‘Star Wars’ Spinoffs on Ahsoka Tano and ‘Rangers of the New Republic’ Coming to Disney Plus

Star Wars author Alan Dean Foster says that Disney told him to remove any romantic scenes between Finn and Rey in his novelisation of 2015’s The Force Awakens.Foster was recruited by JJ Abrams to write the official novelisation for the film, as he did with George Lucas’ original film in 1976, which was published under Lucas’ name but ghostwritten by Foster.Speaking to Midnight’s Edge, Foster says he put a scene that hinted at a future romance between Daisy Ridley and John Boyega’s characters in

Star Wars villain of all time.In a poll by the Radio Times, in which 10,000 votes were cast for 16 baddies, the dark lord of the Sith came out on top securing 33 per cent of the final tally.Sheev Palpatine – played by Ian McDiarmid – came in second place on the list, with 18 percent of the vote.Elsewhere, Darth Maul claimed six percent of the votes as did Boba Fett, who recently returned to the franchise in the second series of The Mandalorian.“Never underestimate the power of the Dark Side,”

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.

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.

Today, during Disney’s investor’s call, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy revealed that an untitled Ahsoka Tano series is in development at Disney+. The news isn’t entirely a surprise— former CEO chief Bob Iger had already said spin-off shows from Lucasfilm’s “The Mandalorian” were being explored.

Disney has announced that its popular Star Wars series The Mandalorian is getting two new spin-off shows.Unveiled yesterday (December 11) as part of Disney’s Investor’s Day, the first is Star Wars: Ahsoka, a limited series that will see Rosario Dawson return as the live-action version of Jedi warrior Ahsoka Tano.Tano’s character debuted in the animated show’s Clone Wars and Rebels as the apprentice of Anakin Skywalker. She also appeared in a recent episode of The Mandalorian.

Obi Wan Kenobi Star Wars series.Announced by LucasFilm boss Kathleen Kennedy as part of Disney’s Investor’s Day yesterday (December 11), Kennedy promised “the rematch of the century”.The new show, which will see Deborah Chow directing and Ewan McGregor reprise his role as Obi Wan Kenobi.Announcing the news on Twitter, a post read: “Hayden Christensen returns as Darth Vader, joining Ewan McGregor in OBI-WAN KENOBI.

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during its Investor Day meeting, its year-old streaming service Disney+ is fast becoming as important as the studio’s theatrical releases — and even more prolific. The service now has more than 80 million subscribers and its stock took a leap Friday with all the good news.Driving that home, the company announced 10 new “Star Wars” TV series debuting in 2021.

Wonder Woman 1984 director Patty Jenkins will be making a new Star Wars movie, Deadline has confirmed.The filmmaker, who will be releasing her second Wonder Woman film later this month, has been tapped to helm Rogue Squadron for Disney and Lucasfilm.Rogue Squadron is the next Star Wars film that will be released in the current schedule, and is billed to reach cinemas on Christmas Day 2023.The film is set to focus on the fighter pilots specific to the Star Wars films in their own standalone.

according to Entertainment Weekly.

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.

Lucasfilm‘s Kathleen Kennedy dropped major bombs tonight, though one of them was not a “Boba Fett” series as rumored. Instead, Kennedy dropped two bombshells: Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, the creators of “The Mandalorian,” are developing two new spin-off shows from the series.

The Star Wars Universe is growing, and the latest announcement from Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy reveals a brand new film that certainly surprised a lot of us as “Wonder Woman” director Patty Jenkins is officially set to helm Star Wars: Rogue Squadron.

revealed during investor day.But one project stands out from them all: Hayden Christensen will reprise his role as Darth Vader in Disney+ series “Obi-Wan,” The Wrap reported.Fifteen new live-action, Disney Animation and Pixar features will be released directly on Disney+, Daniel said during the investor call.“With these Disney+ originals, along with theatrical releases and library titles, we will be adding something new to the service every week,” Daniel said.No details about the series were