Asajj Ventress is back in the trailer for the third and final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. The former Sith apprentice and bounty hunter, who first appeared in the original Star Wars: Clone Wars animated cartoons by Genndy Tartakovsky, can be seen in the teaser for the upcoming (bad) batch of episodes of the Star Wars Disney+ series. … Read more
One little boy at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., took the concept of the Jedi Force push a little too literally when he shoved a Stormtrooper at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The moment went viral on TikTok, where footage of an anonymous and seemingly unattended child going up to an unassuming Star Wars Stormtrooper and … Read more
If you’re active on social media, especially on Instagram and TikTok, you might be seeing a bunch of videos made by and featuring women celebrating their love of Star Wars — all set to the same audio of another woman talking for about 20 seconds about how we don’t need more female characters in Star Wars because “women don’t even watch Star Wars.” … Read more
A long time ago, Star Wars existed only in the galaxy of movies. It dabbled in television only occasionally, mostly in animated series for children, like Droids or Ewoks. Otherwise, it remained confined to the big screen as the vehicle for its primary stories. Even when George Lucas sold his company (and its most valuable franchise) to Disney, Star Wars remained a theatrical concern; the company … Read more
Mark Hamill finally met his Star Wars mother Natalie Portman at the Golden Globes Awards ceremony over the weekend. Padmé Amidala died moments after giving birth to Luke and Leia in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. Although Luke Skywalker would meet his father in the Original Trilogy, he never had a reunion with his … Read more
Adam Driver confirms that he’s done with Star Wars, which would make The Rise of Skywalker his last appearance as Kylo Ren. After playing Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and The Rise of Skywalker, Adam Driver has confirmed that he’s done with the Star Wars franchise. “They’re doing stuff, but not … Read more
Ah, Christmas. It’s a time of family get-togethers, going into debt, and TV and movie studios trying their best to cater to everyone. Unless you’re on the Hallmark Channel, and it’s pretty obvious you’ve got one specific demo you are targeting with extreme prejudice. Over the years, many Christmas-themed movies and TV specials have danced … Read more
Sideshow has officially unveiled one of its newest 1/6 scale figures, a highly detailed figure of Wrecker from the Star Wars animated series The Bad Batch. The new figure is based on Wrecker’s look from the animated Disney+ series. The clone commando figure comes in his iconic armor with a hand-painted headsculpt sporting a screen-accurate scar … Read more
Hayden Christensen “would love” to feature in more Star Wars projects. The 42-year-old actor played Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader in the prequel trilogy and explained how returning to the part in Disney+ shows Obi-Wan Kenobi and Ahsoka has given him the taste for more work in the legendary sci-fi franchise. Speaking on Entertainment Weekly‘s “Dagobah Dispatch” … Read more
According to a viral TikTok, The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes shares nearly the same plot as the Star Wars prequels. In a video uploaded back in November, TikTok user and musician @the_moonrocks explains how the Hunger Games prequel film focusing on Coriolanus Snow (AKA the future President Snow) follows story beats … Read more