The disturbance in The Force this morning is emanating from Chicago, where Star Wars Celebration turns its attentions to The Mandalorian, the first live-action Star Wars television series and the vanguard Lucasfilm contribution to Disney+, the high-stakes subscription play launching in November.

Lucasfilm chief Kathlee…

At Disney’s Investor Day Thursday, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy officially confirmed a Star Wars spinoff series starring Diego Luna reprising his Rogue One character Cassian Andor, joined by Alan Tudyk as K-2S0, with Stephen Schiff as showrunner. Tudyk’s deadpan droid character was pumped up in later edits of R…

At today’s FX TCA today, Thor: Ragnarok director said he’s definitely not directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3., “however I’m still hanging out with those guys (Marvel) and talking about new stuff.”

“I want to do another movie with them,” said Waititi who woke up the Thor franchise to see its highest grosses for…

The expanded cast for the Disney+ series Star Wars: The Mandalorian has been unveiled by Lucasfilm with some notable new additions: Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Carl Weathers (Predator), Omid Abtahi (American Gods) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man).

The announcement also confirmed prev…

Nick Nolte has joined the cast of The Mandalorian, one of two Star Wars original series in the works at Disney's ambitious Disney+ streaming service. He joins Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano in the cast of the Lucasfilm-produced series based on the film franchise's mythology.

Pascal plays a character who hails from the pl…

The Mandalorian, one of two Star Wars original series in the works at Disney’s ambitious Disney+ streaming service, has just cast Gina Carano. She will join Pedro Pascal atop the series executive produced by Jon Favreau and Lucasfilm, and based on the film franchise’s mythology.

Pascal is in final negotiations to star …

Game of Thrones and Narcos star Pedro Pascal is headed to the Jedi universe to portray the title character in The Mandalorian, the live-action Star Wars series that will be a flagship program for Disney+, the ambitious streaming service launching in 2019.

The native of Santiago, Chile, is in final negotiations to star …

UPDATED with Boba Fett movie news: We’ve confirmed reports that Disney/Lucasfilm is no longer moving forward with a Boba Fett movie for the time being, instead zeroing on the upcoming Jon Favreau-executive produced Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which the studio is prepping for its upcoming streaming service.

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UPDATE: A photo has dropped and episodic directors revealed today for the upcoming Star Wars live-action Disney streaming series  The Mandalorian. In addition to Jon Favreau writing the first episode and serving as EP, Star Wars Rebels EP Dave Filoni will helm the first episode. Additional episodic directors include…