end of The Force Awakens won't be exactly what her character expects.
Daisy Ridley as Rey in Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Carrie Fisher Helped Write Leia’s Lines in The Last Jedi
Carrie Fisher helped write Princess Leia's dialogue for Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
During today's panel for the upcoming Episode XIII, director Rian Johnson revealed that he collaborated with Fisher on the script:
"I connected with her first and foremost as a writer," he explained. "I'd got to her house and sit on her bed for hours, and we'd go through the script."
Star Wars: The Last Jedi – First Trailer Released
Nobody freak out, but the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been released.
Revealed by director Rian Johnson during the film's panel at Star Wars Celebration today, it's our first look at the continuing adventures of Rey, Finn, Poe... and Luke.
Take a deep breath, and click below to watch the trailer:
The Last Jedi will be released in the US, UK and Australia on December 15.
Here's a slideshow of images from the teaser, in case you don't want to do all that tiring frame skipping yourself:
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The IGN UK Podcast Meets Overwatch’s Jeff Kaplan
Hey, remember how lots of our listeners told us we talk about Overwatch too much? Well, we invited the Overwatch game director, Jeff Kaplan onto the podcast, and talked about Overwatch so much. Never question us, we're just incorrigible.
The living meme, very nice man and game genius talked to us about his best and worst heroes, what it feels like to see Hanzo as part of the presidential campaign, and how he wants to stop Overwatch players being so mean.
He also took some time to pass judgement on our very own Overwatch play in this rather nice video...
That's topped off with a quick chat about Thor: Ragnarok, upcoming PS VR games, your feedback and, of course, Keyword Countdown.
Bill Condon in Talks to Direct Bride of Frankenstein Remake
Universal's upcoming Bride of Frankenstein movie remake may have found its director in Bill Condon.
According to Deadline, Condon is currently in "early talks" with the studio and both parties are excited about the potential collaboration.
In addition to directing Disney's live-action Beauty and the Beast, which crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office earlier this week, Condon helmed Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 and Part 2.
MST3K: The Return is Fun for Old Fans and New Viewers
Since only two episodes of Netflix's Mystery Science Theater: The Return were made available to the press ahead of time, we don't have a full season review yet. Over the next few days, I'll absorb the remaining 12 new installments and then hit y'all up with a Season 11 review next weekend. For now though, here's my first impression of the rebooted cult classic based on the two episodes I've seen - "Reptilicus" and "Cry Wilderness."
In the not too distant future -- AKA "now" -- comedian Jonah Ray has taken over hosting duties for an all new batch of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes - a Kickstarter funded resurrection/reboot/sequel that brings back the original ground zero snark-a-long series for the Netflix generation.
Nintendo Temporarily Discontinues Famicom Classic Mini
Nintendo is halting production of the Famicom Classic Mini, but intends to resume manufacturing at some point in the future.
As reported by Famitsu (translation courtesy of Kotaku) the official Japanese Nintendo website says, "Production of this product is ending temporarily. When manufacturing resumes, we will provide information at another time on this homepage."
The Famicom Classic Mini released in Japan last year to incredible success. This miniature console, which comes with 30 games built in, is the Japanese equivalent of the NES Classic Edition—production for which Nintendo announced just yesterday will be discontinued in North America.
King Arthur and Merlin Are Villains in ‘Unholy Grail’
In a new comic from AfterShock Comics called Unholy Grail, writer Cullen Bunn and artist Mirko Colak are putting a new spin on the classic legend of King Arthur, Merlin and the sword in the stone: what if all the legends were false accounts meant to hide how those iconic heroes were really the worst kind of evil?
“I've been fascinated by Arthurian legends since I discovered T. H. White's ‘The Once and Future King’ as a kid,” Bunn told IGN of where the idea came from. “From that point on, I wanted to explore every variation of the story, from Thomas Malory's work to the movie ‘Excalibur’ to the comic ‘Camelot 3000.’ One of the things that intrigued me was how there are so many interpretations of the epic -- as should be the case with all great myths -- and so many different takes on the story. At some point, years ago, I started to wonder what the Arthurian legend might look like if they were written as a horror story. I thought about it so much, I guess, that I started dreaming about it. I woke from one of those dreams and scribbled the sentence ‘The demon, who had no name in his own tongue, but would come to be called Merlin by mortals, uncoiled its serpentine body and slithered out of the shadows.’ That was over 20 years ago, but I still have the notebook where I first pondered the concept.”
8 Iconic Star Wars Battles Recreated in LEGO
You've likely seen Star Wars' iconic battles play out on the big screen. But have you ever seen them play out in LEGO form?
That's exactly what the folks at Greater Florida LEGO Users Group showcased at their 2017 Star Wars Celebration booth in Orlando, Fla. Check out the awesome recreations of some of the most significant scenes in Star Wars history below.
These LEGO models represent the entire 40-year history of Star Wars, which is exactly what Celebration is honoring this year. For more of IGN's Celebration coverage, check out the amazing cosplay on the show floor, the new animated initiative Forces of Destiny and a first look at some new 40th anniversary toys.
Nintendo Switch, Breath of the Wild Sales Numbers Revealed
After boasting about the Nintendo Switch and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's strong launches in March, Nintendo has finally offered concrete numbers about just how strong those sales were.
Nintendo has revealed that the Switch sold 906,000 in its 28 days on sale in North America according to the NPD Group. Breath of the Wild, meanwhile, sold 1.3 million copies across Switch and Wii U in that same window (925,000 units were sold for Nintendo Switch/460,000 units sold for the Wii U).
According to Nintendo, it makes the Switch one of the fastest-selling video game systems of all time.