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Photo: ReedPopThis weekend is Star Wars Celebration 2022, and you know what that means: plenty of announcements! And also a lot of awesome cosplay. Check out some highlights that we got straight from the convention floor.2 / 29The 332nd Company, Back 2 BackThe 332nd Company, Back 2 BackPhoto: ReedPop3 / 29Cal Kestis & the Second Sister, Hanging Out Cal Kestis & the Second Sister, Hanging Out Photo: ReedPopSamurai VaderPhoto: ReedPopThe Little Mandalorian Photo: ReedPopSabine, Enjoying the SunPhoto: ReedPop7 / …

Welcome back to io9's Toy Aisle, where this week we’re exclusively featuring toys revealed as part of Star Wars Celebration 2022 taking place in Anaheim, California, right now.That includes new collectibles from Lego, Hasbro, Mattel, Jazwares, Hot Toys, and countless other previews of where you’ll be spending your money the rest of the year. Check it out!Lego Star Wars Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Jedi StarfighterWith Disney’s new Obi-Wan Kenobi series starting today, Lego revealed a handful of new sets ahead of Star Wars…

This is where the fun begins. Throngs of fans on Thursday morning descended on the Anaheim Convention Center for the opening of Star Wars Celebration. Fans, some in costume, began posting pictures as early as 8 a.m. to show that they were not only at the event, but already in line for the main panel at 11 a.m., which included teases of The Mandalorian season three, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor and the reveal of Spider-Man helmer Jon Watts’ Star Wars series. A teaser for Mandalorian season three, which was revealed to…

Disney is hosting Star Wars Celebration, its big Star Wars conference, and there have already been a lot of notable announcements from the show. The Mandalorian will be returning to Disney Plus in February. Andor, starring Diego Luna, hits the streaming service in August. And did you hear about the new Star Wars show starring Jude Law? The company is also sharing updates about some other big Lucasfilm franchises, including an early image from the upcoming Indiana Jones movie. You can read our coverage of the…

The late Roger Michell’s final film has now been posthumously released. It is a blandly tasteful and celebratory BBC One-style documentary for the platinum jubilee, with a melancholy new relevance, as if we are entering a new “regency” age. Sad to say, it goes down like a cup of tepid, milky and over-sugared tea.Michell’s previous cinema documentary, Nothing Like a Dame, about Britain’s brilliant theatrical dames, had been full of fun. This is merely reverent. There is no original material: the film is stitched together…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the country's first 5G testbed to enable startups and industry players to test and validate their products locally and reduce dependence on foreign facilities. The testbed has been set up at a cost of around Rs. 220 crore.Speaking at the silver jubilee celebrations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the Prime Minister said the 5G testbed is an important step for self-reliance in the direction of critical and modern technologies."I invite youth friends,…