BBC Four special new Star Wars documentary is now on iPlayer

As Star Wars: The Last Jedi dominates cinema screens around the world, BBC Four is tapping into it all with a special documentary looking at Britain’s contribution to the saga. The Galaxy Britain Built: Droids, Darth Vader And Lightsabers is an hour-long show, presented by David Whiteley, that screened on December 21st. And it’s now … >

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Star Wars: a live action television show is finally coming

For a long time, George Lucas was in development on a live action Star Wars television series, that ultimately came to nothing when he sold his company to Disney. But Disney has been busy announcing new Star Wars projects, including a trilogy of new films. And we now learn that there’s also going to be … >

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10 ‘Rogue One’ Easter eggs you might have missed

If you didn’t know that Rogue One director Gareth Edwards is even more of a Star Wars fanboy than most of us – though we will fight him on that…. with lightsabers – the sheer amount of fanservice in the movie makes it pretty clear. From a quick appearance by certain scum and villainy in the … >

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20 actors from ‘Star Wars’ who’ve appeared in ‘Doctor Who’

Here we take a look at some of the actors who’ve appeared in both the Star Wars universe and Doctor Who… > Buy the complete Star Wars saga box set on Amazon.   Hugh Quarshie as Captain Panaka in Episode I and as Solomon in ‘Evolution of the Daleks’ and ‘Daleks in Manhattan’   Celia … >

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‘Doctor Who’ vs ‘Star Wars’ characters ultimate face-off: Who wins?

Doctor Who and Star Wars; Star Wars and Doctor Who. One’s a decades-old, globally popular sci-fi adventure featuring a wise old man, a feisty young woman, aliens, robots, spaceships, and interstellar villains with a thirst for destruction and conquest. And the other is… err, also that. No, of course they are very different! But that … >

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Watch the ultimate ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Star Wars’ mash-up video

A couple of years ago Vimeo user Kelvington created an awesome mash-up featuring the worlds of Doctor Who and Star Wars (with a bit of Star Trek thrown in for good measure). Featuring nearly 1,500 image files, over 500 sound effects, 28 rotoscope shots and 50 effects shots, the project took 48 production days to … >

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