In case you somehow missed it, there's a standalone Han Solo movie in the works, which is all about his younger years.

Star Wars Battlefront's first paid DLC will be out in March. Outer Rim may feature a new Hero and Villain, which the community suspects will be Nien Nub and Greedo.

Patience, perseverance, the dangers of patricide... The life lessons from a galaxy far, far away can come in handy here on Earth, writes Benji Wilson

Suzanna Harrington pulls on her wookie boots and looks at the strangest Star Wars merchandise in the galaxy.

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It’s almost upon us - the moment you have been waiting for more years than you care to admit. With less than two months to go, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has released it’s official trailer.

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The original Star Wars trilogy has been tinkered with for decades, and this video series breaks down all the changes

The Star Wars saga has many myths and legends but one of the biggest has finally been put to rest in newly discovered evidence

The Star Wars saga has many myths and legends but one of the biggest has finally been put to rest in newly discovered evidence

The Star Wars saga has many myths and legends but one of the biggest has finally been put to rest in newly discovered evidence

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A former mayor of Tours has been found dead in a suspected suicide just as he was to go on trial over suspected kickbacks involving Chinese group weddings in the picturesque Loire Valley city.

The trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens took the internet by storm on Friday, but we're sure everyone had the same thought: it needs more special effects.

A young school child has been killed and two others were badly injured in a knife attack in south-eastern China.

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Lost dentures, loose eyeball among sick-day excuses

A man has been sentenced to death for killing a toddler by hurling her to the ground in an argument with her mother over a parking space.

Blockbuster sequels are not judged on directorial verve, ingenious plots or award-winning performances, although they certainly help.

The local government in China’s restive northwestern region of Xinjiang has said that a clash between authorities and assailants left 21 people dead in what it described as an act of terrorism.

A blowout in this hugely disappointing Leinster senior hurling championship quarter-final in Tullamore on Saturday as Dublin cruised through the 70 minutes against an outclassed Laois side.

As the title of Boaz Yakin’s testosterone-fuelled game of cat and mouse intimates, we’re in familiar territory here with hard man Jason Statham.

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Nicolas Colsaerts will bid for a maiden European Tour win when he takes a one-shot lead into tomorrow’s final round of the China Open.

Frenchman Gregory Havret was among a group of four players at the head of the field in the second round of the China Open at Chengdu.

WITHOUT a European Tour win since 2008, Pádraig Harrington’s long wait for a title may be extended after a modest opening 71 left him seven shots off the pace on a day of low scoring at the Volvo China Open.

The 1980s seem to be getting a revival for this sees a return of the stories from back then, and it’s not at all bad.

A CHINESE official has been arrested on suspicion of taking bribes after his steamy diary describing casual sex, drinking parties and corruption appeared online.

The Asian Tour announced their schedule for 2010 today with five new events added to the circuit and a total of almost $40m (€27m) on offer in prize money.

Chinese security forces uncovered a bomb-making operation in the volatile western region of Xinjiang, foiling plans to carry out attacks including suicide bombings, police said today.

North Korea might release two convicted American journalists if the US offers a gesture such as an official apology, a US-based scholar who visited Pyongyang said in interviews released today.

The Olympic torch arrived today in South Korea on the latest leg of its world tour, with demonstrators vowing to disrupt its run through the city that hosted the 1988 Summer Games.

The Asian Tour has dismissed plans from four of the biggest golf associations in the Asia-Pacific region to create a rival tour.

The European Tour and Asian Tour will have one fewer tournament this year following the removal of the co-sanctioned Singapore Masters from their 2008 schedules.

North Korea’s premier arrived in Seoul today for the first prime ministerial talks with South Korea in 15 years to discuss a reconciliation agreement by their leaders.

Lee Westwood has accused the European Tour of “mismanagement” of their 2007 schedule after missing this week’s Volvo Masters.

South Korea World Cup star Lee Chun-soo has turned down an offer of a trial with Portsmouth, according to his agent.

Hee-Won Han birdied the final two holes of regulation play to force a play-off with fellow Korean Meena Lee, then won on the fourth extra hole to claim the LPGA Corning Classic in New York.

Australia’s Karrie Webb led from start to finish to clinch the Michelob ULTRA Open at the Kingsmill Resort in Virginia.