Ewoks

Mark Dodson, a voice actor best known as Mogwai in the 1984 film Gremlins, passed away on Saturday at 64 years old. News of his death was announced by his talent agency Stellar Appearances on Facebook. According to TMZ, his daughter Ciara said he died in his sleep from a heart attack while attending Horror Con this weekend. Born Februay 1, 1960, Dodson originally worked as a radio producer before stepping into voice acting in 1983 as Salacious B. Crumb in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. He’d go to do voice work in plenty…

Lily Gladstone visits the SiriusXM Studios on January 25, 2024 in New York City. Photo: Jamie McCarthy (Getty Images)It’s not quite her dream sci-fi role, but until Killers of the Flower Moon breakout Lily Gladstone’s Star Wars Ewok aspirations come true, The Memory Police sounds like an excellent entry into the genre. The team behind this project is ridiculous; besides Gladstone as the lead, it includes director Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale, I Think We’re Alone Now), Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman…

Lily Gladstone attends the AFI Awards Luncheon January 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.Photo: Matt Winkelmeyer (Getty Images)Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone has made no secret of her love for Star Wars, especially the Ewoks from Return of the Jedi. The Golden Globe winner (and Oscar contender) told the New York Times she had a “strong desire to be an Ewok at age five”—that’s how deep the love is.Gladstone’s adorable nerdiness has emerged in other awards-season interviews, too. In a roundtable with…

Image via LucasFilm It’s difficult to imagine the climax of Return of the Jedi without the Ewoks, the furry little aliens are now an iconic part of Star Wars history, but fans have proposed an even better alternative involving a Wookiee uprising. That’s right, Ewoks are out, Wookies are in, as some Star Wars fans believe the finale of the original trilogy would have been better with a few serious changes. In the Star Wars subreddit, one redditor posed a question to the rest of the community, would Return of the…