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'''Turner Entertainment''', also known as simply '''Turner'', is a U.S. media company owned by [[Wikipedia:Time Warner|Time Warner]]. On [[September 14]], [[2016]], it was announced that Turner Entertainment had entered into an agreement with [[The Walt Disney Company]] and [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]] granting them basic cable rights to the entire ''[[Star Wars]]'' live-action film franchise, to be broadcast on TNT ([[Turner Network Television]]) and [[Wikipedia:TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]]. The deal includes the network premiere for five of the six original films, as well as [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']], [[Star Wars: Episode VIII|''Star Wars'': Episode VII]], [[Star Wars: Episode IX|''Star Wars'' Episode IX]] and [[Star Wars Anthology Series|anthology]] films such as ''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]''. The films will begin premiering in December [[2016]] to coincide with the theatrical release of ''Rogue One''.<ref name="comingsoon">{{Cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/766501-turner-gains-network-tv-rights-to-entire-star-wars-film-series|title=Turner Gains Network TV Rights to Entire Star Wars Film Series|first=Spencer|last=Perry|date=September 14, 2016|accessdate=September 14, 2016|publisher=Coming Soon}}</ref>
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'''Turner Entertainment''', also known as simply '''Turner
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'', is a U.S. media company owned by [[Wikipedia:Time Warner|Time Warner]]. On [[September 14]], [[2016]], it was announced that Turner Entertainment had entered into an agreement with [[The Walt Disney Company]] and [[Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation]] granting them basic cable rights to the entire ''[[Star Wars]]'' live-action film franchise, to be broadcast on TNT ([[Turner Network Television]]) and [[Wikipedia:TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]]. The deal includes the network premiere for five of the six original films, as well as [[Star Wars: Episode VII The Force Awakens|''Star Wars'': Episode VII ''The Force Awakens'']], [[Star Wars: Episode VIII|''Star Wars'': Episode VII]], [[Star Wars: Episode IX|''Star Wars'' Episode IX]] and [[Star Wars Anthology Series|anthology]] films such as ''[[Rogue One: A Star Wars Story]]''. The films will begin premiering in December [[2016]] to coincide with the theatrical release of ''Rogue One''.<ref name="comingsoon">{{Cite web|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/766501-turner-gains-network-tv-rights-to-entire-star-wars-film-series|title=Turner Gains Network TV Rights to Entire Star Wars Film Series|first=Spencer|last=Perry|date=September 14, 2016|accessdate=September 14, 2016|publisher=Coming Soon}}</ref>
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