Sci-fi buddy-ups are nothing new. Star Wars alone is full of them. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca (Peter Mayhew). C-3PO (Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (Kenny Baker). The franchise is also no stranger to pairings where a character is carried by another. The Mandalorian/Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and Grogu. Cal Kestis and BD-1. The list goes on. Many fans assume ...

It’s the place where Obi-Wan Kenobi hid Luke Skywalker. The place where Qui-Gon Jinn decided to take a young Anakin into his care. The place where Jabba the Hutt made a slave of Princess Leia and Boba Fett was swallowed by the Sarlaac Pit. It is hard not to think of Star Wars without thinking of Tatooine. The desert, wasteland ...

The Acolyte brought audiences back centuries before the Skywalker Saga to a time in the Star Wars universe that had never been explored in live action. Set during the High Republic era, the Leslye Headland-created series peeled back the veneer of the Jedi’s so-called “Golden Age” to examine the slow, subtle rise of the Sith, challenging the franchise’s core ideals ...

It’s been almost two full years since Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser permanently closed at Walt Disney World, but only now has Disney finally taken a small but symbolic step: covering up one of the directional road signs that pointed to the shuttered experience. The update might not seem like much—a simple decal covering the words “Galactic Starcruiser”—but for many fans, ...

A year after Star Wars debuted its latest dual lightsaber-wielding villain in the form of Manny Jacinto’s Qimir/The Stranger in The Acolyte, the galaxy far, far away will get a new dual-wielding character this fall. In the summer of 2024, Star Wars debuted its High Republic era series, The Acolyte, from showrunner Leslye Headland. The series was consistently under immense ...

42 years ago, Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983) blasted into movie theaters everywhere. But, just over 20 years later, George Lucas would make a change that would cause big debates in the fandom. Two years ago, Star Wars seemingly settled the argument once and for all. Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi is the final ...

Star Wars currently has only one live-action TV project in development–but could all that be about to change? With no The Mandalorian Season 4 on the way (at least for now), Andor officially wrapped up, and The Acolyte unceremoniously cancelled, Lucasfilm only has Dave Filoni’s second season of Ahsoka in active development. Already in the filming process, Ahsoka Season 2 ...

Fans of the Star Wars franchise are set to lose a beloved show in the coming days. Star Wars on TV Star Wars effectively helped launch Disney’s streaming service, Disney+. Back in November 2019, Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian took the world by storm and introduced two new heroes for the next generation of fans: Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin and his ...

Cara Dune may never return to live-action Star Wars, but that doesn’t mean she has no place in the faraway galaxy. Since her last appearance in The Mandalorian Season 2, the character has completely vanished from canon, not due to storytelling reasons, but because of the fallout surrounding actress Gina Carano, who was fired by Lucasfilm in 2021. Since then, ...

Overview of the Lawsuit Sadi Khan, formerly part of the production team for Lucasfilm’s The Acolyte, has initiated a lawsuit against the company following her dismissal, which she claims was directly tied to her calling a coworker a “white man.” Known for being the first woman of color to head health and safety on a Disney series, Khan’s allegations center ...