The Star Wars Holiday Special aired on November 17, 1978, and never again - yet parts of its legacy have continued.
This past weekend marked the 40th anniversary of the Star Wars Holiday Special!
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This week marked the 15th anniversary of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars show!
15 years ago this week, Genndy Tartakovsky's Clone Wars show premiered. Though no longer canon, it's influence on Star Wars is still felt.
Diego Luna to reprise role of Cassian Andor for Rogue One prequel series!
Very exciting news was announced today, as Bob Iger announced that Diego Luna will reprise his role as Cassian Andor for a series that will be coming to Disney's new streaming service! The show will obviously be a prequel to the events of Rogue One (not to spoil the movie or anything, but it can't [...]
The Boba Fett standalone movie is officially dead
The Boba Fett standalone film is officially dead, with Lucasfilm focusing on The Mandalorian instead.
Report: Pedro Pascal may be cast as the lead in live-action Star Wars TV show
Making Star Wars's Jason Ward has had plenty of reports about Jon Favreau's live-action Star Wars TV show recently, including that Dave Filoni will apparently direct two episodes of the first season (including the pilot!). But MSW also has a report on who may play the lead in the show. According to Ward, Pedro Pascal [...]
Report: Dave Filoni to direct two episodes of season one of Jon Favreau’s live-action Star Wars TV show!
There are some exciting reports today from Making Star Wars's Jason Ward regarding the live-action Star Wars TV show that is coming to Disney's streaming service and is being helmed by Jon Favreau. Perhaps most notably: Ward mentions that he has heard rumors that Dave Filoni will direct two episodes of season one, which will [...]
Kathleen Kennedy signs three-year extension as Lucasfilm president!
Great news today coming via a report from The Hollywood Reporter: Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has signed a three-year extension to keep her running the company through at least 2021! Kennedy has done an unquestionably great job as the hand-picked successor to George Lucas, taking over the company amidst Disney's acquisition of the company for [...]
Legendary Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz dies at age 78
Sad news was announced by Lucasfilm this morning, as the family of Gary Kurtz announced that the legendary producer died on Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 78. It is hard to tell the story of Star Wars without Gary Kurtz. He first collaborated with George Lucas on the surprise hit American Graffiti [...]
Kelly Marie Tran writes terrific response to online harassment
The dark side of the Star Wars fandom once again resurfaced earlier this year as grown adult men couldn't deal with not liking a fantasy movie, instead taking to social media to harass Kelly Marie Tran, the first woman of color to have a prominent leading role in a Star Wars film. These people didn't [...]
Jon Favreau spent Friday hanging out with Dave Filoni!
On Friday afternoon, Jon Favreau shared a picture of him and Dave Filoni hanging out at Skywalker Ranch. https://twitter.com/Jon_Favreau/status/1030586653683867648 It's a cool picture to see Favreau, the man tasked with creating Star Wars' first live-action TV show, with Filoni, who has brought Star Wars animation to life through several different TV shows. But I also [...]
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