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Godzilla Minus One stomps into U.S. theaters today, so director Takashi Yamazaki probably already has a lot on his plate right now. But goddammit, the man wants to do a Star Wars movie, and now I can think of nothing more perfect.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI Unlocked“I watched Star Wars, and that’s how I ended up being a filmmaker,” Yamazaki recently told /Film about his hopes for what movies he could do next. “I’m really hoping I will get a call and they will bring me on Star Wars.” Look. Look. I know…

From the very first episode of The Mandalorian, you wanted to know about the Armorer. She was fierce. She was mysterious. And she was wise beyond her years. As we’ve learned more about her in subsequent seasons, that mystique has only grown. Is she honest? Does she have ulterior motives? What’s her deal?Balancing Fan Expectations in The MandalorianFans ask those questions but, interestingly, the actress behind the mask does not. In a new interview, Emily Swallow admitted that while fans have wondered about the character’s…

There has been a great disturbance in the Force. As if, somehow, millions of voices suddenly cried out “what if Dave Filoni got a promotion?” and were suddenly answered. But while the ascension of the Clone Wars and Rebels producer to the upper echelons of Lucasfilm may give Star Wars fans tired of his particular approach to the saga pause, there’s an argument to be made that, even for his critics, this is a good move.Andor Episodes 1-3 Review “To truly help filmmakers, it was really important for me to experience it…

It sure seems like there’s gonna be a second season of Ahsoka since its creator, Dave Filoni, just got a big promotion. Filoni is now the chief creative officer of Lucasfilm, which means that he’ll play a much bigger role in the direction Star Wars stories take in the future. James Mangold on his Future Star Wars Film | io9 Interview“In the past, in a lot of projects I would be brought into it, I would see it after it had already developed a good ways,” Filoni told Vanity Fair, which broke the news. “In this new role,…

With the strikes over, work is back up and running in a galaxy far, far away. First up, Star Wars: Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni has been promoted to a much bigger creative role. Second, he and his team are finally able to speak about all the huge revelations at the end of the latest Star Wars Disney+ show.Spoilers of the Week May 9-13One of the biggest reveals in Ahsoka was that the Star Wars galaxy was just that. One galaxy. To find Grand Admiral Thrawn and Ezra Bridger, Ahsoka Tano and Sabine Wren had to travel to a whole…

Screenshot: LucasfilmThe answer is... no. Or at least it’s extremely unlikely. Although Caamas itself has been canonized in the comic Star Wars Adventures, and an allusion to the genocidal bombardment of the world was mentioned in source material for the Age of Rebellion roleplaying game, contemporary Star Wars canon rapidly sped up the official end of the Galactic Civil War compared to the EU, ending it after the Battle of Jakku in 5ABY. And while the Imperial Remnant as a concept is currently being explored in The…

Image: Disney/LucasfilmAfter recent teases throughout the last couple of days, Disney has released a new trailer for Star Wars: Ahsoka that sees Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson) reunite with some familiar faces. Along with Star Wars Rebels characters Sabine (Natasha Liu Bordizzo) and Hera (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), the ex-Jedi crosses paths with Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) as she and Sabine endeavor to find Ezra Bridger (Eman Esfadi).Ahsoka | Official Trailer | Disney+Set during the same time as The Mandalorian’s…

Image: Disney/LucasfilmNext month’s Star Wars: Ahsoka sees the titular non-Jedi (voiced by Ashley Eckstein in animation and played in live-action by Rosario Dawson) make a return to live-action after previously showing up in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett. Outside of Ahsoka herself, the big draw of her show is seeing the return of beloved Star Wars Rebels characters such as Sabine Wren (Tiya Sicar/Natasha Liu Bordizzo). Rebels ended with the two women preparing to embark on a journey to find that show’s…

When we say that Star Wars has a complicated relationship with death, it’s usually about how the franchise is unwilling to let go of its own past, or how a desire to cheat the final end has driven much of the series’ theological explorations recently. Sometimes, it just means you have to be persistent as hell to survive being dragged away by giant monsters into the bowels of an exploding space station.‘I Started a Yoda Fan Club’That was the case for young Wookiee Jedi Burryaga Agaburry, a breakout highlight of the first…

A documentary on the making of Mandalorian season 3 is now on Disney+.Image: LucasfilmIt’s been two months since season three of The Mandalorian came to an end, and now it’s time to find out how they got there. This week, Disney+ released the latest episode of Disney Gallery: Star Wars The Mandalorian, a behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of the popular show. The first season of Disney Gallery was exactly that, a full season. But last year, it was boiled down to two episodes and this year, it’s just one. So,…