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Star Wars: The Bad Batch Finally Solved a Big Problem

"Battle Scars," episode 7 of Disney+ and Lucasfilm's animated clone streaming series, brought back a familiar face.

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Star Wars Just Made Smuggling Han Solo’s Body a Very Complicated Business

At the end of Empire Strikes Back, Boba Fett was on cloud nine—or rather, Cloud City, thinking he’d just secured himself the bounty of the century in Han Solo’s carbonite-encased form. It turns out though that Fett couldn’t get himself straight to Jabba’s palace without some complications… and now we know those complications have huge…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

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Star Wars: The High Republic‘s New Marvel Comic Is a Very Intriguing Mystery

There’s a conspiracy afoot in the next phase of Lucasfilm’s High Republic series, as the Republic makes its play to expand into the Outer Rim through a diplomatic new fair. But there’s another mystery that I can’t stop thinking about: just what is the chancellor of this enlightened era of Star Wars actually up to?…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

The Disney Royalty Fight Has Picked Up a New Defender: Boom Studios

In the wake of accusations from Star Wars and Alien novelist Alan Dean Foster that Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm and Fox had led to royalties from his work going unpaid, a collective of writers and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America teamed up to push for the corporationto honor longstanding royalty agreements. They’ve now…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

John Boyega on Why We Need to Keep Pushing for a More Diverse Hollywood

After his Star Wars tenure came to a somewhat disappointing conclusion, John Boyega wasted no time using his sizable platform to speak openly and candidly about the very real issues present within the multibillion dollar space opera franchise and the entertainment industry at large. In a new interview he discussed how his peers feel about…

Movies Charles Pulliam-Moore

Star Wars‘ Rangers of the New Republic Show Reportedly Put on Hold

With the next movie over two years away, the immediate future of Star Wars is on TV—and there’s a lot of it. But one of those shows might not be happening after all. Last year, Lucasfilm announced Star Wars’ Disney+ future with one series called Rangers of the New Republic. It, along with The Mandalorian,…

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A Mandalorian Star Arrives to Give Star Wars: The Bad Batch a Few Lessons

The first lesson is that you should never trust a stranger. The second is that sometimes, all Star Wars needs to get by is the help of a face you know from somewhere else in the galaxy far, far away. Disney+ and Lucasfilm’s “Cornered,” if not for its special guest star—The Mandalorian’s Ming-Na Wen reprising…

io9 James Whitbrook

In Our Star Wars: The Rising Storm Excerpt, the Mystery of the Nihil Deepens

The High Republic is no longer in a time of peace. After the events of Charles Soule’s Light of the Jedi, the first adult book set in Lucasfilm’s new wave of Star Wars stories set some 200 years before the events of the movies, the galaxy is under attack by the marauders of the Nihil…

Books & Comics Rob Bricken

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Dives Headfirst Into the Cost of Loyalty

For a show about clones, sooner rather than later Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch was going to have to get into the idea of just how and why the newly-risen Empire would begin to replace the Republic’s legions with a different kind of soldier. But the Disney+ series’ third episode, for all the gains…

io9 James Whitbrook

Marvel’s Star Wars Variant Cover Art Commemorates LGBTQ Pride Month

Lucasfilm will honor June’s Pride Month with variant covers to remind fans that LGBTQcharacters do exist in the Star Wars universe. All covers in the Marvel/Star Wars line will feature a queer character drawn by queer artists. Participating artist Jacopo Camagni tells Starwars.com, “As part of the community of LGBTQ+ creators — a galaxy not so…

Books & Comics Valerie Complex

Why Star Wars Fans Are Concerned About The Bad Batch and Whitewashing

This week a new Star Wars animated series on Disney+, The Bad Batch, re-introduced us to the last days of the Clone War and the rise of the sinister Empire. But amid the blaster fights and familiar faces, some fans have shown concern that the show’s major characters have had their skin tones adjusted, pushing…

io9 James Whitbrook

Star Wars Secrecy Caused Michael B. Jordan to Bomb His Force Awakens Audition

Lucasfilm values its secrecy. It’s so worried about and vigilant against leaks about their upcoming Star Wars projects, they keep scripts locked away until actors come to them to audition, and lock them back up when the actors leave. It’s a process that gives actors virtually no time to prepare—which is a huge problem if…

Movies Rob Bricken

Star Wars: The Bad Batch‘s Producers Break Down That Big Premiere Cameo

Lucasfilm Animation’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch is here, and Clone Force 99’s big new adventure on Disney+ opened with a bang. But as the new series began in the final moments of the Star Wars prequel’s darkest hour, the show made some touching connections to the stories that came before it—an important connection Bad…

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Disney+ Celebrates May the Fourth With The Bad Batch, a Simpsons Spoof, and More

The most important day in the Star Wars franchise—other than Life Day, of course—is May 4, a.k.a. May the Fourth, when Lucasfilm and its various affiliates celebrate a galaxy far, far away (and the billions of dollars it makes them). This year, Disney’s streaming service seems to be where the party’s happening. Besides premiering the…

Movies Rob Bricken

Star Wars: The Bad Batch‘s Cast and Crew Talk Putting a New Perspective on the Rise of the Empire

Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Bad Batch animated series is nearly upon us. It’s time to see a new take on one of the most explored periods of the galaxy far, far away in Disney’s stewardship of the franchise: the downfall of the Republic and the Rise of the Empire. But for the team behind the…

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Neil Gaiman, Chuck Wendig, and More Are Uniting to Make Disney Pay Royalties

Late last year, Alan Dean Foster—the novelist who wrote the first Star Wars novels, the ghost-written novelization of A New Hope and its direct sequel, Splinter of the Mind’s Eye—went public with his struggles to negotiate a royalty contract for his work since Disney took ownership of Lucasfilm. Although Foster’s fight is nearing an end, more…

Books & Comics James Whitbrook

Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ Matt Lanter Says He’s Not Done With Anakin Skywalker

A surprise, to be sure. But a welcome one. With the final season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars behind us, and current Star Wars projects moving beyond where we’d expect to see Matt Lanter’s portrayal of tragic young Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker show up, most of us likely thought the days of seeing his…

io9 James Whitbrook

This Week’s Best Toys Are Packing Baby Yoda Heat

Welcome back to Toy Aisle, io9’s regular round-up of the latest toy news and tempting plastic goodness. This week: Luigi hops in on the Lego Super Mario fun, Hasbro returns to The Clone Wars, and you can have the power… to wield a very large He-Man sword. Check it out! Lego Super Mario Adventures with…

Toys & Collectibles Andrew Liszewski & James Whitbrook

Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Adding Pen15 Co-Creator and Star Maya Erskine

Things on Tatooine are about to get a little more middle school. That’s because Maya Erskine, best known as the co-star and co-creator of the brilliant Hulu comedy Pen15, has been cast in the upcoming Obi-Wan KenobiStar Wars show on Disney+. According to Deadline, Erskine will be in “at least three episodes” of the show.…

io9 Germain Lussier

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Indiana Jones 5 Adds Mads Mikkelsen to Its List of Priceless Artifacts

It feels like we’ve known about a fifth Indiana Jones movie for years and years at this point (mostly because we have, time’s just exhausting like that). But, at long last, it seems like Harrison Ford’s return to whip-cracking archaeological antics is finally starting to pick up the pace of a perilously large rolling boulder…

Movies James Whitbrook

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Finally Solved a Big Problem

Star Wars Just Made Smuggling Han Solo’s Body a Very Complicated Business

Star Wars: The High Republic‘s New Marvel Comic Is a Very Intriguing Mystery

The Disney Royalty Fight Has Picked Up a New Defender: Boom Studios

John Boyega on Why We Need to Keep Pushing for a More Diverse Hollywood

Star Wars‘ Rangers of the New Republic Show Reportedly Put on Hold

A Mandalorian Star Arrives to Give Star Wars: The Bad Batch a Few Lessons

In Our Star Wars: The Rising Storm Excerpt, the Mystery of the Nihil Deepens

Star Wars: The Bad Batch Dives Headfirst Into the Cost of Loyalty

Marvel’s Star Wars Variant Cover Art Commemorates LGBTQ Pride Month

Why Star Wars Fans Are Concerned About The Bad Batch and Whitewashing

Star Wars Secrecy Caused Michael B. Jordan to Bomb His Force Awakens Audition

Star Wars: The Bad Batch‘s Producers Break Down That Big Premiere Cameo

Disney+ Celebrates May the Fourth With The Bad Batch, a Simpsons Spoof, and More

Star Wars: The Bad Batch‘s Cast and Crew Talk Putting a New Perspective on the Rise of the Empire

Neil Gaiman, Chuck Wendig, and More Are Uniting to Make Disney Pay Royalties

Star Wars: The Clone Wars‘ Matt Lanter Says He’s Not Done With Anakin Skywalker

This Week’s Best Toys Are Packing Baby Yoda Heat

Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Adding Pen15 Co-Creator and Star Maya Erskine

Indiana Jones 5 Adds Mads Mikkelsen to Its List of Priceless Artifacts

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