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Via StarWars.com:
Disney Channel has ordered a second season of the animated series Star Wars Resistance for a fall 2019 premiere, Lucasfilm announced today. Set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars Resistance follows Kazuda Xiono (“Kaz”), a young pilot recruited by the Resistance for a top-secret mission to spy on the growing threat of the First Order.
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Via Cnet.com:
Disney+, the media giant’s streaming-video service that is set to launch later this year, will have a ton of high-profile shows and movies. But don’t expect any Star Wars movies to make their debuts there.
“Almost every movie the [Disney] studio makes is a $100 million-plus movie, and we’re not looking to make movies at that level for the service,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said in an interview with Barron’s, referring to Disney+. “We wouldn’t make a Star Wars movie for this platform.”
Iger also said he doesn’t know how much subscribing to the service will cost. “We haven’t even decided what we’re going to charge for it,” he said. Iger previously said that Disney’s streaming service will be priced below rival Netflix’s monthly rate, which is $11 a month for a standard plan in the US.
Disney, by taking over major parts of 21st Century Fox this year and launching a streaming rival, is aiming to build a Hollywood juggernaut that can do battle with deep-pocketed tech companies, such as Netflix. Those companies have eye-popping budgets and are pouring money into TV and film production.
Disney is planning to invest significantly in television series on a per-episode basis for Disney+, including Marvel and Star Wars series, Iger said in Friday’s report. And the company is looking to make movies that are “higher budget” for the streaming service too, just not to the level of a Disney tentpole film like Star Wars Episode IX, set for release in theaters late this year.
All of Disney’s theatrical movies will eventually stream exclusively on Disney+, even if they don’t premiere there.
Scott Mendelson of Forbes.com reports via this link:
Star Wars Episode IX (December 20)
Will J.J. Abrams continue along the path set by himself and Rian Johnson or will he offer something of a “course correction” after the controversial reception of The Last Jedi? I have to assume that Disney and Lucasfilm, to say nothing of Abrams, are aware that the movie got rave reviews and still grossed $1.33 billion worldwide and that the online outcries presumably don’t represent the general moviegoers. Nonetheless, after the utter disaster that was Solo and the ongoing culture war rooted in The Last Jedi (deepest sympathies for folks who didn’t like it for purely artistic reasons and got lumped in with the incels), the Star Wars franchise is now almost an underdog, especially alongside comparatively surefire mega-hits like Avengers: Endgame and The Lion King. But whether or not Star Wars 9 makes all the money or merely most of the money, it will easily be the biggest movie of the last month of the year. All due respect to Jumanji 3 and Cats, but Star Wars will still rule the holidays one last time.
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It’s hard to believe 2 years ago today, we lost Carrie Fisher. We Miss You.
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Via ScreenRant.com:
No character is more evil in Star Wars than Sheev Palpatine. Practically all of the evil that occurs in the original trilogy, prequel trilogy, and the stories that take place in between the two series can be traced back to Palpatine and his ruthless schemes to wield unlimited power.
As the Sith Lord Darth Sidious, Palpatine was an inherently manipulative and selfish individual. At the end of the day, there is no one he cared about more than himself and everything he does goes back to his quest for ultimate power. Naturally, he made plenty of enemies on this journey, in particular select individuals who he couldn’t stand and despised with every fiber of his being.
He couldn’t do everything alone, though, and at times even he needed to rely on others. It is with these individuals that Palpatine formed close relationships, or at least as close as an individual like Palpatine can be with another person. The people he grew closest with were those who he entrusted his greatest secrets to, the ones he depended on for essential tasks. It was often in his nature to eventually betray these individuals — especially those serving as an apprentice — but that doesn’t negate the fact that for a time, he was close to them in his own way.
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Via Nerdist.com:
Despite the fact that Star Wars appears to have numbers and letters derived from a classic Latin alphabet, with droids named R2-D2 and BB-8, etc., the written language we see used in the films is actually called Aurebesh. You see it all over the consoles of Imperial technology and on the Rebel bases, and is the most commonly used language in that galaxy far, far away. It’s also used to create tons of Easter eggs, specifically in the animated Clone Wars and Rebels. Now, fans can pretend they are making the calculations for the jump to light speed, thanks to these officially licensed Star Wars Galactic Empire DSA Keycap Set from NovelKeys.
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Via Cinemablend.com:
Leia Organa will always and forever be associated with the late, great Carrie Fisher, but other actresses have tackled the role for various Star Wars animated series. Voice actress Rachel Butera landed the role for Disney Channel’s Star Wars Resistance, and she first voiced the princess-turned-general in that show’s series premiere. Given the timeline of Star Wars Resistance, the odds were always good that Leia would be back. That apparently didn’t mean Butera would be back. Star Wars Resistance evidently recast the role.
The recasting wasn’t announced ahead of Star Wars Resistance’s winter finale, and it seems the switcheroo was done quietly. In the closing credits of the winter finale, General Leia Organa was listed as being voiced by Carolyn Hennesy, not Rachel Butera. Hennesy also voiced Leia for episodes of LEGO Star Wars: All-Stars. In hindsight, it is possible to tell that the voices are slightly different, but fans might never have realized there had been a recasting if not for the closing credits.
Although no official explanation has been given for why Leia had to be recast, it’s possible that Rachel Butara’s controversial post on social media (that has since been deleted) back in September led to her dismissal from the Star Wars project. We may never know for sure unless Lucasfilm or Disney makes an announcement, but the fact remains that Butera is no longer the woman behind Leia on the small screen.
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Via Screenrant.com:
The Mandalorian may feature Star Wars Rebels’ Sabine Wren after the character’s helmet is reportedly spotted on set. Created by Jon Favreau for Disney’s own streaming service, Disney Plus, the spinoff series takes place between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens and will center on a single-operating Mandalorian gunfighter (Pedro Pascal). Considering the time period where the show is set, it opens up the opportunity to bring back some notable characters from around that era, including Sabine.
One of the six new characters Dave Filoni introduced via the Disney XD prequel animated series, Sabine joined Ezra, Kanan, Hera, Zeb, and Chopper (collectively as the Ghost crew) protect Lothal from the Empire. And months after Rebels went off the air, fans may be united with the Mandalorian warrior in the brand new series.
A report from Making Star Wars suggests that Sabine may appear in The Mandalorian after her supposed helmet was spotted on the set of the offshoot. While Mandalorian helmets look similar, Sabine’s easily stands out due to her customization stemming from her love of art. This rumor connects to a previous one from the same outlet about the show using cutting-edge technology that will bring down the cost of real-time visual effects, which allows it to do film-level VFX work within their budget. And it turns out, this technology is being used on Sabine’s helmet.
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Via StarWars.com:
Lucasfilm is pleased to announce the cast of the first-ever Star Wars live-action series — The Mandalorian.
Pedro Pascal (Narcos) has been cast in the title role as a lone Mandalorian gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy. He is joined by Gina Carano (Deadpool), Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), Emily Swallow (Supernatural), Carl Weathers (Predator), Omid Abtahi (American Gods), Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), and Nick Nolte (Affliction).
“We’re having a great time working with this incredibly talented group and excited for everyone to see what we’re up to,” says Executive Producer Jon Favreau.
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