Star Wars is on the cusp of celebrating some key anniversaries in the next couple of years, but one staple of the past three decades won’t be around to see them: Star Wars Insider, the franchise’s official print magazine, will come to a final end early next year. Lucasfilm confirmed the news today, explaining that Insider will […]
Sigourney Weaver Has an Optimistic Take on the Future of ‘Star Wars’
Few people know as much about franchises as Sigourney Weaver. The Oscar-nominated legend currently has three big ones under her belt—Ghostbusters, Alien, and Avatar—and next year, she’s adding a fourth: Star Wars. “It was not my intention to find a fourth franchise,” Weaver recently said. “I didn’t ever imagine that I would enter the Star […]
Rian Johnson Loved All Your ‘Last Jedi’ Reactions, Actually
The news broke mere weeks before the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Lucasfilm and Disney had rehired writer-director Rian Johnson to make a new trilogy of Star Wars films, marking the ultimate vote of confidence in his upcoming eighth chapter in the saga. Excitement could not have been higher. And while, for some, […]
‘Destiny 2’ Is Adding So Many ‘Star Wars’ Guns
Destiny 2‘s big Star Wars collaboration has made a distinct point that while it is drawing on elements from the galaxy far, far away, this isn’t a Fortnite situation: Renegades wants to tell a Destiny story that feels like Star Wars, instead of transplanting elements from one universe into the other and calling it a day. That’s also going to […]
Disintegrate Your Wallet With Boba Fett’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Carbine Blaster
There’s never been a better time to be a fan with deep pockets, a lot of room to display things, and the burning desire to personally own pieces of Hollywood history. The latest Propstore auction is putting an iconic Star Wars weapon up for sale, and though it’s not quite as well-known as Darth Vader’s […]
Rian Johnson Guessed Daniel Craig’s ‘Star Wars’ Cameo Before Anyone Else Could
We know Rian Johnson has a keen eye for Star Wars (and wanting to get back to it, the long, long way round), and we know he has a keen eye for murder mysteries with all his work on the Knives Out movies. But he is also apparently good at blending those skills for a secret third […]
Manny Jacinto Hoped ‘The Acolyte’ Could Revive Romance
The Acolyte only lasted a single season, but fans still carry a torch for the late Star Wars spinoff. One element the show seemed eager to continue, and something a specific sect of fans were looking forward to, was the relationship between ex-Jedi Osha (Amandla Stenberg) and future Knight of Ren founder Qimir (Manny Jacinto). To put it […]
The Most Incredible ‘Visions’ Volume 3 Short Is ‘Star Wars’ at Its Absolute Best
Star Wars: Visions‘ third “volume” hit Disney+ this week, delivering nine shorts from a bevy of talented Japanese animation studios, each delivering their vision of what Star Wars can be unbeholden to the typical constraints of its contemporary storytelling universe. But only one of those shorts this season took that goal of taking Star Wars somewhere completely […]
‘The Acolyte’ Had a Fascinating Plan to Link the Stranger to Kylo Ren
The fact that The Acolyte won’t return to the world of Star Wars has many downsides, but few are as painful as the story of the Stranger. Season one’s main villain, played by Manny Jacinto, was a fascinating, complex character whose views on the Force, the Jedi, and the Sith were poised to change everything […]
‘Star Wars’ Is Coming to IMAX in 2027, but Will Han Shoot First?
Star Wars fans have long awaited what’s now become sort of a franchise Holy Grail: restored 4k versions of the original trilogy. That’s the original original trilogy, before George Lucas futzed with certain elements for the “Special Edition” theatrical re-release in 1997, ahead of The Phantom Menace‘s arrival in 1999. Recent rumors have given new […]