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Don’t expect director Taika Waititi’s planned Star Wars film to be about Chewbacca’s grandmother. The director warned as much in a recent interview with Total Film saying, “Look, I think for the Star Wars universe to expand, it has to expand. I don’t think that I’m any use in the Star Wars universe making a film where…

Vice TV will world premiere the Nacelle Company’s new Icons Unearthed series July 12, with the first installment of a 6-hour deep dive into the Star Wars Universe. In Icons Unearthed: Star Wars Marcia Lucas, Oscar-winning film editor and ex-wife of George Lucas, sits down for her first-ever on-camera interview and…

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…

Pedro Pascal shared only three words to describe the upcoming third season of Disney+’s The Mandalorian. “Action. Spectacle. Surprises,” the star said Saturday during the second day of the Star Wars Celebration event held at the Anaheim Convention Center. Pascal joined The Mandalorian bosses Jon Favreau and Dave…

Disney+ will further expand its lineup of Star Wars content with a pair of upcoming series, Tales Of The Jedi and Young Jedi Adventures. The two shows were revealed during the four-day Star Wars Celebration 2022 event at the Anaheim Convention Center. The first to premiere later this year on the Disney streaming…

SPOILER ALERT: This review contains details of the first two episodes of Disney+’s series Obi-Wan Kenobi. The Force is not strong with Obi-Wan Kenobi. Debuting a few hours earlier than anticipated on Disney+, the first two episodes of the Ewan McGregor-starring miniseries are nearly all undiluted nostalgia with no…

There’s a new hope for fans eager to see the new Disney+ show Obi-Wan Kenobi, the latest spinoff in the Star Wars franchise. West Coast viewers will now be able to see the first two episodes of the show at 9 PM PT. They were originally slated to be available at midnight. The news arrived in a tweet from the official…

Jude Law is coming to a galaxy far far away. The Harry Potter alum will star in the new Star Wars series Skeleton Crew from Spider-Man director Jon Watts and writer Christopher Ford. The latest in Star Wars’ ever-expanding streaming presence, Skeleton Crew will premiere next year. The news was revealed today amidst…

Season 3 of Disney+’s The Mandalorian will debut in February 2023, co-creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni said onstage Thursday during a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim. The EPs also brought out onstage Katee Sackhoff, saying she is returning to the series in the pivotal role of Bo-Katan Kryze after playing…

Star Wars‘ Rogue One prequel Andor will be hitting Disney+ in late summer. Today at the Star Wars Celebration confab in Anaheim, it was unveiled that the Diego Luna-led series is set to debt on the House of Mouse streamer on August 31. Like the Obi-Wan Kenobi series that debts tomorrow on Disney+, Andor will kick off…

EXCLUSIVE: MVD Entertainment Group has acquired worldwide rights to the autobiographical coming-of-age comedy 5-25-77, from writer-director Patrick Read Johnson (Spaced Invaders), slating it for release in North American theaters this fall, with an unveiling on digital and VOD to follow. The film’s title stems from…

Colin Cantwell, whose design work on the Star Wars spacecraft thrilled generations of moviegoers, died Saturday at his Colorado home. He was 90.  His death was confirmed by Sierra Dall, his longtime partner. Cantwell's film credits include special photographic effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, technical dialogue for C…