40 years ago today, Star Wars was forever changed. The highly-anticipated sequel to the first film was released on May 21, 1980, entitled The Empire Strikes Back. It wasn't the most well-received at the time by some fans, but it has grown to be the gold standard of Star Wars films and probably the one [...]
It was recently reported that Timothy Olyphant will be appearing in the second season of The Mandalorian, but there were no details on his role. Well, today, Slashfilm's Peter Sciretta reports that Olyphant will wear Boba Fett's iconic armor in the show. But with Temuera Morrison reportedly portraying Fett, that means that Olyphant is playing [...]
On Star Wars Day, we were given a new look at LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga! First up was this awesome poster for the game: https://twitter.com/TTGames/status/1257297738447929350 Then there was an interview with StarWars.com about the upcoming game, and in it the developers revealed a few interesting tidbits: like, for instance, that you can start [...]
On Monday, in celebration of Star Wars Day, we got a couple of cool announcements regarding the future of the galaxy far, far away. Taika Waititi will direct and co-write a new Star Wars theatrical film! He will co-write the screenplay with Krysty Wilson-Cairns. Additionally, it was announced that Leslye Headland is developing a new Star [...]
In the most recent episode of The Clone Wars, "The Phantom Apprentice", we saw Ahsoka and Maul face off. It was one of the most incredible duels the show has done, and one of the things that made it extra special was not just that it has been heavily-anticipated but that Ray Park actually brought [...]
On Friday, Star Wars officially announced some casting for the upcoming Cassian Andor series for Disney+! Obviously Diego Luna is starring as he returns to the role of Cassian Andor, but he will be joined by newcomers Stellan Skarsgard, Denise Gough, and Kyle Soller, while Genevieve O'Reilly will reprise her role as Mon Mothma! Previously, [...]
This Friday, the end of The Clone Wars begins! We have long heard about how the rightful ending of the show was always intended to be the Siege of Mandalore, and for many years it seemed like we'd never actually be able to see it. But when they announced that the show would return for [...]
On Friday Disney announced a series of new release dates for their upcoming films, as the schedule has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Though we should be reminded that these dates could still change (especially given the uncertain nature of the timetable for the virus outbreak), of particular note is that 2022 could be [...]
Some sad news came our way earlier this week, as we learned that Andrew Jack died at the age of 76 after a battle with COVID-19. Jack was a highly successful dialect coach, perhaps most notable for his work on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, as he created the dialects of Middle Earth and [...]
One of the very interesting aspects of The Rise of Skywalker novelization, written by Rae Carson, was how it explained further Palpatine's return. I'll be writing about this more in-depth soon, but today I want to focus on this aspect of it: Darth Plagueis's secret to immortality was finally revealed! But first, let me ask [...]
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