Hello, what have we here? Big news tonight, as The Hollywood Reporter broke the news that Billy Dee Williams will indeed be returning to a galaxy far, far away, as he is set to reprise his iconic role of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode IX! Those who have been following along won't be too [...]
Though Luke Skywalker appeared in The Force Awakens for just a brief, non-speaking cameo appearance at the end, it would not be incorrect to assert that he is one of the most prominent figures throughout the film. The opening crawl makes this very clear, with the very first words we read to start the sequel [...]
With filming set to start this month for Star Wars: Episode IX, we should be getting casting news soon. In fact, it's already starting to trickle out. There are indications that Billy Dee Williams may be reprising his role as Lando Calrissian, and today Variety has an exclusive report about a potential newcomer to the [...]
The newest show from Lucasfilm animation, Star Wars Resistance, is coming this fall, but surprisingly we haven't really seen anything about it besides for the official announcement back in April. At a French Disney convention, however, audiences were given a bit more information! It sounds like the series will premiere in October in France and will [...]
It is no secret that I think The Last Jedi handled Luke Skywalker's character and storyline brilliantly (read this or this or this), but the film's comic adaptation adds a new detail to Luke's story that is so beautiful that I wish it had been included in the movie. In the movie, Luke learns of [...]
The Star Wars sequel trilogy has brought back many familiar faces, from Luke Skywalker to Han Solo to Leia Organa to Admiral Ackbar to the beloved droids (R2-D2 and C-3PO) and many others. But one major figure from the original trilogy has been conspicuously absent: Lando Calrissian. The scoundrel returned to the big screen in [...]
Ever since The Last Jedi was released, there has been a vocal (albeit relatively small) percentage of fans who are furious about it. Some of these complaints can easily be dismissed because they are rooted in sexism, while others have taken to harassing the actors and people involved with the film and should be largely [...]
Amidst all the discussion recently about the future of Star Wars standalone films, there was a rumor that Lucasfilm might be saving the Obi-Wan Kenobi standalone film to debut on Disney's new streaming service. To be sure, it makes a certain amount of sense to have some big draw to the streaming service, and Star [...]
Next month, Del Rey will release the highly-anticipated Star Wars novel Thrawn: Alliances, written by veteran Star Wars author Timothy Zahn. The book, a sequel to Zahn's Thrawn released in 2017, further follows the exploits of Zahn's greatest creation and one of the greatest characters in the Star Wars universe, Grand Admiral Thrawn. This time, [...]
If you've been following Star Wars news over the last week, you'll know that there has been quite the commotion over the future of the standalone movies. With Solo: A Star Wars Story not performing nearly as well at the box office as expected, many capitalized on that to express concern for the future of [...]
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