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Star Wars Celebration 25′: Lucasfilm Announces ‘Darth Maul’ Animated Series with Sam Witwer Returning

News April 18, 2025 11:42 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, a Darth Maul animated series was announced during the Lucasfilm animation panel at Star Wars Celebration 25 in Tokyo, Japan. The project has long been rumored over at Cinelinx but has never been confirmed. In 2021, they had gotten word that Maul would appear in an upcoming animated series, assuming it was in the... Read More...

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Star Wars Celebration 25′: Lucasfilm Officially Announces ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Starring Ryan Gosling

News April 18, 2025 9:01 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Lucasfilm held its annual Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, Japan. Many were in attendance for their live-action panel, including Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and CCO Dave Filoni. The two Star Wars producers first brought out director Shawn Levy to announce his long-rumored Star Wars film. Levy is best known for directing Free Guy, Stranger... Read More...

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‘Lucasfilm’ President Kathleen Kennedy Plans To Retire By The End of 2025

News February 25, 2025 11:54 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Ahead of the Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo, a report announced that Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy plans to exit the company by the end of the year. She was not fired, as many random online rumors have suggested, but she has retired after producing many films over her decades-long career in Hollywood. She originally took... Read More...

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Star Wars Celebration 23′: ‘Ahsoka’ Series Confirms Lars Mikkelsen As Grand Admiral Thrawn

News April 8, 2023 10:44 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, during the Ahsoka panel at Star Wars Celebration in London, Lucasfilm confirmed that original voice actor Lars Mikkelsen has indeed returned to play Grand Admiral Thrawn. Thrawn was originally created by author Timothy Zahn as part of a series of Star Wars novels released in the 1990s that covered the events following 1983’s “Return... Read More...

Star Wars Celebration 23′: Dave Filoni Will Direct A ‘Mandalorian’ Crossover Event Movie

News April 7, 2023 12:41 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, during the Star Wars Celebration event in London, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy introduced Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian co-creator Dave Filoni to the stage. The original animated director has stepped into live-action after directing several episodes of The Mandalorian and now Ahsoka. The announcement was made that Filoni will jump into... Read More...

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Star Wars Celebration 23′: Director James Mangold Announces Ancient ‘Star Wars’ Film

News April 7, 2023 9:41 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, during the Star Wars Celebration event in London, Lucasfilm film introduced director James Mangold to the stage. Mangold is best known for directing Logan, 3:10 to Yuma, and this year's Indiana Jones. The director was revealed to be developing an ancient Star Wars film set in The Old Republic. The film will follow the... Read More...

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Star Wars Celebration 23′: Daisy Ridley Returns as Rey for Next ‘Star Wars’ Film

News April 7, 2023 9:23 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, during Star Wars: Celebration in London, England, Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy announced that sequel-trilogy star Daisy Ridley will return to the Star Wars universe as Rey. It's unknown how large a role Rey will have in the film as it's still expected to introduce new heroes from across the galaxy. This comes from speculation that... Read More...

‘Star Wars: Andor’ Will Only Be 2 Seasons Long; ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3 hits in Early 2023

News May 26, 2022 1:17 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Lucasfilm hosted its annual Star Wars Celebration event. During the panel for Star Wars: Andor star Deigo Luna learned that production on the second season has already been greenlighted by the studio. Showrunner Tony Gilroy revealed that Andor will consist of only 2 seasons both 12-episodes long. The final episode will lead directly into... Read More...

Star Wars Celebration 22′: Jon Watt’s ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Casts Jude Law

News May 26, 2022 12:18 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, during Star Wars Celebration 2022 event writer Jon Watt's officially announced his rumor Star Wars project. His upcoming series will be titled Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. Jon Watts, Christopher Ford, Jon Favreau, and Dave Filoni will all serve as executive producers. Jon Watt's recently left Fantastic Four to work on this Star Wars series... Read More...