Star Wars

Shahbaz Sarwar had been to the premiere of The Force Awakens (2015) at the Imperial Cinema in Denmark when he got the idea to become part of the Star Wars fan base which makes fan movies. Star Wars fan films have become quite popular among fans and are accepted by Lucasfilm as long as they are not commercial projects.

Star Wars is an ongoing phenomenon that has enticed generations of fans all over the world for five decades. So, it is no surprise that there are regular celebrations on every continent each year.

With his Golden Globe-nominated film Y tu mamá también  (2001) from Alfonso Cuarón, Diego Luna became an ambassador of Mexican cinema, appealing to both critics and world audiences. And with his debut appearance as Cassian Andor in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), the role reinforced his reputation as an artist always in search of challenges, restless in his pursuit of artistic fulfillment.

The visual effects house Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), founded by director and producer George Lucas in 1975, celebrates 45 years since the world learned of its existence when Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope (1977) was released, with that sequence of the Star Destroyer flying across the screen, heading to infinity. Since then, ILM has not stopped pointing to a future full of promises to discover, as well as challenges and secrets to reveal.

Actor, director, rap artist, Saturday Night Live host, Golden Globe winner…. talk about Donald Glover and you’re liable to run out of hyphens.

25-year-old English actress Daisy Ridley found instant success when she was cast in the breakout role as Rey in the new Star Wars trilogy.   Ever since she has been one of the busiest actresses in the business.

 Every two years, since 2009, the Disney empire pounds the drums, sounds the clarions and gathers the tribes of fans and franchisees for one massive get-together: D23 Expo, two and half days in late July/early August dedicated to all things Disney. The event – named after the year the studio was founded, 1923- takes over the entirety of the massive Anaheim Convention Center – conveniently placed one mile away from the resort that included the Disneyland and California Adventure parks – and serves a variety of key purposes for the Disney multi-verse.

Carrie Fisher, actress, writer, satirist, incomparable wit – and of course leader of the resistance left us all too soon at 60, we remember her with love and admiration along with legions of film fans. The daughter of Golden Globe nominated filmdom legends Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, she pursued her own film career beginning with a part in Hal Ahsby’s Shampoo alongside Warren Beatty and rose to superstardom when George Lucas cast her as Princess Leia in Star Wars.

As many predicted Rogue One: A Star Wars Story engaged the hyperdrive from day one and blasted off with a $290. 5 million global debut.

Many new things will happen in the coming year but for now we have one constant: Star Wars: The Force Awakens is still dominating the domestic and international box office. J.