Most fans cite The Empire Strikes Back, which turned 45 on May 21, 2025, as the greatest of the Star Wars films. But even beyond the franchise, the Irvin Kershner-directed chapter changed the world’s ...

Mark Hamill's favorite Star Wars movie may not be a surprising pick, but there's a reason this extraordinary sequel has ...

The Oscar-winning SFX guru talks turkey sandwiches, space lizards, and making the awesome Battle of Hoth scene for "Star Wars ...

Lucasfilm hasn’t given a name or release date for this new movie, but we may be able to solve one of those mysteries. Could Filoni’s film be called Star Wars: Heir to the Empire? Is this ...

Star Wars (retitled Episode IV – A New Hope in 1981) was just the first course. Although you could probably comb through the 1977 film and insert “To be continued…” at a dozen perilous moments, it’s ...

Heir to the Empire, the 1991 novel by Timothy Zahn ... Naturally, this would be difficult to adapt into a movie without Luke, Han, and Leia. But knowing Filoni’s penchant for exploring the ...

119 minutes. In “Empire of Light,” Sam Mendes casts a nostalgic eye toward the movies. Like several other auteurs this winter season, Mendes has crafted what could be considered a “love ...

There's no lightsabers or planet-killing super-weapons (yet), but the latest season of the 'Rogue One' prequel shows what the Rebels are fighting against.

Olivia Colman and Micheal Ward pursue a bittersweet workplace romance in Sam Mendes’s look back at Britain in the early 1980s. By A.O. Scott When you purchase a ticket for an independently ...