Image: Disney/Lucasfilm The Phantom Menace isn’t the only Star Wars movie being re-released in theaters this spring. Theaters like AMC and Alamo Drafthouse will be playing all nine mainline movies in a 20-hour marathon. Andor’s ‘One Way Out’ Chant Breaks Out at Star Wars Celebration Playing in chronological order, the whole Skywalker Saga will effectively … Read more
Summary The original Star Wars script featured a different Skywalker as the first Jedi, and upcoming projects could bring this vision to life. George Lucas envisioned Skywalker not as a name, but as a role tied to the Force, hinting at a deeper origin of the Jedi in the Star Wars universe. The Rise of … Read more
Iconic conductor John Williams performing in 2014.Photo: Paul Morigi (Getty Images) For the last 50 years, when you think of music and movies, one name stands above the rest: John Williams. Williams is one of the most celebrated and successful composers of all time thanks to his music for Jaws, Superman, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Harry … Read more
Did The Rise of Skywalker and rampant speculation over just which Skywalker is rising, who a Skywalker is, and why they’re rising break some brains over at Lucasfilm? Almost every bit of Star Wars on the small screen we’ve gotten since (and planned for the big one) is a character title, named for an individual … Read more
It’s hard to imagine Star Wars’ Anakin Skywalker as anyone other than Hayden Christensen, but according to Charlie Hunnam, he almost wielded the lightsaber of the franchise’s iconic character. Speaking with ET’s Ash Crossan ahead of the premiere of his upcoming film, Rebel Moon, Hunnam confirmed the long-standing rumor that he had auditioned for the role of … Read more
Image: Columbia Live out your Hoth fantasies—look, some Star Wars fans happen to prefer the characters when they’re stuck in freezing cold environments—with Columbia Sportswear’s latest collaboration with Lucasfilm. The special-edition line is inspired by Luke Skywalker’s iconic flight suit from the Star Wars universe. The ski resort and snow gear collection is perfect to … Read more
Image: Hasbro Hasbro’s 6″ line of Star Wars action figures, the Black Series, launched a decade ago, and has gone on to give us many great representations (and some not so great) of Star Wars heroes and villains from across the galaxy. It is, however, absolutely insane that it will take until 2024 for the … Read more
Image: Lucasfilm Sure, Huyang isn’t an organic being. But I think he deserves a special shoutout—a crowning shoutout, in fact—if we’re talking about eyes in Ahsoka because the show did such a fantastic job with his design and keeping him emotive with one simple trick: making his photoreceptors LEDs that were capable of animating Huyang’s … Read more
It’s mind-blowing to think Ahsoka is already over. Fans waited years to see how the character’s story would continue and now, a mere eight episodes later, a major piece of that story has come to its end. Spoilers of the Week May 9-13 The season has seen its ups and downs, from a slow-paced, slightly … Read more