The second episode of Disney Gallery: The Mandalorian released on Friday, and much like the first episode, this one put Dave Filoni squarely in the limelight. The episode was entitled "Legacy" and focused on the legacy of George Lucas and Star Wars, so there was plenty of nostalgia in this one. The first half of [...]
At Star Wars Celebration last year, when it was first revealed that Sheev Palpatine would be returning in The Rise of Skywalker, Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy said that the idea had been in the works for a long time. Apparently a recent interview that Roger Guyett, the film's visual effects supervisor, did with Cinefex revealed [...]
Dave Filoni is perhaps the most well-versed and well-learned pupil of Star Wars at Lucasfilm (a company filled with those kind of people), but while his talents have flourished in animated projects, he didn't have experience on the live action side of things. So he went to Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy, herself one of the [...]
There's nothing left to prove for Kathleen Kennedy when it comes to filmmaking. She's highly decorated, one of the most accomplished producers in movie history, and is currently third in lifetime box office gross, behind only Kevin Feige and Stephen Spielberg. Kennedy's career spans nearly four decades, and she has produced films like E.T. the [...]
With the launch of the series premiere of The Mandalorian came Dave Filoni's live-action Star Wars directorial debut. But he's a veteran when it comes to Star Wars storytelling. Vanity Fair's Anthony Breznican recently wrote a feature on Filoni, the man who runs Lucasfilm animation and who was essentially George Lucas's apprentice. He's a brilliant [...]
Late Monday night, Deadline reported that David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are stepping away from Star Wars and are no longer moving forward with their previously announced slate of films in the galaxy far, far away. Benioff and Weiss, the showrunners behind the massively popular Game of Thrones TV series, said in a statement to [...]
On Friday, Lucasfilm announced that Deborah Chow will direct the Obi-Wan Kenobi series for Disney+ that was announced at D23 last month! The series features the return of Ewan McGregor as the legendary Jedi Master, something Star Wars fans have long been hoping for. At D23, Lucasfilm President Kathy Kennedy announced that the show - [...]
In a surprising turn of events, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige is apparently developing a Star Wars movie for Lucasfilm, working alongside Kathy Kennedy. This was reported by The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday evening, and a quote from Disney Studios head Alan Horn to THR seems to confirm it: "We are excited about the projects [...]
After years of speculation and rumors - which only intensified recently - it was officially announced at D23 on Friday that Ewan McGregor will indeed reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi for a Disney+ series. All the scripts for the series are written, and filming will begin next year! No release date was given. According [...]
Lucasfilm has made a significant addition to their executive team, announcing today that they have hired Michelle Rejwan as the Senior Vice President of Live Action Development and Production. According to Lucasfilm, "Rejwan will oversee a new slate of feature films and episodic series for Lucasfilm and Disney+ and continue to produce with [Lucasfilm President Kathleen] Kennedy [...]
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