Lucasfilm Showbiz Latest News and Updates

You honestly didn’t think we’d go a full calendar year without some live-action “Star Wars” action right? Well, even though it seemed like that might happen, Lucasfilm is sneaking “The Book of Boba Fett” in right at the end of 2021.

There’s a story, it might be apocryphal, about how George Lucas went to Toshiro Mifune to offer him the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in “Star Wars.” It makes sense, right? It’s widely known how Lucas was inspired by, and cribbed heavily from, Akira Kurosawa’s “The Hidden Fortress,” the star of whom is Mifuni of course, and what with the robes and the swords and that “Obi-Wan Kenobi” is nobody’s idea of an obvious nom de plume for Sir Alec Guinness, Mifune.

Lucasfilm‘s “Solo: A Story Wars Story” was a costly venture for the studio, as they fired the original directors, Chris Miller and Phil Lord, leading to very expensive reshoots led by acclaimed director, Ron Howard. And as we all know, those reshoots were quite extensive, greatly changing quite a bit of the story along the way, apparently including the fate of at least one of the main characters.

Much in keeping with the tradition of hiring a safecracker to do security for a bank, Lucasfilm’s Industrial Light and Magic have hired a YouTube creator who came to internet attention for their work “fixing” a digitally de-aged Mark Hamill that appeared towards the end of the most recent season of “The Mandalorian,” making an already spooky bit of CGI just that little bit spookier and detached from reality.

You’ll recall in late 2020, during Disney‘s major blitz where the company showed off its brand wares, Marvel, Pixar, and more, about ten new Lucasfilm projects were announced. Among things like “The Book Of Boba Fett” and an “Ahsoka Tano” limited series, a new anime anthology series, “Star Wars: Visions,” was announced.

It was officially announced back in December that Lucasfilm hired director Patty Jenkins (“Wonder Woman,” “Monster“) to helm their next big feature film, “Star Wars: Rogue Squadron,” their first big-screen release since “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” READ MORE: ‘Rogue Squadron’: Patty Jenkins To Direct Newly Announced ‘Star Wars’ Film Coming Christmas 2023 The Rogue Squadron is a group of crack X-Wing pilots who got a string of stories told with Legends to get their own novels, comic books,

I have a confession to make—I don’t really enjoy 90% of “Star Wars” media. The original trilogy is great, obviously.

“Save the Rebellion! Save the Dream!” That’s right. “Star Wars” fans are in luck.

Years and years ago, Zack Snyder was reportedly interested in tackling a “Star Wars” film for Lucasfilm. The film was said to be Kurosawa-inspired and would take place in the galaxy far, far away.

The road to production on “Indiana Jones 5” has been rife with potholes. It seems that at every turn, a new script is being written, the film is delayed further, and a new director is brought in to helm the feature.

After having spent six seasons knowing several of the clones that make up the Grand Army of the Republic, Season 7 of “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” introduced us to The Bad Batch, or Clone Force 99, a squad of clones with genetic malfunctions that give them enhanced abilities and personalities taken straight out of a 1980s action movie.

Happy “Star Wars” Day! Yes, today is May 4, aka May The Fourth, aka “Star Wars” Day, which is a made-up holiday that is used to convince fandom they should spend more money on merchandise about a galaxy far, far away. In less cynical terms, it’s a time to celebrate the franchise created by George Lucas decades ago that has inspired and influenced countless people around the world.

Tomorrow is May 4. And for most people, that’s just going to be Tuesday, or maybe the day before Cinco de Mayo.

It’s been more than 15 years since George Lucas released “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith,” the final film in his Prequel Trilogy and the most recent feature to showcase Ewan McGregor in a major role as Obi-Wan Kenobi. But soon enough, Disney+ is going to change that by giving McGregor his own event series, aptly titled “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which will take place years after ‘Sith,’ and the actor is more excited about this project than he was working with Lucas on the films.

The cast of Disney+’s upcoming Lucasfilm series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” is already stacked, but at least one more actor is joining the “Star Wars” fray. Comedienne Maya Erskine, known for Hulu‘s hit cringe comedy “PEN 15,” is joining the cast in an undisclosed role.

The cast of Disney+’s upcoming Lucasfilm series, “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” is already stacked, but at least one more actor is joining the “Star Wars” fray. Comedienne Maya Erskine, known for Hulu‘s hit cringe comedy “PEN 15,” is joining the cast in an undisclosed role.

In today’s take-in-with-a-big-spoonful-of-salt news, there’s a report that Din Djarin, Pedro Pascal‘s stoic masked protagonist in “The Mandalorian,” will make an appearance in the upcoming “Star Wars” show “The Book Of Boba Fett.” READ MORE: ‘The Book Of Boba Fett’: Robert Rodriguez Joins Favreau & Filoni As Exec Producers & Disney Confirms Mando S3 Still Coming The scoop comes from Cinelinx, reporting that Din Djarin will appear in the new show.

Though it seemed at one point like “Indiana Jones 5” was going to be a priority project for Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford a couple of years ago, the film ultimately has had a rough go trying to come together. Eventually, writers were changed, Spielberg handed the reins to filmmaker James Mangold, and everything now seems like it’s on track.

More than 40 years after the release of “Star Wars,” retroactively titled “Star Wars: A New Hope,” it’s easy to dismiss the cultural impact the film had considering the legacy the franchise has spawned over the decades. But it’s important to remember that before ‘A New Hope’ arrived in theaters in 1977, there really hadn’t been anything like that before.

Recently, the full cast was announced for the Disney+ live-action “Star Wars” series titled “Obi-Wan Kenobi.” And though there were plenty of surprises, including Kumail Nanjiani and Benny Safdie. But there’s one name that wasn’t mentioned in the list of cast members that made some “Star Wars” fans a bit confused.

If you’re a “Star Wars” fan, you likely fall into one of two categories.

For most people in the US, you probably know Eiza Gonzalez from her breakout role in “Baby Driver.” From there, she’s landed roles in films such as “Bloodshot,” “Alita: Battle Angel,” “I Care A Lot,” and the upcoming “Godzilla vs. Kong.” But really, according to the actress, even after a teen idol-type career in Mexico, it is only because her mom took the initiative and landed her a “Star Wars” audition that Gonzalez is where she is now.

If you would have asked a “Star Wars” fan a few years ago what Obi-Wan Kenobi did between ‘Revenge of the Sith’ and ‘A New Hope,’ the answer would have been that he was guarding over Luke and making sure he was okay during his childhood. For years, it’s just been assumed that Obi-Wan became a defacto monk for decades between the trilogies.

To borrow a phrase, Gina Carano f*cked around and found out. Last week “The Mandalorian” actress was fired from the Lucasfilm TV series after some controversial social media remarks which many found anti-Semitic (she compared the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis as not much different for hating right-wingers for their conservative values, which is an appalling false equivalency and bankrupt victimization).

“The eye tattoo has a much deeper meaning once we get into it,” Gina Carano told press in 2019 about exploring her ‘Mandalorian’ character Cara Dune’s Rebel Shocktrooper backstory in a deeper way. “Obviously, it’s a Rebel tattoo, but there’s much more to that story.

Well, it looks like Cara Dune is done. Given the way she was playing so recklessly on social media all of last year, it was bound to happen.

While the entire cast of “Star Wars: Rogue One” did an admirable job in their spinoff film from 2016, the truth is that most of them didn’t expect to come back for new stories. Why? Well, they all died.

While the entire cast of “Star Wars: Rogue One” did an admirable job in their spinoff film from 2016, the truth is that most of them didn’t expect to come back for new stories. Why? Well, they all died.

While the entire cast of “Star Wars: Rogue One” did an admirable job in their spinoff film from 2016, the truth is that most of them didn’t expect to come back for new stories. Why? Well, they all died.

After the release of “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” I think it’s fair to say that most fans of the franchise are ready for something new. Or at least, something that isn’t directly tied into the world of Skywalkers.

Chris Pine has ventured into the world of “Star Trek” as Captain Kirk in the most recent film reboot franchise. He’s also shown up in two “Wonder Woman” films.

Lucasfilm recently revealed ten new “Star Wars” projects at their Disney Investors day coming to Disney+ in the near future (11 when you add the belatedly announced “The Book Of Boba Fett“), but a fairly significant update to one of them has been quietly unveiled.

Following the blow-up-the-Internet finale of “The Mandalorian” on Friday, creator, writer, director, and showrunner Jon Favreau, did the beginning of his victory lap on Good Morning America. And he answered some of the questions many had about the finale (which we’ll try not to spoil here and won’t mention, you know who).

There has been an onslaught of recent ‘Star Wars’ news and announcements within the recent weeks – most coming from the Walt Disney Company’s December 10th Investor Day meeting.

You could argue that the biggest, most shocking announcement from the dozens of projects covered during last week’s Disney Investors Presentation was the unveiling of Patty Jenkins’ upcoming “Star Wars” feature film, ‘Rogue Squadron.’ While films from Taika Waititi, Kevin Feige, and J.D.

For most of the rumored and confirmed “Star Wars” live-action series coming to Disney+, there has always been a clear focus. There is the “Obi-Wan” show, “Cassian Andor,” and perhaps the “Ahsoka Tano” series.