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No./1 Hang on tight for Star Wars’ grittiest adventure yet • Telling a five-year story across 24 episodes, ANDOR will delve into the franchise’s legacy like never before

No./2 How Ahsoka is launching a new wave of Rebels • ROSARIO DAWSON and more tell us what to expect in their live-action spin-off

No./4 RETURN OF THE FRIK • Babu Frik (or at least, his Anzellan species) will return in The Mandalorian Season 3. Here’s why we’re Frikkin’ excited

No./3 Where Star Wars goes next… • Expect fresh stories and familiar faces from the upcoming slate of adventures

No./5 “Emily is sad and dark. Barbie is funny and silly and pink” • [ THE Q&A ] From the school corridors of Sex Education to Parisian biopics and Hollywood comedies, EMMA MACKEY is making waves

No./7 OFF-BRAND ICONS • These warped movie riffs on classic, much-loved figures are the stuff of chaos and nightmares

No./6 Why Bradley Cooper was destined to make Maestro • The actor-director’s Leonard Bernstein biopic is the perfect showcase for his sensibilities

Black Adam • Unfiltered, uncensored, uncompromising trailer reactions from team EMPIRE

No./9 Joker Face • With rumours of Lady Gaga playing Harley Quinn in a musical Joker sequel, we compile a list of the pop star’s suitable megahits

No./8 NEXT IN THE SERIES • You fell in love with that incredible new TV show. And then it ended! Don’t despair — Boyd Hilton recommends the sibling shows to watch next

No./10 She-Hulk is ready for her close-up • TATIANA MASLANY on stepping up as Marvel’s brainy, brawny new addition

No./11 “Ray was just fucking magnetic”

No./12 How Totoro made his stage debut • Director Phelim McDermott on the daunting challenge of adapting My Neighbour Totoro for the theatre

No./13 Inside Henry Selick’s demonic return • The stop-motion master is back with WENDELL & WILD, with help from Jordan Peele

No./14 The stories breaking motherhood taboos • A group of rising fiction-makers are using horror to present unexpected tales of the expecting

No./15 Wholesome fantasy is back! • Willow sees Warwick Davis return for family-friendly, wizardy fun

No./16 The Gen Z fable with a killer edge • BODIES BODIES BODIES puts a fresh spin on the slasher film

Ben Ashenden & Alexander Owen • THE BRITISH COMEDY DUO THE PIN STEAL SCENES AS TYLER AND ANGUS IN JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION

No./17 Jon Snow’s next chapter • The brooding Game Of Thrones character is getting his own sequel series. Here’s what he could get up to

No./18 How to teach an old monster new tricks • Director Dan Trachtenberg is breaking new ground with his Predator companion film, PREY

No./19 The art of creating dark and devious characters • THE FORGIVEN showcases John Michael McDonagh’s flair for shady personalities

BLACK IN FOCUS • AMON WARMANN chews over the main moment in Black film and TV this month

No./20 TOM CRUISE TAKE TWO

PINT OF MILK

LIGHTYEAR

JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION

HUSTLE

MINIONS: THE RISE OF GRU

THE GOOD BOSS

HIT THE ROAD

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN RETURN

EXPLORER

DON’T MAKE ME GO

SHE WILL

ITHAKA

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