George Lucas

It has a good baddie, spectacular battles and the outstanding Adam Driver

This isn’t a proper film – just a nondescript, boring component in the Star Wars machine

As Episode IX arrives, how does it stack up against the other 10 films in the saga?

JJ Abrams, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley and Oscar Isaac on making Episode IX

Patrick Freyne: A list of the most notable Star Wars non-humans from a galaxy far, far away

The Disney+ spin-off loses its building blocks’ sense of wonder on its way to the screen

Hamill and Fisher feature in film with tag line ‘The saga will end. The story lives forever’

Francis Ford Coppola’s disaster-struck Vietnam epic has had yet another recut

Re-released this week, the ‘absolute rubbish’ film is one of the most entertaining movies ever

Alita: Battle Angel director on his guerilla approach to making the long-awaited anime film

Media & Marketing: Licensed products triumph in the aisles, but not all stories lead to merchandising empires

Only four out of the top 100 films directed by women in BBC poll of critics

Do not judge 'Star Wars' fans by this stupid campaign. Not all of them have lost the plot

Things were ‘getting weird’ on the set of the Han Solo film. So they changed director

‘13 Reasons Why’ returns; ‘Arrested Development’ gets a remix, and one Amazon show to catch

Xavier Legrand’s scintillating ‘Custody’ dramatises the horror of domestic violence

Smug dialogue, dystopian cityscapes and Chewbacca feature in clip for latest spin-off

As Kubrick’s monolithic movie celebrates 50 years, special effects gurus and film-makers consider its legacy

The director has flipped the script once again with his latest project ‘Wonderstruck’, a proper grown-up film about and for children

The latest instalment will fill a Star Wars-shaped hole but is punishingly long

With the release of The Last Jedi imminent, a look back at how the ‘Star Wars’ juggernaut started in a ‘galaxy far, far away’

The Luke Skywalker actor on fame, Carrie Fisher and making Star Wars in Ireland

Eco-lodge inspired by Sligo's ancient cairns offers a very different living proposition

Lewis followed his partnership with Dean Martin with a string of critical hits and, of course, ‘The King of Comedy’

The ‘Avatar’ and ‘Titanic’ director seeks to make epic but intimate movies – so why does one of sci fi's finest really need a 3D reboot?

The festival gets a new set of directors for 2017

Alien; Covenant is out, but according to Ridley Scott the Alien 5 sequel is dead. Here's why we need another film about sci-fi's most bad-ass action hero

Meryl Streep, Stevie Wonder, George and Amal Clooney among A-list attendees

Actress laid to rest alongside her mother Debbie Reynolds who died a day after her

‘Star Wars’ franchise turned actor into reluctant star who struggled with success

Underwhelming Star Wars film Rogue One exposes the limitations of the prequel

Your cheat sheet to the richest US celebrities, latest ‘Apprentice’ winner and Mariah’s ex

As Rogue One lands in cinemas worldwide, star Felicity Jones and director Gareth Edwards talk about hype, expectation and the sacred ground of Star Wars

Industry veteran emphasises virtual reality to young digital artists ahead of Dublin event

Every now and then, the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize anticipates a movement

It has taken thousands of light years, but feminism has finally made itself known in deepest space

The ageing of cast members since the first ‘Star Wars’ film allow us compare and contrast our experiences over the same period

New film-makers in sci-fi series compared to ‘white slavers’ who had bought his children

Fans had been camped outside the theatre on Hollywood Boulevard for more than a week

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is out on December 17th. Here’s your Star Wars guide