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Obi-Wan Kenobi is one of the few Star Wars Disney+ series that pays direct homage to the original George Lucas film canon, versus series such as The Mandalorian ,which heavily incorporate the animated lore created by Dave Filoni…

This week’s guest is Joel Edgerton. In a chat about the plethora of projects he has in the offing, including the upcoming George Clooney-directed The Boys in the Boat, Edgerton reveals the moment he decided to be an actor, how he wanted to be Indiana Jones growing up, and the time his dad woke him…

Netflix’s The Crown, HBO’s Westworld, Prime Video’s The Boys and Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale are among this year’s buzzy TV series that won’t be on Tuesday’s Primetime Emmy nominees list—but it won’t be because they were snubbed. The eligibility period set by the Television Academy for its 2022 awards calls for shows…

The first batch of Season 4 episodes from Netflix juggernaut Stranger Things propelled the series to an all-time record for U.S. streaming in a single week, Nielsen said. All 32 episodes of the show racked up 7.2 billion minutes of streaming from May 30 to June 5. That’s the most of any title since Nielsen began…

The season one finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi drew a five-day Wednesday through Sunday audience of 1.8 million U.S. households, which is 20% higher than the Wednesday through Sunday five-day pull for The Book of Boba Fett finale, which clocked 1.5M U.S. households. The data comes from Samba TV, which…

Moses Ingram, fresh from starring in Disney+’s Star Wars series Obi-Wan Kenobi, has joined the Apple TV+ and Endeavor Content limited series Lady in the Lake. Ingram, who scored an Emmy nomination for her role in Netflix's The Queen's Gambit, will star alongside Natalie Portman in the series, which comes from Alma…

SPOILER ALERT: This post contains details about the Season 1 finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. The season finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Obi-Wan Kenobi wrapped its six-episode arc at what was in its entirety 4 hours and 40 minutes since its debut May 27. You could essentially say that’s a very long Star Wars…

Obi-Wan Kenobi EP Joby Harold tells us about his spark for the continuing story of Luke Skywalker’s first Jedi Master; the hermit in the Tatooine desert who’s hiding from the Imperials. You can listen to our chat below: In keeping step with the original trilogy, Obi-Wan can’t really make contact with Luke just yet…

Obi-Wan Kenobi streamer Disney+ will soon be available in 60 territories across EMEA after a series of launches in the region this week. The streaming service is debuting in 42 new countries and 11 other territories, including launches today in Greece, Turkey and countries in Central Eastern Europe, including Poland…

SPOILER ALERT: The story includes details about the June 1 episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi. James Earl Jones is back as Darth Vader in Disney+’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. The familiar voice of Jones is heard in the third episode, which dropped today. In the episode, Darth Vader is in one of his meditation chambers and gets word that…

UPDATED with McGregor comment: Obi-Wan Kenobi himself spoke out today about the racist messages being sent to actress Moses Ingram, who plays Sith Inquisitor Reva Sevander on the new Disney+ series bearing the Jedi master’s name. Ewan McGregor posted a video clip to Twitter in which he said of the DMs sent to his…

Samba TV reports that the Stranger Things season 4 premiere episode pulled in 2.9M U.S. households over the 4-day holiday weekend, while 2.14M households watched the first episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi on Disney+. Samba TV clocks those who’ve watched for five minutes in a 3M U.S. households sampling. That 2.9M number for S…