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The Star Wars: The Last Jedi panel at Star Wars Celebration is currently underway, and director Rian Johnson has unveiled some killer behind-the-scenes photos he and others took, which give us a better look at the characters. Only don’t suggest the movie’s in black and white, because Johnson said no one’s supposed to…

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Fans don’t like to let their favorites go, but now they don’t have to. We live in a world desperate to remake, reboot, and flat-out return to beloved franchises, hunting the closest thing to a sure audience there is. But the more beloved these continuations are, they harder they are to get right. Fans want them to…

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For a while, we’ve been hearing that not all of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 takes place in space. New details courtesy of an extended skit on Jimmy Kimmel last night, however, have given us a few more details that might explain a few things as to why we’ll be heading to Earth in the new movie.

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Truly wireless earbuds, the new Fast & Furious box set, and the most attractive fitness tracker lead off Friday’s best deals.

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Unless there’s a new movie, it’s rare for Star Wars fans to learn something new about old Star Wars content. That changes at Star Wars Celebration, which is where Star Wars Rebels and Clone Wars producer Dave Filoni chose to reveal an unfinished, unaired snippet from The Clone Wars featuring two popular characters.

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The Fast & Furious franchise just got another box set, this time with a bonus disc, lenticular packaging, and space for The Fate of the Furious once it comes out. Preorders for this went for $60 not that long ago, so today’s $28 deal is worth racing over to Amazon for. Just note that it’s only available today, or…

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The animated Spider-Man movie has found its Miles Morales. Patty Jenkins talks up the important character moments behind Wonder Woman’s action sequences. Get a new look at Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Plus, what’s to come on Arrow and Supergirl, and new clips from Agents of SHIELD and The Expanse’s season finale.…

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We all know in our souls that being a redshirt on Star Trek is basically like having a death wish. But our old enemy, math, has stepped in again to tell us that we’re wrong.

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Ana Lily Amirpour’s breakout feature, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, was as genre-defying as a Farsi-language black-and-white California vampire Western could be. Her colorful follow-up, The Bad Batch—a horror-romance (with cannibals)—just dropped an insanely grindhouse-ready new trailer.

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Ever since Captain Rex joined the crew of Star Wars Rebels and got himself a big ol’ bushy beard, fans—and even Rebels head honcho Dave Filoni—have theorized that the lushly bearded Rebel strike trooper on Endor is an older Rex. Well, it seems like the next season of Rebels might actually be lending some credence to…

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A live-action film adaptation of Watchmen hit screens in 2009. Eight years later, it seems very likely that an animated version of the classic superhero story is on its way.

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You probably already own a magnetic smartphone car mount, and thus have a magnetic plate behind your phone at all times. Now, Bestek’s magnetic desk mount lets you put it to use even when you aren’t in the car.

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If you’re a Star Wars fan, it can still be hard to believe that Carrie Fisher is gone. We got a little reminder today that we’ll see her as Leia Organa at least one more time.

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Fortitude’s second season premieres tomorrow on Amazon Prime. If this news doesn’t excite you, that just means you haven’t yet watched the UK-made show’s first season (also on Amazon Prime). Let io9 give you this public service announcement: Go watch it. At least if you think you’d enjoy a totally gripping, incredibly…

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The Event Horizon Telescope, actually a network of telescopes across the world, has successfully completed its highly-anticipated ten-day-long observation period. Researchers pointed the array of dishes at the center of our galaxy and the M87 galaxy in order to snap pictures of some black holes. That’s really exciting…

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Late last night, Lucasfilm and Disney announced Forces of Destiny, a new animated series/merchandise line focusing on the female heroes of the Star Wars galaxy. The idea of new stories with these characters was already fascinating, but now that we know even more about the series, we can’t wait until it arrives.

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In the first couple episodes of Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, there are two aerial shots depicting the handmaids, dressed in vibrant scarlet, flocking together in an animalistic swarm. The first is when they murder an accused rapist at the behest of their totalitarian government. The second is when one of their own has…

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Last year, news broke that there was going to be another movie set in the Labyrinth universe. It was called everything from a reboot to a sequel and, since David Bowie had just passed away when it happened, everyone was upset and confused. Now, there’s a director and writer on board, along with some clarification…

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I’m back, my bulk mail brothers and sisters! I am also now 40 years old, which means if you enjoy my opinions and mail column, I officially have the wisdom of age on my side. If you don’t, no worries, because death is coming for me. This week: Baby Groot hate! Mutant-Inhuman hybrids! And—gasp!—the merits of The Big…

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The first trailer for the fifth and final season of Orphan Black is here, and Sarah and her sestra aren’t going to let anybody stand in the way of their slumber party dance-offs again.

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