Looks like I’ll be stocking up on stamps.
Read More “New ‘Star Wars’ Stamps Are Coming This Spring”‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Coming in 2021
Disney has announced The Book of Boba Fett TV show will be coming to Disney+ next year.
Read More “‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Coming in 2021”Hayden Christensen Returns as Darth Vader
Hayden Christensen will be joining the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi Disney+ TV series as Darth Vader.
Read More “Hayden Christensen Returns as Darth Vader”Patty Jenkins to Direct Star Wars Film
Patty Jenkins will direct Star Wars: Rogue Squadron — due out in 2023.
Read More “Patty Jenkins to Direct Star Wars Film”‘The Mandalorian’ Season Two Trailer
The first trailer for The Mandalorian season two has been released.
Read More “‘The Mandalorian’ Season Two Trailer”Season 2 of The Mandalorian Coming in October
Disney has announced The Mandalorian season two will be premiering on October 30th.
Read More “Season 2 of The Mandalorian Coming in October”Alex Gaskarth Joins Thank The Maker Podcast
Alex Gaskarth of All Time Low is the latest guest on the Thank The Maker podcast (a fun little podcast all about Star Wars) hosted by Adam Russell, Ryan Key, and Nick Ghanbarian. (Overcast link.)
Read More “Alex Gaskarth Joins Thank The Maker Podcast”Taika Waititi to Write and Direct New Star Wars Movie
Taika Waititi will write and direct a new Star Wars movie.
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Ryan Key and Adam Russell Launch ‘Star Wars’ Podcast
Ryan Key and Adam Russell from Story of the Year have started a new Star Wars podcast called Thank the Maker. It’s available now on all podcast platforms.
Film Freak Central’s ‘The Rise of Skywalker’ Review
Now consider how this possibility for kindness and sacrifice, nursed and carried through the bulk of The Rise of Skywalker (and introduced in The Last Jedi, which is, of course, this third trilogy’s second, moral act, just as The Empire Strikes Back is the first trilogy’s), is betrayed at the end with a murder/death/kill of the most graphic variety. It’s a riff, the third one I counted that references Raiders of the Lost Ark, on Nazi and Nazi sympathizer faces melting before the glory of Old Testament vengeance. There’s a lot of talk in these films about how the Jedi religion is ever only for defense–how it’s about taking the path of love, knowledge, and acceptance no matter how difficult (and it’s extremely difficult), rather than the dark path of retribution and fear. And here’s The Rise of Skywalker, at the end of it, reenacting the same cycle of retributive violence that presumably left the film’s bad guy the same bad guy as the bad guy for all the other films. He, this dark Emperor Palpatine (Ian McDiarmid), even boasts that it was always him behind every bad thing. He’s another serpent in another Jungian basement, his creature design modelled on, of all things, Leviathan from Hellraiser II. If he’s an archetype, he’s Legion. He is every bad thing. The solution the franchise’s own mythology suggests is to accept that there must be a balance between opposite energies; the temporary feel-good sop is that the good guys kill the bad guys.
One of the best articles I’ve read yet on The Rise of Skywalker.
The Podcast Worm: Binge Mode
If you’re a podcast listener who is also a fan of Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, or Star Wars, maybe you’ve already heard of Binge Mode. And trust me, The Ringer doesn’t particularly need any help in the podcast promotion department. However, there’s just something about Binge Mode that compelled me to write about it. With The Rise of Skywalker and The Mandalorian bringing fans plenty of things to discuss in the land of Star Wars, it felt like a good time to bring up the podcast.
New ‘The Mandalorian’ Trailer
A new trailer for The Mandalorian has been released.
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Final Trailer
The final trailer for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released.
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‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ Sizzle Reel
A new sizzle reel for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker has been released.
Watch the New Trailer for ‘The Mandalorian’
The trailer for The Mandalorian, the new Star Wars live action TV show, has been released.