In Rogue One, as Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor search the Imperial archives on Scarif for the Death Star plans, Jyn rattles off a number of other project names before ultimately finding the one she's looking for: "Star Dust." One of the project names she mentions is "War Mantle," and we had no clue what [...]
As George Lucas celebrates his 77th birthday today, the universe he created is still alive and well, with new stories continuing to enthrall viewers and connect the expansive galaxy - most recently with The Bad Batch! The third episode of the animated series dropped today, entitled "Replacements," and it goes some dark places. We get [...]
With the War of the Bounty Hunters now underway, several of the Star Wars comic lines are going to be converging to tell the story. That continues with the main Star Wars line, written by Charles Soule, as issue #13 focuses on Luke Skywalker, Chewbacca, and the droids meeting up with an old ally of [...]
A bit of unexpected, but not unwelcome, news was announced today: Star Wars Celebration Anaheim will now be happening on May 26-29, 2022! This is moved up from the previously announced date of August 18-21, 2022. The announcement said that those who already purchased tickets will automatically be transferred to the new dates, but should [...]
The Mandalorian has attracted incredible directing talent during its first two seasons, and it has proven to be an introduction to directing Star Wars for most of them. Outside of Dave Filoni, all of the directors have been newcomers to telling Star Wars stories at Lucasfilm when joining the show. But is it also possible [...]
This year, many of the current Star Wars comic lines are converging, as well as a few new issues, to tell a massive story called "War of the Bounty Hunters." Set in-between The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the story focuses on many factions in the galaxy all vying for Han Solo, [...]
In a recent interview with CNet promoting the premiere of The Bad Batch, supervising director Brad Rau confirmed that the first season will run for 16 episodes! "We have 16 episodes in season 1," he said, before touching on a potential second season. "We can't confirm any more than that, but we have high hopes. [...]
At the end of the series premiere for The Bad Batch, the crew heads off in search of an old friend, in sector J-19. Many connected the dots in figuring out who that would be, particularly with the second episode being titled, "Cut and Run." As many expected, the Bad Batch traveled to Saleucami to [...]
The Bad Batch returned today with the second episode of the series, now settling in to the normal Friday release after the premiere dropped on May the 4th. And where the premiere gave us an understanding of the larger implications, the galaxy-wide ramifications, and the plot-stirring impetus, this episode gave us a more intimate look [...]
While most of the attention on May the 4th was rightly on the epic premiere of The Bad Batch, there were a few other neat features that dropped on Disney+ as well, to very little fanfare. That included two new shows, Biomes and Vehicle Flythroughs. These two shows are probably fairly self-explanatory by their names, [...]
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