Now, a new comic will fill in the story of how Han Solo retired, and how he returned to a life of adventure in order to reclaim the Millennium Falcon from the criminal who stole it. Written by Rodney Barnes with art by Ramon Rosanas, Star Wars: Han Solo - Hunt for the ൩Falcon is a five issue limited series which will also bring in Han Solo's beloved, Leia Organa, and his best frenemy, Lando Calrissian.

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"In the time before The Force Awakens, where is the Millennium Falcon?! Less than satisfied with a settled life, Han Solo lands on the idea of reclaiming the Falcon and returning to a life of adventure. The problem is, he can't find it🎉, " explains Marvel's official description of Hunt for the Falcon #1.

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"I really think that now we're in a position where it's broadened the possibility of stories and filmmakers we can bring in to tell stories that mean something to them – it doesn't necessarily have to connect to every little thing that's been dไone in Star Wars," said Kennedy, adding that "it can actually be a standalone story that then builds into many many other stories" (via ).

Kennedy got the chance to offer this update during a rare event at the BFI Film on Film Festival in London last weekend, where she int༺roduced the original first print of 1977's Star Wars. According to the producer, she was there to "legitimize" the original print, which ha💎s been slammed by some fans because it's not the version director George Lucas wanted📖.

Kenneꦕdy, however, was excited for the opportunity to show it on the big screen for the first time. "It's incredible folklor💫e," she told the audience.

"Even when I came into the company, there was endless conversation about where everything was, and what was in fact the first print? Anඣd it's quite remarkable, what you're going to see is 🅰in fact the first print, and I'm not even sure there's another one quite like it. It's that rare. There's so much tinkering that's gone on over the years, and things that George [Lucas] decided, 'I'm gonna change this, I'm gonna try that.' And then, everybody kind of lost track of what it was," she explained.

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"My son and I have both decided that we are going to watch all of Andor this summer," Trevorrow told . "But I do have to be honest; it has been a struggle for me to engage with anything Star Wars-related just on 𒅌an emotional level. So, to the team that made Andor, I guess I can say that you're the ones who've finally brought me back in.”

Originally slated to cap off the Star Wars sequel saga with what was set to be called Duel of the Fates, Trevorrow 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:left Star Wars 9 after reported 'creative differences' with Lucasfilm. J.J. Abrams then took over for Sta𝐆r Wars: The Rise of the Skywalker🧸.

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Andor has come to an end after two seasons, with the Disney Plus series roundly being heralded as one of the best Star Wars stories ever told. It's currently sitting pretty at 97% on Rotten Tomatoes – just 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:don't expect creator Tony Gilroy to head back to a galꦓaxy far, far away anytime soon.

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"Well, I mean, I want to work with Sam Jackson, just no matt🎃er what, in any circumstance. And I also love working in Star Wars," Howard explained. "And so, you know, I harass Dave Filoni a lot about a lot of things, and that's just one, but, yeah, no, that was a fun conve꧒rsation, but didn't add up to anything."

Of all the notable characters in the Star Wars universe, Master Windu is one of the few characters we never saw suffer a fatal wound before falling out of view, seemingly to his doom. He lost some limbs, sure, but that's just an occupational hazarꦍd. Since then, the likes of Boba Fett have crawled back out of a Sarlacc pit, Darth Maul got robot legs, as did his successor, Darth Vader. In that case, can't Windu get some work done, too?

For now, the return of the legendary Jedi with the purple lightsaber is still a pipe dream, and we can only hope to see Bryce Dallas Howard and Samuel L. Jackson team up in another project instead. We're not one to fan-cast, but if she hasn't found a voice for the sentient spaceship, Max, in her Flight of the Navigator remake, we know 𒈔jus🥀t the motherf'ing guy for the job.

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"I'm here to… make sure you don't think this is an illegal screening," Kennedy joked on stage at the event, which took placꦑe as part of the BFI Film on Film Festival in London.

"It's incredible folklore," she added. "I have to say that even when I came into the company, there was endless conversation about where ev♌erything was, and what was in fact the first print? And it's quite remarkable, what you're going to see is in fact the first print, and I'm not even sure there's another one quite like it. It's that rare. There's so much tinkering that's gone on over the years, 🙈and things that George [Lucas] decided, 'I'm gonna change this, I'm gonna try that.' And then, everybody kind of lost track of what it was."

"In these very special screenings, we present the film exactly as experienced by audiences on its original 1977 release," says the of the event. "Screening from one of the precious handful of dye transfer IB Technicolor prints pro꧅duced uniquely for the first British release, and preserved in the BFI National Archive, this has some of the wear that comes with an archive print, but its colour is gloriousl🦩y unfaded. Truly unmissable."

Lucas replaced the original version of the trilogy with the special editions in the '90s, and the theatrical versions are not available on streaming or in wide release. Changes to the first movie infamously include having Greedo shoot first rather than Han Solo, as well as a scene involving Jabba the ൩Hutt in Mos Eisley spacespo♊rt.

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While 💟promoting his new movie , Hamill talked about the beloved sci-fi franchise, recalling a conversation he had with George Lucas about The Return of the Je🍃di.

"When I would complain about things – in the third🥀 one, I said, 'Luke has lost his hand, he's got the black glove, shouldn't it be about Luke struggling with turning to the dark side?' George said, 'Mark, it's for children,'" he said during an appearance on . "And that's why he would never consider killing any of the main characters. In the new ones, they pop us off one at a time," he continued.

He's not wrong – Harrison Ford's Han Solo died in The Force Awakens✱ and Carrie Fisher's Leia succumbed to some serious injuries💃 in The Rise of Skywalker. Hamill's Luke also died in The Last Jedi.

Don't expect him to reprise his role, however. Mark Hamill definitely rul💧es out a Star Wars return in a recent interview.

"We never expected it to become a permanent franchise and a part of pop culture like that," said, "But my deal is, I had my time. I'm 💎appreciative of that, but I really think the🐠y should focus on the future and all the new characters. And by the way, when I disappeared in [The Last Jedi], I left my robes behind. And there's no way I’m gonna appear as a naked Force ghost."

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The announcement comes after the film was revealed at Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo this April. The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Deadpool & Wolverine helmer and Gosling attended, but kept pretty quiet about plot details.🔯 What we do know is that it'll be ano꧑ther daring venture in the franchise that has no connection to the Skywalker Saga and will be set five years after the events of Star Wars: Episode IX—The Rise of Skywalker.

The news of Goth's signing for the film comes after revealed that Oscar winner Mikey Madison was initially offered the part of a villain but passed on the offer due to pay issues. Nꦕow, it seems that Goth will be snatching up the role, marking out a continuously busy run of movies that will certainly draw some attention.

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In an interview with , Hamill recalled the time Fisher came to see him perform in a play on Broadway. But upon arrival, Fisher was shocked to find that he was actively trying to hide his previous involveme⛄nt in the 🍌Star Wars series.

"In the playbill, in my bio, I listed all my theater credits, and at the end it said, 'He's also known for a series of popular space movies.’ And she goes, 'What's the deal? How come you don't mention 'Star Wars?'" said Hamill. "And I said, 'Well, I want to show that I have a resume that includes extensive theater credits.' And she said, 'Hey, get over yourself. You're Luke Skywalker.🥀 I'm Princess Leia. Embrace it.'"

Although Hamill didn't state which play he was performing in at the time, the star appeared in many Broadway productions during the same t🌞ime and soon after the first three Star Wars movies hit screens. The actor starred in The Elephant Man in 1979 and Amadeus in 1980, followed by Harrigan 'n Hart in♛ 1985 and The Nerd in 1987.

The reason that Hamill didn't want to include his Star Wars credit in the first place is that he felt the trilogy was such a success that casting directors struggled to see him as other characte♊r other th🐎an Skywalker. So, the star was desperate not to be typecast.

However, starring in plays didn't stop Hamill from continuing to play Luke Skywalker on and off for over two more decades, as the star also reprised the role in the latest trilogy, finishing up with Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker in 2019. But Hamill is now happy to pass the torch onto another lightsaber-wielding hero as the star recently made it known that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:he is done with making Star Wars fi𒊎lms.

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While promoting꧋ his new movie The Life of Chuck, the ♈actor has definitely ruled out a return to the saga, and he has pretty good reasons.

"I am so grateful to Geo൩rge [L๊ucas] for letting me be a part of that back in the day, the humble days when George called Star Wars 'the most expensive low-budget movie ever made,'" he told .

"We never expected it to become a permanent franchise and a pa🌠rt of pop culture like that. But my deal is, I had my time. I'm appreciative of that, but I really think they should focus on the future and all the new characters. And by the way, when I disappeared in [The Last Jedi], I left my robes behind. And there's no way I’m gonna appear as a naked Force ghost."

Well, a naked Luke Skywalker ghost would be a sight to behold, but it's probablꦦy for the best that Hamill is not up for it.

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"In A New Hope, when Leia is fo𝔉rced to watch Alderaan be destroyed, she reacts with horror and surprise (valid reaction)🥀," one fan wrote on .

"But there’s a second part to this I never realized until I just watched Rogue One again," they continued. "She was present at Scarif. She saw the effects of the Death Star there. She was not present at Jed🅷ha, but I’m sure she heard of the aftermath. So in her mind, as Tarkin gives the order, she’s expecting a big explosion on the surface and a lot of people to die. And then her entire planet just vaporizes in a second, right before her eyes𓆏. Completely subverting not just her expectations, but the Rebellion's."

Leia is in a nearby ship when Scarif is destroyed by the Death Star at the end of Rogue One (killing Cassian, Jyn, and everyone else), just after the rebels manage to transmit the plans for the superweapon, including the vulnerability added to its design by Galen Erso. Later, in A Ne🌟w Hope, Grand Moff Tarkin orders that Alderaan is destroyed, too, as a warning to the Rebellion.

"It's wild to go from the drama of Rogue One showing the Death Star looming over Jedha and Scarif, people reacting from the ground, detailed, up-close destruction of the planets' crust rending apart as the music swells… to A꧃lderaan instantly turning into a stock footage explosion that the camera only lingers on for about four seconds with almost no fan fare," another fan replied, although others agree that this in part due to CGI getting more sophisticated in the 40 years between the first Star Wars movie and the 2016 prequel.

澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus series Andor recently filled in more gaps about the birth of the Death Star and laid the groundwork for the Rebellion's plan to destroy it – which led fans to realize that澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: the superweapon was only used a 🎐handful of times after decades of planning and building.

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"I pitched to Disney, I said, 'Why don't we do an R-rated Star Wars property? It doesn't have to be overt, A+ characters, there's a wide range of characters you could use,'" Reynolds recalled. If there's anyone who knows what makes an R-rated movie a hit, it's Reynolds, whose Deadpool franchise has now ventured into the billions with the last instalment, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Deadpool & Wolverine, being the fifth biggest MCU movie ever 澳洲幸运✨5开奖号码历史查询:and the most successful R-rated movie of all time. "And I don't mean R-rated to be vulgar, R-rated as a Trojan Horse for emotion. I always﷽ wonder why studios don't want to just gamble on som🔯ething like that."

While big screen efforts within the Star Wars universe have kept things pretty safe (ignoring the lightsaber decapitations and tortured characters burning to a crisp, of course), one chapter within the galaxy far, far away that has indeed embarked into more mature territory lately was season 2 of Andor. Some of its characters have endured experiences that have never been highlighted in the franchise until now, suggesting that there might be space for more similar elements in the future. In t🌌he case of Reynolds' idea, though, the actor made it clear he wasn't even concerned about being in front of the camera to tell whatever story he had in mind.

"I'm not saying I'd want to be in it. That would be a bad fit. I'd want to produce and write or be a part behind the scenes. Those kinds of IP exist very well on scarcity and surprise. We don't get scarcity really with Star Wars because of Disney+, but you can certainly still surprise people." While Reynolds' tale might not see screens, plenty of other Star Wars stories are waiting to be told on Disney's schedule. Check out every upcoming venture into the galaxy far, far away that's set to arrive in film a⭕nd television here.

That was eight years ago, and there've been basically no updates on the new movies since. Instead, Johnson moved on to the Knives Out series, as well as another murder mystery with his show Poker Face. But, that doesn't mean he's ruling oꦗut returning to the galaxy far, far away.

"What happened? Knives Out!" Johnson told . "I mean, I kind of went down the murder mystery rabbit hole – I'm focused on making other stuff. But that wouldn't rule out it haꦡppening down the line. If I get back in the Star Wars universe someday, I'd be the happiest person."

Star Wars has remained a small screen endeavour since 2019's The Rise of Skywalker, but that's set to change very soon. In May 2026, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian & Grogu will blast onto the big screen, followed by 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Shawn Levy and Ryan Gosling's Starfi𒈔♛ghter movie in 2027.

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In the Star Wars revival film, Pegg portrays Unkar Plutt, an irascible junk dealer on Rey's deser♌t homeworld of Jakku. As described by director J.J. Abrams, Plutt is a blobfish-esque creature with a particularly distinct nose that takes up a good portion of his face, not unlike a blobfish that's been brought to the surface from the ocean depths.

And 𓂃according to his recent , Pegg managed to walk away from 🌊the set with the prosthetic nose from the elaborate, practical make up scheme that left the actor fully unrecognizable in the role.

"I have Unkar Plutt's nose from The Force Awakens," Pegg confesses. "Unkar Plutt was essentially pitched to me by J.J. Abram🅰s as a blobfish, and sure enough he has this weird, kind of like big dome head and this big nose. I think he's a Crolute? I don't know as much about Star Wars as I used to when I was a kid, but, I tore off the rubber mask at the end of the day and I kept his nose, and it's in a little glass case at my house."

For the record - and for Pegg's own edification - Unkar Plutt is indeed a Crolute, an aquatic people fr༒om the planet Crul. Much like blobfish, which lose their actual shape and become the ugly, blobby fish that we all recognize only when brought out of the pressures of the deep oceans where they naturally dwell, Crolutes become blobby when they leave the deep seas of their saltwater planet.

Simon Pegg says there's no sequel or reboot in the works for Shaun of the Dead, because the classic movie is "best left alone."

In a TED Talk titled 'Star Wars Changed V♈isual Effects — AI Is Doing It Again', Lucasfilm senior vice president of creative innovation Rob Bredow offers up a window into how AI can be used in visual effects – and in a galaxy far, far away (via , H/T ).

In a section on 'Artist-Driven Innovation', Bredow ponders "w📖hat happens when you put the latest AI tools in the hands of artists? What does it do to their imagination?"

Far from using ChatGPT to hash out an opening Star Wars crawl, one artist created a short film inside two weeks to "explore what it would feel like i📖f you sent a probe droid out to a brand new Star Wars planet."

"What would it see? More importantly, if we made a new show – and I'm not announcing a ne♉🎶w show – what would it feel like?"

What follows is Star 🐎Wars Field Guide, essentially a lukewarm David Attenborough-style documentary, meshing toge☂ther existing ideas for animals – snails and peacocks, tigers and polar bears – with the odd warped lens usually presented by AI-generated content.

"It's pretty fun to see artists' expression leveraging the latest new tools,"ꦕ Bredow states.

Unfortunately, that isnꦍ't reflected in the general reaction to the video. You only have to have a quick scout of comments to see fans' displeasure at the proof of concept.

"None of those creatures look like they belong in Star Wars. They are all clearly two earth animals fused tog🥂ether in🅺 the most basic way," one wrote.

Another added, "The ai video was the same slop 🤪we've been seeing for ages now."

Others sharedꦯ their own brutal takedowns. One said, "Dude, it’s not impressive if a 14-year-old can do it on their s♓martphone."

"I think he knew it was bad,"꧂ another commenter replied underneath the YouTube video.

There's no indication that Lucasfilm, ILM, or any other Star Wars ent♈ity will be using AI in their future work, however.

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Among its many on-site filming locations, Andor filmed scenes at England's Hever Castle, which was previously utilized for a scene in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace depicting Naboo, which was deleted from the finꦛal film.

"For its Season 2 appearance, Andor production returned to a relatively-unknown N🐭aboo shooting location, Hever Castle in the District of Kent, England," reads the . "Iꩲn 1997, George Lucas filmed an ultimately deleted scene there, where Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, with their Gungan companion Jar Jar Binks, enter the Theed Royal Palace grounds after escaping a dangerous waterfall."

Naboo became one of the main locations for The Phantom Menace's massive, climactic battle between the Jedꦰi, the Gungans, and the 🌃Battle Droids of the Trade Federation.

Andor has fully embraced the Star Wars prequels, which have a mixed reputation among fans (often along generational lines), having previously featured an Easter e🍸gg referencing The Phantom Menac🐈e's famed podracing sequence by b꧒riefly showing a sc♍reen from a 1999 video game.

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"Donnie had concerns about it because neither of us felt like that lived up to his potential," Stahelski told . "I think there was more to do with that cha🐼racter. You know, it’s hard when you’re doing Star Wars as there’s so many other things going on."

He played Chirrut Îmwe in the 2016 prequel movie, a warrior and one of the Guardians of the Whills on Jedha. He helps Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), and K-2SO find Saw Gerrera and joins the rebel gro🌸up on their mission to steal the plans for the Death Star, ultimately sacrificing himself for the cause. Like his John Wick character, Caine, Chirrut is blind.

The actor is taking the lead in another franchise now, though, wi𝓰t♓h a new John Wick spin-off.

Titled Caine, the movie is about his assassin character introduced in John Wick 4 and has been described as a "Hong Kong-style action thriller". Rina Sawayama, who plays Osaka Conti🐓nenta꧃l concierge Akira, will join him in the film, which Yen is also directing.

Next up in the ✨Wick-verse, though, is Ballerina, which stars Ana de Armas as the titular dancer-turned-assassin. The movie takes place between the third and fourth John Wick movies, and we can expect appearances from Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Lance Reddick, and Anjelica Huston.

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Titled Star Wars: The Last Order, the novel is written by author Kwame Mbalia, best known for his award-winning YA novel Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky. It follows ♌freedom fighters Finn and Jannah as they attempt to rescue children who have been kidnapped by the🌠 First Order.

"New York Times best-selling author Kwame Mbalia makes his Star Wars debut with this exciting YA novel! Following the end of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, the Resistance rescues a ship full of young passengers who had been kidnapped by the First Order," reads the official description for Star Wars: The Last Ord🦋er. "As Fiꩲnn and Jannah set out to find the First Order officer responsible before he can endanger any more children, the two former stormtroopers must wrestle with their own complicated pasts as soldiers of the oppressive regime. Take a deep dive into the pasts of popular characters Finn and Jannah in this richly-drawn, action-packed story that fans have been asking for."

Finn is well-known as one of the main heroes of the most recent Star Wars trilogy. A former Stormtrooper who escapes to jo🎃in the resistance, Finn is instrumental in the final battle against the First Order alongside Jannah, who is introduced in the final film.

Star Wars: The Last Order is scheduled for release on October 21. Star Wars is currently focused on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Andor season 2, which is streaming now on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus. The final season of the show will lead up to Rogue One, and star Diego Luna has promised it will change the way yoওu watch the mo▨vie.

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Just a few years back, this would've seemed unt෴hinkable. While Revenge of the Sith has always been viewed as the best of the prequels, until not so long ago, that was a dubious honor. It's no secret that the Star Wars prequels have been derided since their release, and the backlash against them was even career-derailing for Jake Lloyd, Ahmed Best, and Hayden Christensen.

But, in recent years, the tide has shifted, and now the prequels are adored. Numerous factors have gone into this change in opinion: The Clone Wars (which itself wasn't so warmly received when the movie debuted back in 2008) deepening the trilogy's story, kids who grew 𒉰up with the prequels becoming a💞dults who aren't shy about their opinions, and the prevalence of oh-so-quotable prequel memes are just a few factors.

Where the fun begins

Naturally, being a Star Wars super fan (and a prequels kid) myself, I nabbed tickets for the re-release as soon as they went on sale. Revenge of the Sith is the first Star Wars movie I ever saw in the theater, taken along by my dad (something we repeated for the re-release), so I already had plenty of warm feelings for the film. But, what struck me as I watched it on the big screen again is just how damn good it is. As the credits rolled, I t🌳hought to myself, 'This really is George Lucas's masterpiece.'

The opening scene hurtles us straight into the action with Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi mounting a rescue attempt for Chancellor Palpatine in a dramatic space battle with VFX that looks brand new, not two decades old (General Grievous could have walked right out of a modern blockbuster). Then, it's back to Coruscant for a tale of sinister political intrigue, as the Jedi grapple with a corrupt politician seizing more and more powe🎃r, unopposed in plain sight; a story that feels💫 eerily prescient.

At the heart of it all is Anakin, plagued with visions of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Padmé Amidala dying, whose quest to save his wife leads him into the arms of the dark side in a poignant narrative of a hero succumbing to evil. It's hard not to rewatc♈h the film and hope Anakin will choose the right path this time, a feeling only amplified by the immersion of watching in a theater. The story is so tightly woven, though, that his fall carries a devastating inevitability througho🌸ut, culminating in that haunting moment Darth Vader takes his first breath.

Christensen's performance was harshly criticized all those decades ago, but he perfectly captures the brooding intensity, tortured indecision, and desperate fear of the Chosen One on th⛄e brink. Not to mention just how skilled he is with a lightsaber, brilliantly showcased in that fiery Mustafar showdown.

And Mustafar is the movie's jewel in the crown, a scintillating, 12-minute-long clash between warring brothers, with stunning fight choreography and the defining performances of the movie from a ferocious Christensen and a heartbroken Ewan McGregor. Back on the big screen, the fight was even more breathtaking – watching on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus just doesn't do it justice.

I challenge you, too, not to feel teary-eyed when the movie comes to a close on a message of hope, with Leia Organa and Luke Skywalker delivered to their new homes as John Williams's iconic score swells, and we end watching the twin sunset on Tatooine.

A legacy changed

Even before the re-release, I felt the prequels love everywhere at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Celebration 2025. Christensen's surprise appearance during the Ahsoka panel got the biggest cheer of the weekend, and I saw more prequel-era Anakin and Obi-Wan cosplayers than I could count. In a panel dedicated to L꧒ucasfilm documentary Light & Magic season 2, Jar Jar Binks actor Best spoke about his experiences filming the prequels to laughter and applause (and yes, he broke out the voice).

Altogether, the past few weeks have shown 🍸me that the prequels love isn't just a fad reserved for those of us – like myself – who grew up with the trilogy and have always loved those movies. Prequels fever really has taken hold for good, which means their legacy, which🍌 once seemed set in carbonite as the so-called failures of the franchise, has been forever changed.

But this year wasn't just the anniversary of Revenge of the Sith. The Force Awakens also turned 10, though Lucasfilm hasn't done much to mark the occasion yet (the anniversary falls in December, so there's still time). The sequels have been divisive in their own way, too, spurring fierce debate within the fandom: particularly The Last Jedi, with its controversial depiction of Luke, and The Rise of Skywalker, with its much-c𝓀riticized Palpatine resurrection. But if there's another thing the past few weeks have shown me, it's that their time will come.

Perhaps 10 years from now, The Force Awakens' re-release will stir up a similar storm; after all, the tweens who watched it in 2015 will be in their twenties by now. And, if the enthusiastic reaction to Daisy Ridley's appearance at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Celebration 2023🐽 is anything to go by♍, people long to see these characters return. Rey is getting her own movie, after all, though updates are scarce.

I have no doubt that soon enough the sequels will be as publicly, uncontroversially loved as the prequels. It's only a matter of time. As Anakin himself says early in Revenge of the Sith: patience.

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Set in the time after Return of the Jedi and before The Force Awakens, the new Star Wars ongoing title is written by Alex Segura wi💞th art by Phil Noto. We've got a gallery of newly revealed interior pages from Star Wars #1, showing Luke anღd Leia dealing with their own aspects of the end of the Galactic Civil War:

"AN EPIC NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS FOR LUKE, LEIA AND HAN IN THE WAKE OF RETURN OF THE JEDI! New York Times best-selling author ALEX SEGURA launches the bold next era of STAR WARS," reads Marvel's official description of Star Wars #1. "LUKE SKYWALKER must defend the NEW REPUBLIC from ⛎a bloodthirsty gang of mercenaries! HAN SOLO investigates a deadly underworld mystery - and saves a surprising ally! LEIA ORGANA must grapple wit🌃h a new alliance opposed to the goals of the New Republic!"

Return of the Jedi was the last film in the original Star Wars trilogy. And though older comics🌺 and novels explored the period d💃irectly after the film, this period has been far less thoroughly explored in current Star Wars continuity.

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The film, officially titled Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, exceeded everyone's expectations by grossing $25 million only in US theaters, with an additional $17 million from the worldwide b♈ox office. Only the re-release of James Cameron's Titanic ♏in 2012 made more than that (a mammoth $350 million, to be exact).

Not everyday we see a 20-year-old movie outperforming new releases like Ben Affleck's The Accountant 2, and the still successful A Minecraft Movie. At the top of the box office, however, is still Sinners, Ryan Coogler's critiꦬcally-acclaimed vampire horror movie, which has only dropped a 6% iꦇn its second weekend.

Still, it's impossible to ignore 𝓀this massive win for the Star Wars franchise. With these new numbers, the movie is close to the $900 million global mark. Despite how controversial the prequels were at the time of their release, most Star Wars fans can agree that Revenge of the Sith is one of the best in the saga. It currently holds a 79% rating on , way ahead of The Phantom Menace (54%) and the Attack of the Clones (61%).

Another interesting take from last weekend's results𝕴 at the box office is that re-releases✃ are getting increasingly popular with audiences. Recently, Coraline and Interstellar both grossed over $50 million each in their respective re-releases.

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"Stranger Things taught me to keep my mouth shut," Levy said in a new interview with . "So I’m really grateful for that because I kept the Ryan Gosling news and the title and release date of my Star Wars movie pretty damn quiet for a long time. So I’m quite proud of myself and grateful to Stranger Things for m🧸aking me shut my mouth."

Levy is an executive producer on Stranger Things, and he's directed eight episodes of the Netflix series. This includes 💃season 4's 'Dear Billy,' w🐎hich centers around Sadie Sink's character Max and features the show's iconic use of Kate Bush's 'Running Up That Hill.'

He's turning his sights to a new franchise with Star Wars: Starfight🎀er,𝓰 though, which will star Ryan Gosling in the lead role.

"It's probably framed my idea of what a movie even was," Gosling said when the movie's title and release date were 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:confi🎃rmed at Star Wars Celebration 2025. "All of that aside, I think the reality is that this script is just so good. It has such a good story with great and original characters, it's filled with so much heart and adventure, and there just really is not a more perfect filmmaker for this partﷺicular story than Shawn."

Little else is known about the movie just yet, other than the fact that it "features a collection of all new characters," per Levy, and will be🐠 set after The Rise of Skywalker. Filming is set to start this fall.

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“It’s a long development, and one of the reasons is why is I like to work on very long arcs. And I try to factor in all the things that I’m creating simultaneously and looking at them and saying, ‘Well, how do we do unique things? What are unique set pieces? Where is the story go♏ing? What is the point of the story?'" Filoni told Collider. "I ask myself these questions, and I have general outlines for all these things, general timelines for all these things, and I keep moving the pieces on the board like a big strate💎gy [game]."

Filoni's live-action Star🧸 Wars movie has been in the works for quite some time now, and is set during the New Republic Era. The film will reportedly revolve around a conflict between the New Republic and Imperial Remnants (H/T ).

as a crossover event between The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and The Book of Boba Fett that will take place after the events of Return Of The Jedi and before The Force Awakens . In 2023, it was revealed that Filoni would write and direct the pic, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:which was described as a 💫"cinematic event." The filmmaker is currently hard at work on 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka season 2, which does not yet have a release date, so it's likely that we may have to wait a couple more years for Filon⛄i's film.

Continued Filoni: "That’s the way I’ve always worked since I started on Clone Wars and got to the end of that series finally, and you keep in your mind in the future while you’re working on the present. So ri🥂ght now I’ll be on [Ahsoka] season 2, and as those🃏 stories develop it might change things that would affect what’s happening in the future of what I would do. So it’s all balancing act, but I’m constantly working at it, working out scenes, and I know several scenes and where they would go - so you just kind of plug it in as you go."

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While attending the 16th TCM Class Film Festival and a showing of The Empire Strikes Back 𒊎澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:(yes, still the best Star Wars film ever)𓆉, Lucas broke down his reasoning for Yoda's unique dialogue, which sets him apart from other 🌟characters (via ). “If you speak regular English, people won’t listen that much,” he explained. “But if he had an accent, or it’s really hard to understand what he’s saying, they focus on what he’s saying.”

It was an i💮ngenious move that helped this small, pea-green-colored wizard stand out from the crowd, particularly among younger audiences. “He was basically the philosopher of the movie,” Lucas revealed. “🎶I had to figure out a way to get people to actually listen – especially 12-year-olds.”

Thankfully, the code was cracked, and now the rest is history from a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The only question now is: will the other notable Yoda-looking character have a similar speech pattern? Since hiꦏs debut in The Mandalorian, fans have wondered just what Grogu will sound like when he says his first words to Din Djarin (Pedr🍰o Pascal), and it's a topic that showrunner Jon Favreau has yet to address.

Last year, executive producer Dave Filoni revealed that it was something that was definitely discussed, given that the little scamp is actually pushing 50 years old. "You know, I leave all that stuff to Jon, really. I'm very protective of the character as far as being Jon's brainchild, literally," Filoni told . "I advise and obviously have been a big part of that creation." But just as Yoda swapping his words around makes him who he is, giving Grogu a voice of his own could also have a massive impact on the pointy-eared ꧂little cherub as well. "We talk about how much would that change him or how much do we change him?" Filoni explained. "We really like him how he is. It's hard. It's a great question. It's definitely something we think about and you know, I think it depends how much farther we go forward. I don't know.🐷"

That could all change now that 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian & Grogu are set to return, this time to the big screen on May 22, 2026. Perhaps the big move to movies could finally see him have a few things to say. Besides that though, here's why we think the new film will ♐be going to back to its Disney Plus roots and why that's a good thing.

But, two years later, those three movies seem no closer to release, and so, I thought Star Wars was going to take it easy on the announcements and stick to updates on the exciting projects already in the works: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian & Grogu, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka season 2, and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Andor season 2 all had dedicated panels on the schedule.

Imagine my surprise, then, when, in the opening minutes of the convention, Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy brought Shawn Levy onstage, who confirmed his film wi꧑ll begin shooting this fall, that Ryan Gosling will star🎀 (followed by the꧙ man himself arriving onstage), and that it will be titled Starfighter.

After that, the pace of the weekend just didn't let up, with the rest of The Mandalorian & Grogu panel 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:debuting some fun footage (and Grogu himself even made an appearance onstage), a whole episode of Andor season 2 being screened for a screaming audience, and the Ahsoka season 2 panel packing in so much news I could hardly keep up (Hayden Christensen's Anakin Skywalkeꦗr is returning for the next season, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Admiral Ackbar will also feature, Rory McCann is stepping in for the late Ray Stevenﷺson as Baylan Skoll, and there was even a retro-style 🔥first look teasing battles across two galaxi🐬es).

But, the reveal that had me the most excited all weekend was also the one I expected the least: 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a Darth Maul TV show.

A shadow rises

The announcement of a whole new animated show c♎ame as a total shock to me, because I was convinced the promised news onও the future of Lucasfilm Animation during the 20th anniversary panel would revolve around Tales of the Underworld, the next installment in the anthology series that includes Tales of the Jedi and Tales of the Empire. Instead, after sharing an entire episode of Tales of the Underworld for the audience, the panel announced an entirely new show, which surprised me so much I said, "What?" out loud as the Celebration Stage went dark to play the trailer.

In the opening seconds of the footage, which teases a major bank heist, I was confused. Wasn't Tales of the Underworld also focusing on the galaxy's criminal element? What could this show be about? It was when I heard a set of familiar metal footsteps that it sunk in: this was about Daܫrth Maul. At that realization, I genuinely cheered out loud.

As Clone Wars fans will know, Maul has been given an incrediblꦇe second life by Lucasfilm Animation. Though the spiky Sith Lord was unceremoniously cut in half by Obi-Wan Kenobi at the climax of The Phantom Menace, The Clone Wars resurrected him as a scowling warrior with an insatiable thirღst for vengeance and designs on his own criminal empire.

Maul's episodes of The Clone Wars were some of my absolute favorites as I watched the show for the first time, because he's just such a fascinating character to watch. His complicated bond with his brother (and apprentice) Savage Oppress, his rivalry with Obi-Wan, his tortured past with Darth Sidious, and his time as ruler of Mandalore – culminating in a breathtaking duel with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka Tano as the Zabrak attempts to stop Palpatine's ascent to unlimited power –🌳 are all some of the most exciting storylines not just in The Clone Wars, but in all of Star 🃏Wars.

Rebels only deepened Maul's character, too, as he tried to recruit 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ezra Bridger as an apprent🎃ice, before (spoiler alert) finally getting his duel with Obi-Wan and dying (again) at the wrong end of the Jedi's lightsaber in an oddly touching scene on the sandy plains of Tatooine.

Limitless potential

In sho♔rt, animation did nothing less than completely reinvent Maul, a character we can all agree was introduced in The Phantom Menace as a seriously cool antagonist, but who was gone all too soon. It's at the point where I feel strange seeing Maul in live-action when I rewatch the movie, because he feels like he belongs to animation.

That's why I'm so very excited for Maul: Shadow Lord. The trailer sets up what looks to be a dark and intense storyline for the former Sith, once again centered on his quest for an apprentice. Though not much more is known yet, there's already so much promise in that alone – Maul has a complex history with apprentices, after all. Finding out what he was up to during the gap between Revenge of the Sith and the events of Rebels has me intrigued, too, because if there's one thing Maul is going to do, it's get himself into some situations (a guy꧋ doesn't become a Sith ෴Lord, then a crime lord, then the ruler of Mandalore by slacking off, after all).

I'm not alone in being thrilled by the announcement, either, with the atmosphere in the Celebration Stage absolutely electric throughout the first run of the trailer. When Maul's voice actor🦩 Sam Witwer took to the stage, bathed in vivid red light, and demanded "Play it again" in that resonant deep voice, the crowd went even wilder. It was the biggest reaction of the whole convention (bar Christensen's surprise appearance at the Ahsoka panel, which had everyone, including me, leaping to their feet).

The reveal is also a reminder that Star Wars animation is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:absolutely essential to the saga. While the live-action movies a🗹nd shows often get the spotlight, some oꦑf the most emotional, thrilling, and intelligent stories of Star Wars can be found in its animation. It's something the creatives of the saga know, too, with so many live-action storylines picking up on groundwork laid by the animated shows or introducing animated characters to live-action.

So, while I loved every second of this year's Celebration – and I can't wait for The Mandalorian & Grogu and Ahsoka season 2 in particular – the reveal that had grinning the widest was Maul: Shadow Lord. Who could have guessed back in '99 that one day an entire arena full of people would be screaming over Darth Maul's return? That's the power of Lucasfilm A🌠nimation.

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When 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian and Grogu movie was announced, I was immediately excited – the Beskar-clad gunslinger and his tiny green charge stole my heart from the first episode of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus show. I'm still of the opinion that there are no bette𒁏r characters to herald Star Wars's return to the big screen. They kickstarted th🦂e Disney Plus era and they're pretty much universally beloved, so who else🍸 could lead Star Wars into the future?

However, as much as I adore Mando and Grogu, I felt the show faltered slightly in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian season 3, which had my excitement for the movie mixed with a dose of trepidation (especially because it will be going up against 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Avengers: Doomsday, which is released just weeks earlier).

At 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Celebration 2025 though, I was lucky enough to get 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a behind-closed-doors look𒊎✤ at the film during the movie's dedicated panel. This brief glimpse allayed all of my fears🥂, because it's clear the movie is going back to basics – and that's a very promising sign.

A galaxy of adventures

The footage begins with Mando fighting through an AT-AT full of troopers in what looks to be a solo mission. It's sleek, fast-paced action that immediately brought the opening scene of season 1 to the forefront of my mind ("I can bring you in warm, or I can bring you in cold"). Then, he's back to dad mode with Grogu, jetpack-flying through the💜 sky with Baby Yoda clutched in his arms. After that, he meets with Sigourney Weaver's character while Grogu uses the Force to try and steal a bowl of food, before we see the duo watching Rotta the Hutt in a gladiatಞor match of some kind as Grogu chows down on popcorn. All of it reminded me of the good old days when Mando and the Child went on standalone adventures across the galaxy together. In short, it looks like it has all the makings of a classic episode of The Mandalorian.

Now, to be clear, I enjoyed season 3 a lot. But I did feel there was something of a dip from the earlier two installments. Mando and Grogu felt almost incidental to a storyline that was essentially 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Bo-Katan Kryze's, while their personal arcs – Mando struggling with his creed and Grogu's Force powers flourishing, but without the tutelage of a Jedi Master – also felt somewhat diluted by the larger focus on Mandalore. While I liked seeing Bo-Katan retake her planet, I really missed the focus on Grogu and Mando's bond: which is why I loved the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Mandalorian season 3 ending, which saw D♏in Djarin adopt the Child and name him Din Grogu, so꧃ very much.

Season 3 convinced me that Mando and Grogu work best as wandering adventurers, with a wider storyline for them both threading through the background of the story🐎 – exactly how the su🎉perb seasons 1 and 2 worked.

That's why I'm so pleased the movie seems to be following in those seasons' footsteps. "Right now, you work for us," Weaver's character tells Mando, which gives us the best clue yet about what Din Djarin and Din Grogu are up to after settling on Navarro – by the sounds of things, they're back to travelling the galaxy and getting themselves into sticky situations on behalf of the New Republic, which is the perfect set-up for a Ma🦋ndalorian movie. Most likely, the film will focus on one of these adventures.

There's definitely a larger tale building in the Disney Plus timeline, with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka Tano stranded in another galaxy (and due to face off with 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Grand Admiral Thrawn in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ahsoka season 2) and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ezra Bridger returning home. I have no doubts that Mando and Grogu will eventually have their own parts to play in this part of the saga, but that will most likely come later, perhaps in Dave Filoni's movie set to tie together the shows. Grogu seems to have a larger des𒁃tiny ahead of him, to say the least. But for now, Mando and Grogu seem to be far away from saving the fate of the galaxy, and tha🏅t's the best place they can be.

The winning formula of The Mandalorian seasons 1 and 2 combined with the spectacle of the big screen will, I hope, lead to more Star Wars greatness. It's what Mando and Grogu deserve, after all. Save the galaxy-changing battles for the Jedi, and let Mando and Grogu have their own adventures. That's the way.

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Per the panel for The Mandalorian and Grogu at Celebration, we've learned Allen is portraying Rotta as something of a prize fighter, and distinctly more muscular than his father. How big his role will be in the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming movie remains to be seen, but we'll be seeing another sideꦫ of the Hutt lineage in The Man𒁏dalorian and Grogu.

The combination of a Hutt being into combat sports rather than simply lazing around as a space mafioso and the hiring of Whi❀te has sent ripples through social media. It’s just kind of absurd, really, but the kind of nonsense people can maybe get on board with for a long, long time ago.

"Rotta the Hutt? Nah Rotta the HENCH," says one user on X/Twitter, a sentiment shared by several others. The idea of a physical transformation by White is a common theme. "Jeremy Allen White gained 2600 pounds to🔜 play Rotta theไ Hutt in The Mandalorian and Grogu," comments another user.

One account uses an image ꧙of Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin’s TV executive from 30 Rock, to drive home how leftfield the concept is. "Jabba the Hutt's son, Rotta, is a gladiator with massive biceps… who is played…," says the , "...by Jeremy Allen White."

Since this is Allen's second time playing someone in the realm of professional fighting, after pro wrestling drama The Iron Claw, the parallels don't go unnoticed. "Rotta prepping for his cage match against Grogu," another account , with a clip of Allen's sweaty wrestler, Kerry Von Erich, 🌳recovering in the locker room.

The situation brings to mind Oscar Isaac in X-Men: Apocalypse, whereby an actor who's particularly recognizable at the moment gets caked in makeup or sp🎶ecial effects for a huge part. It's a low bar, but this film will hopefully turn out better overall.

The Mandalorian and Grogu will continue the Disney Plus show, taking place after season 3. Plot details are still un✃der wraps, but it's starting to sound like one of the noisiest misadventures for Din Djarin and his tiny, green companion yet. Jon Favreau is directing, and Pedro Pascal and Sigourney Weaver are among the other confirmed stars.

You'll be able to find out for yourself how it is when the movie arrives May 22, 2026. Our rundown of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Celebration 2025 will tell you all the other ma🎶jor reveals and updates you should be aware of within the franchise as well.

GamesRadar+ is on the ground for the convention in Japan, and Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and even Grogu were also in attendance to show off the film, which澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询: was announced back in January 2024.

The footage opens with Mando blasting his way through some troopers on a ship. It's classic,⛄ season 1 style action. Then, we see Weaver's character telling Mando that "right now, you work for us." Grogu uses the Force to try and steal some food, which doesn't escape Weaver's notice.

We also see Grogu using the Force to destroy a droid𒐪, while he also goes swimming at one point.

Then, right aꩵt the end, we saw a brief tease of what appears to be Jeremy Allen White's Rotta the Hut, though he's all grown up now. The Hutt was cheering in a fighting ring, with Mando and Grogu seated in the audience (and Grogu was eating some snacks).

Plus, it appears Mando will be going without his helmet at least once in the movie, as a new look at the film shows Pasc🦂al without his mask. Check out some pictures below.

The movie is set to release in theaters on May 22, 2026. The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau is directing, with Lu🍌casfilm's chief creative officer Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy producing.

Beyond The Mandalorian & Grogu, other Star Wars movies in the works include S🥀hawn Levy's Star Wars movie starring Ryan Gosling, which will arrive in 20ജ27 (as confirmed at Celebration).

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GamesRadar✤+ is attending the convention, and we were iꦗn the room to see Levy confirm that Gosling will star and that the movie will be set after The Rise of Skywalker.

"It's probably framed my idea of what a movie even was," Gosling said of Star Wars. "All of that aside, I think the reality is that this script is just so good. It has such a good story with great and original characters, it's filled with so muꩲch heart and adventure, and there just really is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn."

Levy also confirmed that the movie "features a collection of all ne🎉w charactಞers."

Plus, the movie's release date♓ was confirmed for May 28, 2027, with cameras rolling this fall.

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The British actor, who was ultimately cast as 🦋stormtrooper-turned-rebel Finn in the popular sci-fi franchise, recently recalled how he got the role during a panel at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo last Saturday. "I had been auditioning for so long, so I felt like he kind of took away my dignity a little bit," Boyega told the a𝓀udience (via ), saying he will "never forget the day" director J.J. Abrams broke the news to him.

"I decided to pretend as if I was busy, you know, when you just pretend that you're busy. 'I got other stuff to do, J.J..' He goes, 'Where are you?' And I said 'I'm at this art show in Greenwich, mate. I'm very, very busy. Where are you?' He goes, 'Well, I'm in Mayfair and [at a] restaurant. Need to talk to you now. And we'll talk about something important.' And 💛I go, 'Okay, okay, I'm gonna be right there.'

"At🌌 the time I had £45 in my account. It took £33 a꧑nd 83p to get to J.J. Do the math," he explained.

Luckily, Boyega made it to the restaurant to meet Abrams, and that conversation was about to change his life forever. "Each step I took, I was nervous," he remembered. ꧟"I was like, 'Okay, cool.' You know, J.J. is a phenomenal, nice guy, and if he was to tell me I didn't get the part, he would still feed me," he added.

"I sat down and, J.J. just said, 'Thank you so much for coming back. I know we've kind of [strained] you with this amount of auditions.' At that time,🦂 I took it upon myself to try and get another audition and go like, 'J.J., please. Look, I can audition again. I can do British, Scottish, N🀅igerian, whatever. And he goes, 'You're [in Star Wars]'," the actor continued, saying that "everything felt very surreal."

The cherry on top was writer-director Lawrence Kasdan showing up in the meeting too to tell him that The Force Awakens was going to change his career. "Th♚at's the Hollywood s***. You know what I'm saying?", Boyega told the audience in Chicago.

Kasdan wasn't wrong – although he had been acting professionally for nearly a decade, John Boyega jumped to stardom thanks to the 2015 film, which was followed 🍸by two sequels, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and Star W♋ars: The Rise of Skywalker.

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The 1977 version of the first Star Wars movie will be shown on the opening night of the BFI's Film on Film festival this June, which celebrates all things celluloid. Since 1997, George Lucas' Special Edition of A N🃏ew Hope has been the version most widely available to watch, and the original is very difficult to find.

The revised edition includes several new additions, which have proven to be controversial among fans. For example, in one scene in the Mos Eisley cantina, Harrison Ford's Han Solo no longer shoots first when he kills the 𝔉bounty hunter Greedo, and Jabba the Hutt is also introduced, when originally he doesn't appear in the movies until 1983's Return of the Jedi.

Only the original cut of A New Hope is on the cards to be screened at the Film on Film festival, and the BFI doesn't currently have plans to show the theatrical cuts of Eไpisodes 5 and 6, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

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Not much is known about the film yet, but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Ryan Gosling is reportedly starring, and it's set after The Rise of Skywalker on the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars timeline.

"Iꦗ am [excited] too," writer Jonatha𒐪n Tropper told . "I hope it's on the way sooner than you think."

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“I was doing a lot of fall⭕ing in Star Wars,” Boyega said during a panel at Emerald City Comic Con (via ) "So, I was like to J.🦩J., ‘Can I be on my feet a little bit longer?'"

First set up in The Force Awakens as one of two lead🌟s alongside Daisy Ridley's Rey, Finn arguably took a step back in the Rian Johnson-directed The Last Jedi, a middle entry that saw him awaken from a coma and undertaking Resistance missions on Canto Bight and then on Snoke's ship – inꦑcluding a memorable showdown with Captain Phasma.

"There was a level of growth from The Last Jedi to The Rise of Skywalker that m👍e and J.J. had spoke about adding," Boyega revealed. "I was like to J.J., ‘I’m sick and tired of eating dirt J.J., I know how to move. My lightsaber skills are undeniable. Get me out there on the field.'"

That request paid off: Abrams made good on his word and gave Boyega m🃏ore action-heavy moments in The Rise of Skywalker's t🎐rilogy-topper.

"I remember J.J. coming up to me and saying, ‘John, we’ve got you, we’ve got Poe, we’ve got Chewbacca running through the corridors, taဣking out these stormtroopers.’ And that’s when I said, ‘Yeah, that’s enough.’ That was a nice moment and something for me to revel in."

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said, "[A New Hope] does an unparalleled job of introducing the viewer to a completely foreign, mid-fight story and just taking you where you🦂 need to be without overwhelming the viewer with details and world-building." had a few less kind words to say about the 1977 classic, adding, "Downvote me to hell but ANH is annoying. Luke is whiney, petulant, 🌸poorly acted and poorly written. Good story. Poor execution," while , "That's not a hot take. Liking Phantom Menace over Empire is a hot take." It would also be absolutely mad.

made sure to show some love for the third chapter in the original trilogy that defrosted Han Solo and had him fight of the Empire with the help of a tribe of teddy bears. "[Return of the ﷺJedi] is my favorite of the originals. I do like Empire. But, a new hope edges it a little. Maybe because it's the first. But, the three together are𝔉 by far the best."

threw down a solid argument saying that all of the original trilogy are pieces to a bigger story. "It all depends how you view it. A New Hope is better as a single movie than Empire. You could watch it and be satisfied with everything you have seen. Empire expands on A New Hope and leaves you wanting more. Without the trilogy though, it’s just another good movie. Empire is the best of the 3 for most fans, but only because the start and ending are so cleanly done." So ♐what he says is true, from a certain point of view.

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The li🌞sts The Mandalorian and Grogu as having received a tax ꦆcredit from the state, but more interestingly, the database includes the production budget. Apparently the Star Wars film cost just over $166 million to make.

Obviously a huge amount by any real metric, that’s on the cheaper side when it comes to blockbusters these days. Deadpool and Wolverine cost $200 million, while Dune: Part Two came ⭕in at around $190 million. However director Jon Favreau approached the books on this one, he managed to keep costs comparatively low.

So low, in fact, it’s the lowest costing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars movie on record since Revenge of the Sith in 2005. The third of the prequels from George Lucas had a budget of $113 million, just shy of the $115 million The Phantomꦇ Menace and Attack of the Clones each cost. Whatever's going on with The Mandalorian and Grogu, it doesn't appear to be as expansive as any of the sequels or Rogue ༺One or Solo, at least not on paper.

The film is a sequel to the show on Disney Plus. After the Hollywood strikes in 2023, Disney decided to push the hugely popular series onto the silver screen, though there are still plans for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian season 4. Given the popularity of Grogu (other✨wise known as Baby Yoda) and Pedro Pascal in the lead role, it’s a reasonable ꧃pivot.

ܫFavreau and Dave Filoni wrote the script, and Jeremy Allen White, Jonny Coyne and Sigourney Weaver are confirmed for the cast, alongside Pascal. We don't know much about the story, other than Jabba the Hutt’s crime syndicate is involved, since White is playing Jabba’s son, Rotta, who we met during The Clone Wars.

To be fair, Mando and Grogu together seems to be more than enough to garner success. The Mandalorian and Grogu opens in theatres July 26, 2026. Next up from a long, long time ago is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Andor season 2, premiering April 22, 2025 on Disney Plus.

When pressed during a panel at Indiana Comic Con (H/T ) on whether she will appear in the forthcoming 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian and Grogu movie, Sackhoff responded, "I have not been in the a💃rmor in 2025."

Case closed? Not quite. As Star Wars fans may know, The Mandalorian and Grogu – the big-screen follow-upജ to Din Djarin's Disney Plus adventures – wrapped up production late last year.

So, Sackhoff is technically correct – but may have tipped her hand as to whether she is set to reprise her role as the one-time hardline Mandalorian and possessor of the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Darksaber.

Set for May 22, 2026, The Mandalorian and Grogu once again features everyone's favorite Child alongside Pedro Pascal's Beskar-plated Mandalorian. The confirmed cast also features Jeremy Allen W🌃hite as Rotta the Hutt and Sigourney Weaver in an undisclosed role.

Speaking to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:GamesRadar+ about her ꦅpart, Weaver confirmed that she was in a "position of🔜 authority" and will share scenes with a slightly more grown-up Grogu.

"I get to have scenes with a little Grogu which is probably why I did the movie," Weaver teased. "And 🌃he's a little badass too. It's going to be wonderful for people to see what Grogu is up t🐎o now because he's grown up a little bit and is capable of much more than maybe we think just watching the series."

Weaver added, "I have to send😼 the Mandalorian out on a mission on the Outer Rim, where all the bad stuff happens."

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During a panel at Emerald City Comic Con, Boyega spoke about how he was cast as Finn, First Order deserter turned Resistance member, in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy. "I'm thankful t♎o Tom Cruise, who loved Attack the Block," he says, per . "He was editing Mission: Impossible at the time with J.J. Abrams. Tom told J.🧔J., 'You’ve got to watch this kid in Attack the Block'."

Abrams did, and a few years lat💜er, Boyega got the call to join Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Coming out in 2011, Attack the Black follows a group of teenagers in South London trying to stop an alien invasion. Boyega plays the lead, Moses, in his feature debut.

Even though he's now got a whole Star Wars trilogy under his belt, as well as Pacific Rim: Uprising, The Woman King, They Cloned Tyrone and plenty of other noteworthy projects, Attack the Block stands as a highlight of his. It's a fun, relatively grounded take on the arrival of UFOs, focusing on how inner-city communities can c꧅ome together amid crisis.

It's written and directed by Joe Cornish, who'd go on to co-write Ant-Man for the MCU and oversee Lockwood and Co for Netflix. Getting the stamp of ꦅapproval from Tom Cruise on your first major motion pic⛄ture is impressive as is, having that lead to something like Star Wars is nothing short of remarkable.

Although fellow Sequel Trilogy star Daisy Ridley is signed up for a return to a long, long time ago, there's been no word on if Boyega will ever step back into the universe. If not, becoming part of the Rebel Alliance at the behest of Ethan Hunt makes one hell of a story𝐆.

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Back in January, a preview of Legacy of Vader #2 had the Sith Lord returning to Tattooine to take out Watto. The events are noted by Kylo Ren, who travels to the planet to learn more about his maternal grand🎃father.

There was much commiseration over the flying, amp🎀hibian-like huckster. Turns it was all for naught, because in the full issue, out now, it’s revealed these were just ruminations from Kylo and not genuine findings.

Phew, Watto lives another day. The in𝔉ternet has r💟esponded in jubilance, ecstatic to see another weirdo from George Lucas and a galaxy far, far away escape Vader’s reach.

"I am aware that Watto is apparently still alive, but I'm꧙ still processing his death and need some time. Thank you," says X/Twitter user. "He tried but Watto was too powerful for him," adds.

The memes have been strong.

There have bee▨n other allusions to Vader taking out his former owner in the expanded universe, but they've been vaguer, not naming Watto. This is the first time we got an explicit execution. The next time someone decides to include the junk dealer, they might need to really pull the trigger.

While everyone commiserꦰates and jokes, it's worth remembering this guy's a human trafficker and slaver, and if and when he’s eventually killed, it's not a death to mourn. He's escaped Sith clutches, for now.

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"I bജelieve that she's very involved," Ridley told . "I think there was reporting that was not true. So yeah, very [involved]."

Kennedy herse♔lf has dꦏebunked rumors of her imminent retirement. "The truth is, and I want to just say loud and clear, I am not retiring. I will never retire from movies. I will die making m♐ovies. That is the first thing that’s important to say.♑ I am not retiring," she said.

"What's happening at Lucasfilm is I have been talking for quite some time with both Bob and Alan about what eventual succession mig🎐ht look like," she continued. "W💧e have an amazing bench of people here, and we have every intention of making an announcement months or a year down the road," she explained. "We are in lockstep as to what that's going to be, and I am continuing. I'm producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I'm also producing Shawn Levy's movie, which is after that."

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This one's a particularly small tribute to George Lucas. In the scene on Naboo where Queen Amidala and her guards 🥃are outgunned by droids, there's a wide shot with an archway in the background. Focusing on the arch’s tip will reveal the Star Wars creator’s face, carved into the space marble.

You really need to zoom in and squint to see it, but it’s there, waiting for someone to discover it. In fact, it wasn’t spotted offhand either, as Caroleen ‘Jett’ G🐷reen, a former painter for Industrial Light and Magic, revealed the metatextual🌠 reference to Clayton Sandell in .

She put the little nod to Lucas in for fun, and recalls needing his approval when she pointed it out. "George is really ꦆquiet. He looks at it🐲, and he goes, 'Oh, naughty, naughty.' I said, 'Yeah, but it's you! It's your face.' And then there's silence again," she remembers. "And I'm just sitting there with everybody. And for some reason, I can't describe the feeling, but… I knew that I wasn't going to get in trouble."

As you can tell, Lucas allowed it to stay. He's made a few little cameos over the years, playing an alien in Revenge of the Sith anꦉd shows up in🐲 the background of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

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Not generally in filmmaking any more, Green still lends her paintbrushes to the battle of Jedi and Sith from time to time, the most recent being a painting for Skeleton Crew on Disney Plus. Keep an eye out for her name in the credits of all the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new Star Wars movies and TV shows in the works.

Played by Liam Neeson in The Phantom Menace, Qui-Gon is a Jedi Master who 🙈Obi-Wan is an apprentice to. He's the one who first believes Anakin is the "chosen one" when the pair encounter him on Tatooine, but the Council denies his request to train him. When Qui-Gon is killeౠd in a lightsaber duel with Darth Maul later in the movie, Obi-Wan promises to train Anakin in his stead.

"I've always, in my mind, viewed Qui-Gon as a respected trainer of Obi-Wan and he died heroically fighting a Sith agent," a fan wrote on . "Now, on rewatch, there's tons of indications that Obi-♎Wan saw the danger in Anakin and really it comes to to Qui-Gon's insistence on training Anakin that causes the downfall."

"Nah Jin🍰n was the only Jedi who could’ve successfully trained Anakin. He knew balance more than any other Jedi," someone replied. "That was the whole point of Episode One," another fan agreed. "The duel of the fates resulted in Qui Gon's death and directly led to Anakin becoming Darth Vader."

"The only way he screwed꧅ everyone was by dying. If he lived to train Anakin, he🌸 would have been a far different person. Obi-Wan was not meant to train Ani," echoed another.

However, others agree that he's not a good Jedi and to blame for Anakin's downfall. "Yes, my god, people on here are constantly praising him but he was an awful Jedi and 10000% kickstarted Anakin's fall with how he went about getting him out of slavery and presenting him to the council," another fan w♕rote. "I love Liam Neeson wholeheartedly but I can't help but seethe with rage every time I see Jinn's face."

"I agree! Qui-Gon always seemed like the wise mentor, but when you really break it down, his stubbornness about Anakin set everything in motion," wrote someo💦ne else. "Obi-Wan, despite being younger and less experienced, actually had some valid concerns that got overlooked. It makes me wonder how things would’ve played out if Qui-Gon had lived –or if the Council had s๊tuck to their initial decision."

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Answering♈ fan questions in a , someone asked Perkins if there’s a story he wishes he had the money and technology to make into a movie. His answer: "The collected dreams and nightmares of Darth Vader told as ♔short stories."

Now there's an interesting idea. Something that goes deep on the psychology of the iconic Star Wars villain, exploring what’s bubbling away in the recesses of his mind, all d🐟epicted through surreal dream logic where anything can happen and nothing is safe.

All Anakin's sadness and rage; at losing his mother and Padmé and his contempt for the Jedi, the unending pain of his injuries, and whatever influence the Emperor holds over his psyche. It’d put one of the most well-known and beloved characters in cinema history in a new light, that’s for ꩵsure.

Perkins would be the perfect ✱filmmaker for such a production too, having proven his mastery of tone inꦜ the psychological mystery of Longlegs and the absurdist horror in The Monkey. And further back in his career, in The Blackcoat's Daughter and Gretel and Hansel as well.

Look, Disney, we don't ask for much. While the goings on from a long, long time ago are in a quieter♈ period, maybe branch out for Darth Vader: Dreams and Nightmares? We're sure Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman would agree, it sounds excellent.

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A popular pick was 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Kiera Knightley as Sabé, handmaiden to Queen Amidala (Natalie Portꦚman) and dedicated decoy for the future love of Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen). gave honorable mention to a star who, while not well known in his first appearance, returned as a well-known name when he reprised a role in the Obi-Wan Kenobi series. "Because h💯e’s such a dynamic actor, I tend to fancast Joel Edgerton in a lot of stuff. I always forget he’s been Owen Lars since 2002."

Shaun of the Dead star, Simon Pegg, also got a nod among fans as Unkar Plutt, the tღrade✱r who gives Rey a bad deal in Star Wars - Episode VII: The Force Awakens. He also voiced Dengar in season 4 of Star Wars: Clone Wars.

Besides cameos from Daniel Craig and Tom Hardy (even if his scene was cut), one stand-out surprise in the franchise was legendary director Werner Herzog as The Client in The Mandalorian. praised his performance, saying, "He doesn’t even pause before deliv𒐪ering that line. So sinister." , "Whenever I need to imagine Werner Herzog's distinctive voice, I think to myself, 'bounty hunting iss a com-pli-ca-ted ꦑprofession.'" Congratulations, you're reading it in his voice now, too.

We can only expect more big names to briefly drop into the Star Wars universe with the projects in the pipeline. To see what's coming our way, here's every Star Wars movie and TV show currently in the works.

Earlier this week, Puck claimed that Kennedy was sꦜtepping down as the studio's president after 13 years, having overseen the latest era of Star Wars projects from The Force Awakens to The Acolyte – and it didn't take long for other publications like The Hollywood Reporter and IGN to seemingl𓃲y corroborate the story.

Now, however, the prolific producer, whose credits also include Jurassic Park and the Indiana Jones franchise, has set the record straight in an interview with , stating: "The truth is, and I want to just say loud and 🐻clear, I am not retiring. I will never retire from mo꧅vies."

Kennedy went on to candidly claim that she intends to "die 🐭making movies", though that doesn't mean her job title won't change in the not-so-distant future or that she hasn't had conversations with Disney bosses Bob Iger and Alan Bergman about who could take over if and when it does...

"What's happening at Lucasfilm is I have been talking for quite some time with both Bob and Alan about what eventual succession might look like. We have an amazing bench of people here, and we have every intention of making an announcement months or a year down the road," she explained. "We are in lockstep as to what that's going to be, and I am continuing. I'm producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I'm also producing 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Shawn Levy's movie, which is after that. 

"I'm continuing to stay at Lucasfi🐓lm and looking very thoughtfully with Bob and Alan as to who's stepping in," Kennedy concluded. "So that is all underway, and we have every right to make that announcement when we w🔯ant to make it."

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The update come🅠s courtesy of Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, who spoke to about what's in the works for Star Wars.

"I'm producing the Mandalorian movie right now, and I'm also producing Shawn Levy's movie, which is after that," Kennedy revealed, while dispelling r🐻umors about reports of her imminent retirement.

Later in the same interview, she shared more about the Levy movie. "That’s also in the future. It’s all post-[the🌃 first] nine. Shawn’s is a standalone Star Wars story that'll take place post-nine, maybe five or six years out," she said. That would make Levy's movie the first post-Rise of Skywalker project to be released.

"And Mandalorian really stands on its own because there, we're dealing with a whole other era in the New Republic," Kennedy continued. "We have other developme🐟nt going on in that space as well. So that's the space that we're pretty much focused on right at the moment, because obviously with Mandalorian we have a pretty good sense of where that's going. And with this, it's all pretty much new characters. We may bring some of the characters back from the sequel saga, but pretty much new characters."

The tease about sequel characters potentially returning is also an exciting one – after all, we know 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a Rey movie has been in the works for some time, so could the Jedi be showing up in Levy's movie? W💦e'll just have to wait ಌand see.

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Let's start with Taika Waititi's project. First announced way back in 2020, then given a "late 2023" release window by Kennedy in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:an interview with Total Film, there has been precious little to say of la𝓀te from the Thor: Ragnarok director's trip to a galaxy far, far away.

As Kennedy tells , there is movement on the feature as a new wri🎀ter is onboard.

"Well, I keep waiting 🃏for Taika, and he is working with another writer now. He’s so busy. I love him. I think if we ever do get a script from Taika, it’s going to be fantastic. I already saw a first act that I loved, but tying him down, it’s tricky."

Taika Waititi, then, is a busy man – and we wouldn't be putting any credits on him jumping over to Star Wars in the immediate future. Still, his initial comments on wanting to properly expand the galaxy in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:an interview with GamesRadar+ back in 2022 sounded exciting.

"Look, I think for the Star Wars universe to expand, it has to expand," he told us. "I don't think that I'm any use in the Star Wars universe making a film where everyone's like, 'Oh great, well that's the blueprints to the Millennium Falcon, ah that's Chewbacca's graℱndmother.' That all stands alone, that's great, though I would like to take something new and create some new characters and just expand the world, otherwise it feels like it's a very small story."

Perhaps more promising in the short term is James Mangold's Star Wars movie. First announced at 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Star Wars Celebration 2023, Dawn of the Jedi – as the name would imply – covers the genesis of the lightsaber-wielding Force users🌄 and is set some 25,000 years before the events of the prequel trilogy.

"He got delayed a bit because of [A Complete Unknown] and the awards season," Kennedy explained, while also mentioning that Sꩲhawn Levy and Simon Kinberg are also bu🌸sy "working" on their movies. "You have to accommodate top talent to a certain extent. And quality is so important with what it is we’re trying to do. I like to wait for people that I think are passionate and really good to step into Star Wars."

The future of Star Wars seems bright but also cloudy. A "new saga" from Simon Kinberg is on the way as, too, is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian and Grogu and Dave Filoni's 'Mando-verse' movie. Beyond that, there are a batch of exciting filmmakers plugging away in the Star Wars sandbox; we're just stiꩵll none the wiser as to whether they will actually get made.

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"One reason Kathy stuck around for so long is because there is no credible alternative," a source told . Kennedy has been in the post since 2012 after being handpicked by George Lucas and oversaw the launch of the sequel movie trilogy, as well as the expansion of the franchise into 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Disney Plus TV shows.

However, "what people don’t understand is that it’s not a creative jᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚob," a producer with ties to the franchise added. "That’s about 10 percent. The rest of it is dealing with Disney, licensing, and fans."

A few names are reportedly being floated around, though, including Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, and Kevin Feige. Favreau is the brains behind The Mandalorian and also directed the first two Iron Man movies for M🅷arvel Studios, but "he won’t want to be an executive," a source predicted.

Another source says Filoni, who's currently Lucasfilm's chief creative officer, is Disney's top choice for the job, but someone else told the publication that "he’s a great resource of knowledge, but he’s ultimately a TV guy. He’ll be killed by 🐈all sides."

Many insiders reportedly think Marvel Studios boss Feige is the best person for the job, but he's already pretty preoccupied with the MCU. "He’s the only one that makes sense, but he needs to focus on Marvel," another Disney source tol📖d THR.

Next up on the big screen from the galaxy far, far away is 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Mandalorian & Grogu, which will see Jeremy Allen White and Sigourney Weaver join the franchise and arrives in theaters on May 22, 2026. In the meantime, check out our guide to all the other 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new Star Wars movies and shows on the way.

As reported by , Kennedy will make her exit by the end ꦏof the year, though other outlets such as are outright describing it as a retir💎ement.

After the departure of George Lucas post-Disney's acquisi꧟tion of Lucasfilm in 2012, Kennedy helped usher in a new era for Star Wars – including a sequel trilogy and the franchise's major pre🐎sence on Disney Plus, led by hits such as The Mandalorian and Andor.

Kennedy's career stretches far b💃eyond a galaxy far, far away, however. She has been an executive producer or producer on😼 everything from the Indiana Jones series through to E.T., Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Jurassic Park.

While specu🌞lation will undoubtedly commence on who will step in to replace Kennedy at Lucasfilm, there are currently no official names in the frame. Puck has thrown around suggestions such as Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau, though the succession plan could become clearer after Star Wars Celebration this April.

Meanwhile, Andor season 2 is the main new hope in Star Wars' immediate future. The follow-up to the critically acclaimed Rogue One prequel series, starring Diego Luna, hits Disney Plus on April 22, complete with a slightly different release schedule that sees three episodes released every week for a month. The 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:first trailer, too, promised a revolution 💯– of a very different ꦐkind.

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No matter the ranking of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:the Star Wars movies, looking back on when Anakin was put on a special k🥀ind of life support after thinking he could take the high ground is legendary. "The instant the helmet seal and the iconic breathing began, it sent chills down my spine," wrote "As a 12-year-old, seeing it in the theater was the biggest thing in the world to me. My life was complete,"

Incredibly, some Star Wars fans revealed that the debut of Vader was their very first sight of the most feared Sith in the galaxy,🦹 having never seen the original films and starting from scratch with the prequels. recalled the unforgettable journey with Anakin, who from a certain point of view, was killed by Darth Vader, who became the most feared power in the galaxy. "Anakin was my idol until that moment, his journey as a padawan caught my attention, I had a huge identification with him. [Seeing] him kneel before Palpatine and answer to the name Darth Vader left me extremely shocked."

But while some got chills from the transformation that a franchise was built around, others, even after all this time, couldn't get over Vader's "Nooo!" that became iconic for all the wrong reasons. , "I was out of control, excited - right up to 'Nooooo....'" chimed in with a preferred option to the moment that's now stuck in the Star Wars saga forever. "Like, why not just have him scream and break stuff? Why the 'nooooooo' Ugh. I can still hear it in my mind lol." No matter your thoughts on Vader's initial reaction, you can't deny that it was a moment worth seeing in theaters. Use the force, or check out our 澳洲幸运5开奖号𒊎码历史查询:35 greatest moments in Star Wars here.

"I get to have scenes with a little Grogu which is probably why I did the movie," Weaver tells GamesRadar+. "And he's a little badass too. It's going to be wonderful for people to see what Grogu is up to now because he's grown up a little bit and is capable of much more than maybe we think ♎just watching the series."

As Weaver did not appear in The Mandalorian series, we sti🌞ll don't know for sure who her character is, although it has been reported that Weaver is playing a New Republic Colonel Bishop in the film. When asked for more on her mysterious role, Weaver replies, "I play a wonderful character who is, you know, in a position of authority. And I have to send the Mandalorian out on a mission on the Outer Rim where all the ba🌟d stuff happens."

With so much experience working on big sci-fi franchises like Alien and Avatar, it is surprising that W🎉eaver didn't join the galaxy far, far away sooner. "I admire [Star Wars], but I don't sit around wishing I was in another franchise, because I've been so lucky to be in some wonderful ones," Weaver adds. "But at the time, when I was offered it, I was delighted. I'm a great fan of John Favreau. I was already a great fan of The Mandalorian."

Directed and written by Jon Favreau, the movie welcomes back Pedro Pascal as bounty hunter Din Djarin who embarks on an exciting new adventure w💧ith his apprentice Grogu. The Mandalorian & Grogu hits theatres on May 2026.

But before Weaver makes her big Star Wars debut, the Ghostbusters actor stars in Scott Derrickson’s genre-bending horror slash romance movie The Gorge. The movie follows two highly-trained operatives (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) as they are appointed to guard opposite watchtowers overlooking a misty and mysterious gorge, "protecting the world from an undisclosed, mysterious evil that lurks within," reads the synopsis from Apple TV Plus.

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The latest update is George Nolfi boarding the movie as a new writer, replacing Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:who departed the project last year.

Nolfi spoke to about his take on the Rey movie, and, when the publication pointed out that philosophy and politics could be part of his script, since he studied those subjects bef♒ore, Nolfi went back to Star Wars creator George Lucas.

"If you think about George Lucas, the six movies that he did, and the universe that he created, it's actually very steeped in broad notions of politics," Nolfi explained. "It's not talking about today, per se, but there's the Empire's Nazism slash Roman Empire. The democracy o𓆉f the Ro♊man Empire collapsing and becoming an empire and the perennial story of human beings organising themselves and against chaos, and then the tools that help human societies tamp down on chaos becomes oppression.

"So that is really very core to what I think George Lucas was trying to talk about. And one of the wonderful things about science fiction and Star Wars – which is more almost science fantasy or space opera – is that you can raise the deepest issues without it feelinꦑg like a philosophy class, or a political science class,ꩵ or something I read in the newspaper today…

"It can be about real things, deep things," he concluded. It's true that Lucas's six Sꦜtar Wars movies are very political – who can forget The Phantom Menace beginning with a trade dispute – so it wouldn't be a dep♛arture for the franchise at all if Nolfi's script delves into these topics.

We'll just have to wa🌞it and see, as the Rey movie, directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, doesn't yet have a release date.

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