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NEWS AND RUMORS:
COMICS - From BleedingCool: "Star Wars: Shadow of Maul" is a five-issue comic book miniseries that will act as a prequel to upcoming Disney+ animated series, "Maul - Shadow Lord." The comic book is written by Benjamin Percy and drawn by Madibek Musabekov, and the first issue arrives March 2026.
FRANCHISE - From YahooTotalFilm: Despite working on Star Wars properties since "The Phantom Menace," Lucasfilm design director Doug Chiang says that only George Lucas truly knows what Star Wars design is. "I don’t always get it 100 per cent right."
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Artist Taurin Clarke is Marvel Comics' "Star Wars Black History Month" cover artist for February 2026.
From BleedingCool: Ahmed Best, the voice actor best known for the role of "Jar Jar Binks" in the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, will co-write an official Star Wars Jar Jar Binks comic book for Marvel Comics. The one-shot comic book is due February 2026 and will be co-written by Marc Guggenheim and illustrated by Kieran McKeown and Laura Braga.
From FlickeringMyth: Dark Horse Comics has announced that it will return to the High Republic era of "Star Wars" next year with the six-issue limited series, "Star Wars: The High Republic Adventures – Pathfinders." The series will be written by George Mann ("Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories – Qui-Gon") and drawn by Partha Pratim, Jagdish Kumar, and Michael Atiyeh ("Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories: The Bad Batch"). The first issue is scheduled to arrive March 11, 2026.
THE MANDALORIAN - From YouTube: Lucasfilm has released the first official trailer for "The Mandalorian and Grogu," which is due in theaters May 22, 2026.
STARFIGHTER - From IGN: Lucasfilm offers a new set photo from "Star Wars: Starfighter," featuring cast members, Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray. The film is due May 28, 2027.
From THR: The latest Star Wars movie, "Star Wars: Starfighter," started shooting on Thursday (Aug. 28th) in the U.K. Lucasfilm marked the ocassion by releasing an image of star Ryan Gosling and new cast member, Flynn Gray, in front of a speeder. Lucasfilm also revealed the latest additions to the cast. Including Flynn Gray, they are Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams. The film is being directed by Shawn Levy and stars Ryan Gosling. Mia Goth and Matt Smith were already revealed to be in the cast, playing villains.
From Deadline: Matt Smith ("Doctor Who") will star alongside Ryan Gosling as a villain in the "Star Wars" film, "Star Wars: Starfighter," which is scheduled for a 2027 release.
ANDOR - From StarWars: "Andor" Season 2 won five Emmy Awards at the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the coveted "Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series" won by Dan Gilroy for the episode, "Welcome to the Rebellion."
THE FUTURE - From NexusPoints: The website says that the working title of Taika Waititi's "Star Wars" film is "Cosmic Doom" and the production name is "Ghost Truck 6." Such names are often given in order to put off people trying to get spoilers, but I think that this no longer works.
OBIT - From TheWrap: English film and television actor, Kenneth Colley, has died at the age of 87, Monday, June 30, 2025. Colley may be best known to fans for playing the role of Admiral Piett in "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980) and in "Return of the Jedi" (1983). He also played "Jesus" in "Monty Python's Life of Bryan" (1979). He belonged to director Ken Russell's repertory of actors from the 1970s to the 1990s, appearing in such Russell's films as "The Music Lovers" (1971), "The Devils" (1971), and "The Rainbow" (1989), to name a few. He also appeared in Russell's TV films, "Prisoner of Honor" (1991) and "The Secret Life of Arnold Bax" (1992).
A NEW HOPE - From Variety: Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy made a surprise appearance on opening night (Thursday, June 12, 2025) of the BFI Film on Film Festival in London, where the ultra-rare, original first print of George Lucas' “Star Wars” was being screened. The BFI’s shocking discovery of the print and the announcement that it would be screened publicly caused a stir among “Star Wars” fans earlier this year, as Lucas has always been vocal about his dislike of the print and famously went on to tinker with the movie.
COMICS - From Here: Leroy Douresseaux a.k.a. "I Reads You" reviews the Marvel Comics' "Star Wars #2."
ANDOR - From ComicBookMovie: "Andor" showrunner Tony Gilroy talks about struggling to get the budgets he needed to produce Andor, which apparently cost 650 million dollars over two seasons. Also, he said Disney execs told him "streaming is dead."
OBITUARY - From Deadline: Welsh art director and production designer for films, Leslie "Les" Dilley, has died at the age of 84, Monday, May 20th, 2025. Dilley won the Oscar for "Best Art Direction" for "Star Wars" (1977) and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (1981), sharing both honors with the late Norman Reynolds. He also received "Best Art Direction" Oscar nominations for his work on "Alien" (1979). "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980), and "The Abyss" (1989).
DARTH VADER - From THR: SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge over "Darth Vader" AI voice in the game, "Fortnite." The union claims that Llama Productions failed to notify the labor group and negotiate when it began employing a "James Earl Jones" voice that replaced the work of members. Jones, who died last year, granted Disney rights to use his voice posthumously.
ANDOR - From IGN: The website explains the ending of the Disney+/Lucasfilm series, "Andor" Season 2.
COMICS - From Here: Leroy Douresseaux has reviewed Marvel's new "Star Wars #1."
PRINCESS LEIA - From MensJournal: "Star Wars" actress, Billie Lourd, offers a touching post of her children watching Lourd's late mother, actress Carrie Fisher, in her iconic Princess Leia role in the film, "Return of the Jedi."
GEORGE LUCAS - From Variety: At a 45th anniversary event for "The Empire Strikes," George Lucas explains why "Yoda" speaks backward.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Marvel has released solicitation information concerning the "Star Wars" titles that it will publish in July 2025.
STARFIGHTER - From StarWars: The "Star Wars" film to be directed by "Deadpool & Wolverine" director Shawn Levy and to star Ryan Gosling has a title, "Star Wars: Starfighter." The film, which is set five years after the events of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," the film will go into production this fall with an anticipated theatrical release date of Memorial Day 2027.
PUBLICATIONS - From StarWars: "Star Wars Celebration Japan" offered fans a look at covers for upcoming "Star Wars" comic books, manga, novels, artbooks and reference books.
RUMORS - From Variety: Oscar-winner Mikey Madison ("Anora") has reportedly past on a reported offer to appear in director Shawn Levy's rumored "Star Wars" project starring Ryan Gosling.
EPISODE III - From WorldofReel: The 20th anniversary release of "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" is on April 25th. The opening weekend at the domestic box office looks to be around 15+ million dollars.
JOHN BOYEGA - From Variety: John Boyega addresses the Sith elephant in the "Star Wars" room. To racist white fans of "Star Wars," there is no room for a black heroes
OBIT - From Variety: New Zealand actor of the stage, musical theater, and film and television, Clive Revill, died at the age of 94, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. He provided the voice of "The Emperor" in the original theatrical release of 1980s' "The Empire Strikes Back." Revill was twice nominated for a Tony Award, "Best Featured Actor for a Musical" for his role in the original 1961 Broadway production of "Irma La Douce" and "Best Actor in a Musical" for his role in the original 1963 Broadway production of "Oliver!"
ANDOR - From THR: The acclaimed Disney+ "Star Wars" drama, "Andor," is now also available on Hulu. The first three episodes are free on the Disney+ "YouTube" channel. The 12-episode second season debuts exclusively on Disney+ April 22nd.
REY SKYWALKER - From Variety: The planned "Rey Skywalker" movie now has a writer, George Nolfi, ("The Bourne Ultimatum"). Daisey Ridley will reprise her role as Rey.
FUTURE - From THR: Ryan Gosling is reportedly in talks to be the star of director Shawn Levy's ("Deadpool & Wolverine") planned "Star Wars" movie.
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: Marvel is launching a new flagship "Star Wars" comic book series in May 2025. This new "Star Wars #1" will debut stories set after the events depicted in the 1983 film, "Star Wars: Return of the Jedi." It will be written by Alex Segura and drawn by Phil Noto. According to the press information: "It's the dawn of the New Republic, and as the dust settles after the Battle of Jakku our rebel heroes — Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, and Han Solo — find themselves forging a new order as pirates and thieves swarm to fill the power vacuum left behind by the fallen Empire." The series will reintroduce characters like Mon Mothma and Beilert Valance, among others.
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: To celebrate "Black History Month," Marvel Comics will celebrate Black "Star Wars" characters with variant covers featuring them on four "Star Wars" titles published in February 2025.
NEW TRILOGY - From Deadline: Lucasfilm has hired writer-producer-director Simon Kinberg to develop a new "Star Wars" trilogy - Episodes 10, 11, and 12.
From THR: Related to the Simon Kinberg news, the new trilogy will supposedly focus on the the sequel trilogy star, "Rey Skywalker."
MARVEL COMICS - From BleedingCool: Marvel will publish a "Star Wars" one-shot comic book, "Star Wars: A New Legacy," in 2025. It will set up the relaunch of Marvel's ongoing "Star Wars" flagship comic book and also celebrate the tenth anniversary of Marvel regaining the license to publish "Star Wars" titles from Dark Horse Comics. Since then, however, Dark Horse gained a new license to publish "Star Wars" comics for juvenile readers.
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STAR WARS Movie Reviews:From Negromancer: "Star Wars"
From Negromancer: "The Empire Strikes Back"
From Negromancer: "Return of the Jedi"
From Negromancer: "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace"
From Negromancer: "Star Wars: The Force Awakens
From Negromancer: "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"
From Negromancer: "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
From Negromancer: "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (2008 animated film)
From Negromancer: "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"
From Negromancer: "Solo: A Star Wars Story"
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