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the bad batch
The last time we checked in to see how things were looking with Lucasfilm & Disney+'s Star Wars: The Bad Batch, executive producer & supervising director Brad Rau, executive producer & head writer Jennifer Corbett, executive producer Athena Portillo, and actors Dee Bradley Baker and Michelle Ang were sharing a preview with "Star Wars" fans[...]
skeleton crew
In terms of "The Mandalorian" universe, we know that Disney+ & Lucasfilm's upcoming Jude Law-starring Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is set to hit our screens sometime later this year Set during the same time period as The Mandalorian, the series has been described as being a space-set version of the Spielberg/Amblin coming-of-age adventure films (like[...]
Ahsoka: Mary Elizabeth Winstead on Season 2 News, Prepping for Role
The actress spoke about the news that she got a jump start in the Star Wars universe thanks to a visit to her husband Ewan McGregor's Disney+ series. (L-R): Huyang (David Tennant), Hera Syndulla (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) and Captain Carson Teva (Paul Sun-Hyung Lee) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+ ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd[...]
Andor
We have some good news to pass along concerning Tony Gilroy (Rogue One), Disney+ & Lucasfilm's Diego Luna-starring "Rogue One" prequel series Star Wars: Andor – and it comes courtesy of Luna During the Emmy Awards red carpet, Luna was asked about potentially being involved more in the "Star Wars" universe beyond the series[...]
Ahsoka
There were two big surprises coming out of Lucasfilm's "Star Wars" universe on Tuesday First, there came the news that the fourth season of The Mandalorian had now become a feature film titled The Mandalorian & Grogu Clearly, some very big news – but not the only news that dropped Our second surprise wasn't that[...]
the mandalorian
But if you're someone who wishes The Mandalorian and Grogu were spending their time adventuring on the big screen, then you're going to love what Lucasfilm had to announce. Directed by Jon Favreau and produced by Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, President of Lucasfilm, and Dave Filoni, The Mandalorian & Grogu is set to begin production in 2024 –[...]
Star Wars: The Key to Franchise's Future? More Anti-Heroes & Big Bads
It's hard to believe it's been 11 years since Disney acquired Lucasfilm for Star Wars and 14 since the acquisition of Marvel The dreams of universe-building seem like a blur considering how it's built both empires It's been fun rides as films kept building up hero after hero and certain auxiliary characters get their own[...]
X-Men '97
With less than three weeks to go until Marvel Studios' Alaqua Cox & Vincent D'Onofrio-starring Echo gets unleashed across Disney+ screens – and with 2023 coming to an end – we thought we would take a minute to give you an official update on what's coming to the streaming service in 2024 from Marvel Studios &[...]
Taika Waititi walks the red carpet ahead of the 'At Eternity's Gate' screening during the 75th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on September 3, 2018 in Venice, Italy. Editorial credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com
If Lucasfilm is giving him the room to develop and write at his own pace, he should absolutely take that, and it sounds like he knows that this means a lot to many people So you can't say he doesn't have enough reverence for Star Wars; he's taking his sweet time to make sure this[...]
The Book of Boba Fett Star Emily Swallow on Her Mandalorian Return
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm / Disney+ The Mandalorian: A Season Three Twist That Wasn't When asked by The Direct about the season three theory that the Armorer was actually a secret spy for the Empire's Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), "[They] thought she was a spy! Yeah, I definitely saw that!" Swallow recalled following the premiere of season[...]
Mandalorian
The Battlestar Galactica star addressed those rumors. (L-R): Bo-Katan Kryze (Katee Sackhoff) in Lucasfilm's THE MANDALORIAN, season three, exclusively on Disney+ ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM All Rights Reserved. The Mandalorian: Sackhoff "Lot of Speculation in This Fandom" "I think there's always going to be a lot of speculation in this fandom," Sackhoff told The Direct while promoting[...]
mandalorian
When it comes to the future of the "Star Wars" franchise, Lucasfilm is betting big time on Dave Filoni's vision A Vanity Fair report focusing on Disney+'s Ahsoka and the impact it will have on both sides of the camera that included conversations with Filoni as well as series stars Rosario Dawson, Hayden Christensen &[...]
Ahsoka: Ariana Greenblatt on Her Jedi Training While Filming ‘Barbie’
Image courtesy of Lucasfilm Created by Dave Filoni, Ahsoka Tano was the featured young protagonist in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and was voiced by Ashley Eckstein The animated series, which primarily took place between live-action films 2002's Attack of the Clones and 2005's Revenge of the Sith, made her the apprentice of Anakin Skywalker (voiced[...]
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Most people don't even see one movie a month, let alone multiple movies a summer. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny © 2023 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM All Rights Reserved. So despite all the hype in the world, the film only walked away with just over $380 million at the worldwide box office on a budget[...]
south park
Parker & Stone didn't miss anyone on either side (and those spaces in-between) when it came to placing some blame – but it was the way that Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy was presented that left us feeling uneasy. Image: Paramount+ Screencap, Lucasfilm Just to be clear? Parker & Stone have gone after Disney in the past -and rightfully[...]
Shawn Levy Is In Talks To Deadpool 3
He recently did an interview with Variety, and they spoke to him about his experience working with Lucasfilm and in the Star Wars universe so far. "When Kathy Kennedy brought me on board to make a "Star Wars" movie, her central mandate to me was "I want a Shawn Levy movie I want a story and[...]
Willow: George Lucas Agreed With Bringing It Back On Solo Set
It was back in May of this year when we learned that Lucasfilm & Jonathan Kasdan's Warwick Davis (Willow Ufgood) & Joanne Whalley (Queen Sorsha)-starring Willow was one of a number of streaming series & specials that were pulled from Disney+ & Hulu when The Walt Disney Company began attempting to course-correct its financial woes[...]
Guillermo del Toro at the 90th Academy Awards Awards at the Dolby Theartre, Hollywood. Editorial credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com
If Lucasfilm wanted to make it in five years, they very easily could because they aren't beholden to any trilogies we know of So, while we often tell you not to linger on the films that never came to be, and you shouldn't become obsessed with this one, keep it in the back of your[...]
star wars
Not wasting any time taking advantage of the new deal, FX has a marathon planned for this Saturday, October 7th, that includes the original "Star Wars" trilogy (A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back & Return of the Jedi) as well as the 2008 animated film Star Wars: The Clone Wars (which should get the[...]
Ahsoka Season 1 Episode 8 Missed the Mark as Far as Finales Go: Review
The following contains minor spoilers but mostly a gripe about how the series spent most of its first season doing nothing. (L-R): Sabine Wren (Natasha Liu Bordizzo), Huyang (David Tennant) and Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: AHSOKA, exclusively on Disney+ ©2023 Lucasfilm Ltd & TM All Rights Reserved Ahsoka: Why Season One Finale Felt[...]
Ahsoka Season 1 Episode 7 Review: I Can't Stay Mad at You, Bestie!
While Anakin was manipulated into the Dark Side, his son Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) was able to use his attachment to his friends as a source of strength to take down most of the Empire during the events of Return of the Jedi, and that theme has resumed through Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) in the[...]
Ahsoka
With only one episode to go for the season, this week's penultimate episode of Disney+, Lucasfilm, and Dave Filoni's Rosario Dawson-starring Star Wars: Ahsoka saw the return of a very familiar (and golden) face Without diving into spoilers, S01E07: "Part Seven: Dreams and Madness" (directed by Geeta Vasant Patel and written by Filoni) finds Syndulla (Mary[...]
Gareth Edwards Says He Was "Incredibly Lucky" To Make Rogue One
There were a lot of rumors about why the shoots happened and what Lucasfilm did or did not like about what Edwards was doing, but he was attempting to do things differently, and maybe that made them a little nervous Edwards, however, doesn't take the bait and won't badmouth Lucasfilm or speak ill of his[...]
Ahsoka Character Key Art Posters Spotlight Thrawn, Bridger & More
Well, that's definitely a way to end an episode of Disney+, Lucasfilm, and Dave Filoni's Rosario Dawson-starring Star Wars: Ahsoka By the time the dust settled on "Part Six: Far, Far Away" (directed by Jennifer Getzinger and written by Dave Filoni), we had some good and definitely not-so-good returns – including Lars Mikkelsen's Grand Admiral Thrawn and[...]
ahsoka
Even with a new episode of Disney+, Lucasfilm, and Dave Filoni's Rosario Dawson-starring Star Wars: Ahsoka set to hit screens on Tuesday night, fans are still discussing what went down during last week's "Part Five: Shadow Warrior." Specifically, when Ahsoka Tano (Dawson) reunites with her former Master (and future Darth Vader) Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) in[...]
Shawn Levy Is In Talks To Deadpool 3
"I was in the edit room on All the Light We Cannot See, and I look at my phone, and it's [Lucasfilm president] Kathy Kennedy Thus began a conversation that led to her inviting me in to develop and make my Star Wars movie I'm putting everything I have into it because I love that[...]
Ahsoka Posters Honor Anakin Skywalker, Captain Rex & Padawan Ahsoka
It's not like viewers didn't see it coming at the end of S01E04: "Part Four: Fallen Jedi," but this week's episode of Disney+, Lucasfilm, and Dave Filoni's Rosario Dawson-starring Star Wars: Ahsoka gave them what they've been waiting for over the course of a lot of years (and some animated series) That's right – Ahsoka Tano[...]