While fans of Andor and The Mandalorian are busy arguing with one another about which is the superior Star Wars spinoff, Tony Gilroy is out here telling Empire what should be obvious to anyone with a basic understanding of how franchises work:
“The success of The Mandalorian gave us the platform to jump off. Their success is what would fuel the whole thing. I mean, no Baby Yoda, no Andor. Seriously. Don’t think that we don’t know that.”
A Death Star is coming together in the latest trailer for Andor’s final season, and every member of the Resistance seems to know exactly what needs to be done to take the thing out.
To get folks hyped up for the upcoming debut of Andor’s second season on Disney Plus April 22nd, Disney has put the show’s entire first season on Hulu and uploaded its first three episodes on YouTube. Additionally, on March 13th, Andor creator Tony Gilroy will host a live, hour-long rewatch event streamed on YouTube “with select talent,” which better be code for “Diego Luna and national treasure Kathryn Hunter.”
Following the debut trailer for Andor’s second season, Lucasfilm has released another brief video, with some behind-the-scenes footage and a few new tidbits — including Diego Luna in some cool sci-fi sunglasses. The show starts streaming on Disney Plus on April 22nd.
Puck reports that Kennedy, who has steered franchises like Star Wars and Indiana Jones since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012, has informed the studio and others that she will step down by the end of 2025.
In 2023, Kennedy announced three new Star Wars films before murkier reports appeared last year about a new trilogy, and we just saw a new trailer for Andor season two. If there is a change at the top, then it could come with some clarity about the series’ future on big and small screens alike.
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You can add Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic I and II to your library until March 20th, Epic says.
The store is available worldwide on Android but only in the EU on iOS.
Following Grogu and R2-D2 versions, Bandai’s latest Star Wars collaboration turns Anakin Skywalker into a digital pet. But no matter how you choose to raise him with regular feedings and even lightsaber training, the Tamagotchi version of Anakin is always destined for the dark side and will inevitably grow into one of ten different versions of Darth Vader.
It’s always fascinating to glimpse games that never actually came out, and the Free Radical Archive — a group dedicated to archiving the studio’s cancelled games — has provided just that for Star Wars Battlefront 3. According to the group, this footage comes from a Wii build of the game that was “made in the final week of development.”
I’ve never seen a drone like this before. Fold-out bicycle wheels, complete with spokes... and it turns into an AT-AT walker when you look at it from the front! Leak courtesy of Jasper Ellens.
Disney Plus’ latest Star Wars series is trying to speak directly to a new generation of young fans.
Even if Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’s “The Goonies, but in space” premise doesn’t sound like it’s up your alley, you gotta admit that this kid’s all-terrain hover bike is sick as hell. If this is the kind of heat the show’s bringing when it premieres tomorrow, it might be something really special.
Disney has pulled a Star Wars movie set for December 18th, 2026 from its upcoming film schedule, Variety reports. Ice Age 6 is now set to premiere that day.
The Mandalorian & Grogu is still scheduled for May 22nd, 2026. And an untitled Star Wars movie is still set for December 17th, 2027. There’s also a new film trilogy in the works.
The Twistsaber is exactly what it sounds like — a lightsaber prop you twist to extend and retract, with an ingenious nesting screw design that makes it open and close incredibly fast. The files aren’t free, and it doesn’t light up, but there’s nothing else quite like it.
Also see: the self-retracting Goliath Power Saber, which nearly became an official Star Wars toy.
James Bruton, an engineer and former toy maker, has spent the past few months designing and building a Star Wars AT-AT replica strong enough to carry a single rider.
It’s built from a mix of 3D-printed parts and aluminum extrusion and has a top speed of about one meter per minute, giving the Rebels plenty of time to get out of its way.
No, I don’t mean Order 66. But during a presentation for investors today, EA confirmed that Respawn is working on the conclusion to the Jedi franchise, which will end up as a trilogy. The news comes the same day that Jedi: Survivor is launching on last-gen consoles.
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The Star Wars slimelord’s Sail Barge is 3,942 pieces and comes with 11 figs, including R2-D2 with drink tray, Leia in her infamous bikini, and a gigantic (by minifig scale) Jabba himself. It takes artistic liberties inside the ship, including a food-filled galley.
No Sarlacc pit or skiff to renact the Boba Fett / Han Solo / Luke battle, I’m afraid — that’s sold separately.
It’s the one that got away — from Star Wars toymaker Hasbro, that is! Hasbro acquired the rights and even patented it around the world, then abandoned it. It’s no “real Disney lightsaber,” but it’s the first to scratch the same self-retracting itch.
The Goliath Power Saber.
We knew Disney Plus’ new Star Wars: Skeleton Crew series (out December 3rd) would feature Jude Law as clever Force user, but the show’s first trailer is all about the kids getting into Goonies-style space mischief.
A multiverse kinda feels like the last thing Star Wars needs right now, but the first trailer for Disney Plus’ LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy mini(fig)series actually makes its premise seem like the rare modern Luke Skywalker story that might liven up the franchise when it premieres on September 13th.
Now that the first season of The Acolyte has wrapped, Lucasfilm is shifting attention to the next Star Wars spinoff, Skeleton crew. In addition to revealing the first images for the coming-of-age series, the studio also confirmed that it’ll start streaming on Disney Plus on December 3rd.
Season 1 of The Acolyte was a master class in deepening Star Wars’ lore rather than just playing into its nostalgic past.
The years have been rough for bounty hunting Star Wars games; Boba Fett’s turn in 1313 was never released, and Respawn’s Mandalorian game has reportedly been cancelled as well. But we’ll always have the PS2 / GameCube-era Bounty Hunter starring Jango Fett. Now it’s getting a re-release on Switch, Steam, PlayStation, and Xbox — launching on August 1st.
We knew Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, a four-part animated miniseries airing September 13th, would play amusingly fast and loose with canon.
But an entire Dark Falcon with Darth Jar Jar and Darth Rey and a Beach Luke?! Amazing. That’s the leak from Clay Bricks, who says it’ll cost $179.99. “X-Fighters” and “Tie-Wings” are reportedly coming too.
Disney’s “real” lightsaber wowed us with a glowing blade that extended and retracted, but since it refuses to sell it to Star Wars fans, the YouTube channel HeroTech made its own using LED strips, motors, and a magician’s cane. The effect is convincing, and if you’ve got the engineering skills you can even buy the plans to build your own.
