Three animation panels will be featured at Star Wars Celebration!

Three animation panels will be featured at Star Wars Celebration!

We're just about a month away from Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, and this week on the Star Wars Show three different Lucasfilm animation panels were announced! REBELS On Saturday, April 13, there will be a Rebels Remembered panel that reflects on the legacy and moments of Star Wars Rebels.  This panel will consist of [...]

Lucasfilm should make an animated Star Wars feature film

Lucasfilm should make an animated Star Wars feature film

At the Oscars on Sunday night, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse rightfully won in the category of Best Animated Feature. It's a terrific and incredibly enjoyable film, and it deserves to break out of the assumption that animated films are automatically only for kids.  And that's actually something that Star Wars has been trying to do [...]

The Mandalorian has officially begun production!

The Mandalorian has officially begun production!

Lucasfilm officially announced tonight that The Mandalorian has begun production! The first ever Star Wars live-action TV show, The Mandalorian is being headed up by Jon Favreau - who revealed the name and basic plot last night on Instagram! In addition to that plot synopsis, Lucasfilm announced the directors and executive producers tonight.  As was [...]

Report: Dave Filoni to direct two episodes of season one of Jon Favreau’s live-action Star Wars TV show!

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 [...]

Rian Johnson watched the Mortis arc of The Clone Wars while writing The Last Jedi

Rian Johnson watched the Mortis arc of The Clone Wars while writing The Last Jedi

One of the really cool things about The Last Jedi is the way it grows, expands, and challenges our knowledge of the Force more than many of the previous installments of the franchise. So its no surprise that writer and director Rian Johnson explored some other material dealing strongly with the Force while he was [...]

Star Wars: Resistance behind-the-scenes video reveals plenty of information about the main characters

Star Wars: Resistance behind-the-scenes video reveals plenty of information about the main characters

Yesterday, Lucasfilm released a behind-the-scenes video about Star Wars: Resistance, which shows creator Dave Filoni and executive producers Athena Portillo, Justin Ridge, and Brandon Auman discussing the show and its main characters - who make up Team Fireball. If you haven't seen the video yet, check it out for yourself below: https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1034848162366844928 There's plenty that [...]

The executive producers of Star Wars: Resistance have been revealed

The executive producers of Star Wars: Resistance have been revealed

Dave Filoni recently revealed that he is taking a more hands-off approach with Star Wars: Resistance than with past shows. Filoni explained to IGN that, "right now, Resistance is a bit different, in that I’m not on that day-to-day. I created and set it in motion, but I’ve given that to other people to raise [...]