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Spoilers for Episodes 8 through 10 of Andor below. What a treat it was to see Andy Serkis appear on Andor. The multi-hyphenate artist last appeared in Star Wars: The Last Jedi as Supreme Leader Snoke, wherein he met the business end of a lightsaber. While it’s not uncommon for franchises to reuse actors—Gemma Chan […]
James Earl Jones, the iconic voice behind Star Wars’ Darth Vader, is ready to retire from the role. Vanity Fair reports the 91-year-old actor has signed over the rights to his voice to filmmakers who plan on using a blend of archival recordings and A.I. technology to re-create Jones’ voice in upcoming Star Wars films. […]
Despite the divisive reaction amongst Star Wars fans, The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson says five years on he’s proud of how the film turned out. “I’m even more proud of it five years on,” he told Empire on the fifth anniversary of the film. “When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball. […]
Gremlins director Joe Dante brought up in a recent interview that Grogu, better known as Baby Yoda, was “completely stolen” from the character of Gizmo in the 1984 movie. “I think the longevity of (the films) is really key to this one character (Gizmo), who is essentially like a baby,” Dante told the San Francisco […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi only ran for six episodes on Disney+, but one fan has taken it upon themselves to make its story even shorter with a 2-hour fan edit. The show received praise from critics and fans, but some felt the six-episode season had a little too much filler and some at-time questionable writing. Some were also […]
In an interview with Rolling Stone, Thor: Love and Thunder director Taika Waititi remembered an awkward conversation with Natalie Portman in which he forgot that she starred in the Star Wars prequel trilogy. “Natalie said to me, what do you do next? And I said ‘I’m trying to work on a Star Wars thing. Have you […]
A Florida man has been arrested after he posed as a Disney World employee and stole a $10,000 replica of the iconic Star Wars character R2-D2. ABC’s Central Florida affiliate WFTV reports David Emerson Proudfoot, 44, of Kissimmee, was arrested on May 31 after he snatched the droid from Disney World’s Swan Hotel in an attempt to get […]
Screenwriter Stuart Beattie, whose credits include Collateral and Interceptor, has opened up about his involvement with what was originally intended to be a film trilogy centered on the Star Wars character Obi-Wan Kenobi. Indeed, during a recent interview with The Direct’s Nathan Johnson, Beattie—who is credited as a writer on multiple episodes of Disney+’s Obi-Wan […]
When the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series became official and not just a long-wished-for fan project, part of the excitement for the show revolved around the idea of Ewan McGregor returning to his portrayal of the titular, famed master Jedi. Enthusiasm over the project grew exponentially when LucasFilm and Disney announced Hayden Christensen would also return—but as […]
