David Collins and Amy Ratcliffe Announced as Stage Hosts for Celebration Chicago

By: Dominic Jones

We're still about eight months out from Star Wars Celebration Chicago, taking place April 11th-15th at McCormick Place, however plans are beginning to be announced for Lucasfilm's official fan convention.  StarWars.com announced today that David Collins and Amy Ratcliffe will be returning as stage hosts.  Ratcliffe, who is her third Celebration as host, will be hosting the Behind The Scenes satge, while Collins, who is on his seventh Celebration as host, will be hosting the Galaxy Stage.

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Video: "Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge" Panel From Disney's Galactic Nights

By: Dominic Jones

While the eyes of the world are on Solo: A Star Wars Story (in theaters now), there is still plenty more Star Wars on the way.  Among the reasons to be excited are the upcoming theme park expansions known as Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge which will be opening in summer 2019 at Disneyland in California and late fall 2019 at Disney World in Florida.  To promote the park's opening next year, Disney hosted a panel about the theme park during their Galactic Nights event at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida. 

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'The Last Jedi' Red Carpet to be Live Streamed by 'The Star Wars Show'

By: Dominic Jones

It's becoming an annual tradition this time of the year to watch The Star Wars Show's live stream of the red carpet premiere of the latest Star Wars movie.  StarWars.com announced today that the red carpet for The Last Jedi will be live streamed on StarWars.com and the official Star Wars  YouTube channel.  The festivities will be hosted by regular The Star Wars Show hosts Andi Gutierrez and Anthony Carboni, along with contributor David Collins.  The live stream will begin at 5pm PT this Saturday (December 9th), and will feature interviews with the cast and crew of the film as well as celebrity Star Wars fans (guests in previous years have included Kevin Smith, Wil Wheaton, and Josh Gad).  The news was announced on this week's episode of The Star Wars Show, which you can check out below,

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Starkiller From 'The Force Unleashed' Almost Appeared In 'Star Wars Rebels'

By: Benjamin Hart

Beyond the story and mythology of the saga, one of the most fascinating things about Star Wars is the behind the scenes stories, especially the big "what if" scenarios. Return Of The Jedi was nearly "Revenge Of The Jedi", Leonardo DiCaprio almost being cast as Anakin Skywalker, and many others. Now we have another one to add to the history books.

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Video: Animated Origins and Unexpected Fates Panel From #SWCO

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm has released a video of the full "Animated Origins and Unexpected Fates" panel from Star Wars Celebration Orlando last month.  The panel features Star Wars Rebels executive producer and supervising director of Star Wars: The Clone Wars Dave Filoni and Lucasfilm creative executive Pablo Hidalgo discussing the behind the scenes origins of several high profile and fan favourite characters from Star Wars animation with host Dave Collins.  The panel also features a never before seen bit of unfinished animation from The Clone Wars, featuring a gun fight between Cad Bane and Boba Fett. You can check out the video below,

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Star Wars Celebration Orlando 2017 Stage Hosts Announced, Badge Art Revealed

By Ciaran Duggan,

Lucasfilm have announced the stage hosts for next year's Celebration Orlando.

A trio of hosts will return to lead the stage at the Orange County Convention Centre, Orlando, from April 13-16 2017.

The names of the three hosts are listed down below:

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Watch The 'Rogue One: A Star Wars Story' Premiere Live Stream Now!

By: Benjamin Hart

UPDATE: The live stream has since ended.  But, you can still watch all the festivities below!

ORIGINAL STORY:

This is it! After months and years of anticipating Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the premiere is finally happening tonight. Right now the entire cast and crew of the film, along with many others, have converged on Hollywood to celebrate Rogue One and watch the film for the first time.

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Star Wars' 40th Anniversary Logo Revealed

By: Benjamin Hart

Next year will be a momentous year for Star Wars. Not only do we have Star Wars: Episode VIII and Star Wars Celebration in Orlando to look forward, among countless other things, 2017 will be the 40th anniversary of the saga. May 25th, 2017, to be exact, will mark 40 years since Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope(know then simply as "Star Wars") opened in theaters and changed the world forever. Lucasfilm has already begun preparing for the occasion by revealing the logo for 40th anniversary. Yesterday, during the closing ceremonies of Star Wars Celebration Europe, hosts David Collins, Amy Ratcliffe and Warwick Davis unveiled the logo to the audience. You can see a photo of it below:

The logo for the 40th anniversary of #StarWars! #SWCE

A photo posted by The Star Wars Underworld (@theswu) on Jul 17, 2016 at 8:21am PDT

The perfect to celebrate the 40th anniversary in 2017 is to attend Star Wars Celebration in Orlando, which takes place April 13th - 16th, and catch Star Wars: Episode VIII in theaters on December 15th!

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#SWCE Panel Recap: Ahsoka's Untold Tales

By: Benjamin Hart

Lots amazing things have been happening over the past few hours as Star Wars Celebration Europe in London kicked off earlier today. Aside from the massive, attention grabbing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story panel that took place, there were several other great panels that happened today. One of those was "Ahsoka's Untold Tales" panel which was hosted by David Collins and featured Star Wars: The Clone Wars supervising director and Star Wars Rebels executive producer Dave Filoni alongside the Lucasfilm Story Group's Pablo Hidalgo and the voice of Ahsoka herself, Ashley Eckstein.

The panel covered a variety topics related to the beloved Torgruta Jedi and revealed never before seen storylines that were developed for The Clone Wars but were never produced. Filoni especially had a lot to say about Ahsoka's path beyond The Clone Wars and how it led to her epic appearance in Star War Rebels. The Star Wars Underworld team was there to report o everything that was revealed, and you can check out all of their hard work below:

David Collins has taken the Galaxy Stage for the Ahsoka's Untold Tales panel! #SWCE #StarWars

— Dominic Jones (@DominicJ25) July 15, 2016

Pablo Hidalgo and Dave Filoni have taken the stage #SWCE #StarWars

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

And here comes Ashley Eckstein to complete the panel #SWCE #StarWars

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka's Untold Tales ft Pablo Hidalgo, Ashley Eckstein, Dave Filoni, and David Collins #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

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Pablo and Ashley are wearing the same shirt!

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says Plo finding Ahsoka was a way to show kids that Jedi can come from all different backgrounds, not all bad #SWCE #StarWars

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni describes Latranz, a character that appeared to be a Jedi but was really a Force sensitive children kidnapping bounty hunter #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

She would have tried to take young Ahsoka from her village #SWCE #Ahsoka

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says Plo is the opposite of Latranz, he looks creepy but is wise and kind. #SWCE #Ahsoka

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says he hopes to tell this story some day, has explored animating it... #SWCE #Ahsoka

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ashley says she has folder of doodles that Filoni has done since she's known him #SWCE #Ahsoka

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Pablo says there were 3 #Ahsoka arcs left on #TheCloneWars when it was cancelled #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni describes a scene where Ahsoka had a meditative moment sitting in a park looking back at the temple, contemplating her decision #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka's post Jedi outfit #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

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Ashley says she and Sam Witwer had to learn about a key story set between TCW and SWR because it was important to the SWR S2 finale #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says he always has to figure the stories between TCW and SWR because the characters in Rebels would have experienced them #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Pablo says arc would have featured #Ahsoka going to 1313 and meeting a scoundrel named Nix and they would have "gotten close" #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka's love interest smuggler Nix #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

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Filoni describes Ahsoka/Nix story as a teenage growing up story, now that she can be "normal" #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says even though Ahsoka was not a Jedi, she still acted like one #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Pablo says Ahsoka kept her Jedi past as secret from Nix #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says the character relationships are what make the world work in storytelling becuse the audience has a stake in what's going on

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Pablo says Ahsoka would have become an under city vigilante in a future arc (story never got beyond script and concept art phase) #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka would have discovered that dangerous groups were plotting against master Yoda #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka would have teamed up with the Jedi to descend into Coruscant, and we would have learned that a Sith temple is buried under the temple

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka would have had to defend the Jedi holocron vault from Sidious (who was on the other side of the door using Force lightning on her)

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka and Sidious fighting on opposite sides of a door in a sith temple under the Jedi Temple on Coruscant #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

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Ahsoka wouldn't go back to the Jedi, but she would have fought with them in certain situations because she trusts Ani and Obi #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

In the final arc of TCW, "The Siege of Mandalore", Ahsoka and Bo-Katan would team up to get Maul (with the help of Ani and Obi)

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Anakin and Obi-Wan would have been called away by Yoda to rescue the Chancellor (beginning of ROTS) #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Anakin and Ahsoka would have had one final moment where he leaves her half the 501st, including Rex, who are wearing Ahsoka tribute armor

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

The final Mandalore Arc #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

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Dave describing the final scene between Ahsoka and Anakin made Ashley cry #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka and Anakin chatting prior to ROTS for the last time #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

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Ahsoka would have fought Maul on Maandalore, which he referenced in the SWR S2 finale #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni: "Right when things look like they're going really good, they get really bad" in reference to Order 66 #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni describes a scene he wanted to do where the Clones chase A into the forest, and she revealed that the trees were really giant wolves

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka during the purge (Clone Wars scripts confirmed to go on after Ep3) #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

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Pablo says they shared lots of details with E.K. Johnston about what happened to Ahsoka, post-TCW, for the upcoming Ahsoka novel #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says he did lots of Ahsoka drawing early on in Rebels, but didn't want to bring her in then b/c he didn't want it to be TCW part 2

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says Ahsoka's white lightsaber is partially a nod to Terra Sinube! #SWCE #TheCloneWars #Ahsoka

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Pablo says Filoni does great white board illustrations #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says he sent Simon Kinberg drawings while he was working on the S2 finale script #SWCE #Ahsoka

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni says in one version, when Ahsoka cut Vader's helmet he would stab her. But they chose not to go that way #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni: "It's obviously Ahsoka in that doorway, but what does that mean?...I know." #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka Funko POP! announced! #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka pop available at Hot Topic this fall! #StarWars #CloneWars #SWCE

A photo posted by The Star Wars Underworld (@theswu) on Jul 15, 2016 at 3:55am PDT

Ashley on the Funko POP: "She looks so alive" #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka Funko POP will be a Hot Topic exclusive #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Temp animations clip shown from Ahsoka/Nix arc, featuring Ahsoka saving Nix from some droids. Very funny! #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Filoni on Anakin and Ahsoka having a connection through to Force after she left the Jedi, "I would definitely think so" #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Ahsoka can't feel Anakin's presence after Order 66, therefore she doesn't believe he could be Darth Vader #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Anakin calling out to Ahsoka in SWR S 2 finale is an extension of "let me look on you with my own eyes" #SWCE

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

BREAKING: Filoni: After the reaction to the S2 finale, Ahsoka will be returning #SWCE #AhsokaLives

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

It's a wrap on the #Ahsoka panel at #SWCE, thanks to @HerUniverse @pablohidalgo @dave_filoni and @DavidWCollins for a great show!

— Star Wars Underworld (@TheSWU) July 15, 2016

Of course, thanks to Lucasfilm and the The Star Wars Live, you can watch the panel in its entirety here:



Keep it here at The Star Wars Underworld for lots more exclusive coverage of Star Wars Celebration Europe!

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David Collins Returns as Stage Host for Star Wars Celebration Europe 2016

By: Dominic Jones

Star Wars Celebration Europe is now just five months away and announcements are beginning to trickle out about what Lucasfilm has in store for their annual fan convention.  Today, it was announced that David Collins would be returning as Stage Host for Celebration Europe.  Collins has previously hosted the Digital Stage at Celebrations IV (2007), V (2010), VI (2012), Europe (2013) and Anaheim (2015).  Although its not specified yet which stage Collins will be hosting, it doesn't seem like a stretch to assume he'll be back on the Digital Stage.

Outside of Celebration stage hosting, Collins previously worked for 12 years at LucasArts, working on games such as Republic Commando and The Force Unleashed, in which he voiced the character Proxy.  He is also known to fans for his work on the Star Wars Oxygen podcast, where he discusses the music of John Williams.

Star Wars Celebration Europe takes place July 15th-17th at the ExCel center in London, England.  Single Day tickets are available here.

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'The Force Awakens' Red Carpet to be Live Streamed on StarWars.com

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm announced today that they will be live streaming the red carpet for the World Premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on December 14th on StarWars.com!  The event will begin at 5:30pm PT/8:30pm ET.

Watch the red carpet premiere of #TheForceAwakens live on 12/14, presented by Verizon. https://t.co/K6inUlhpKL pic.twitter.com/GYfemSxO21

— Star Wars (@starwars) December 9, 2015

According to StarWars.com,

Visit StarWars.com at 5:30 p.m. PT (8:30 p.m. ET) on 12/14 for in-depth interviews with the cast and creators of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, live from the world premiere in Los Angeles. Hosts Andi Gutierrez, Anthony Carboni, and Dave Collins will be reporting on all the action, talking to stars and fans on a day that will be long remembered.

Source: StarWars.com

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Watch: 'The Clone Wars' Panels From Celebration Anaheim

By: Dominic Jones

Today has been a good day for Star Wars: The Clone Wars fans.  Not only did we see the release of the 'Bad Batch Arc' Story Reels, but also the release of two the panels from Star Wars Celebration about The Clone Wars.  Lucasfilm released both "The Untold Clone Wars" panel featuring Dave Filoni (Supervising Director) and Pablo Hidalgo (Lucasfilm Story Group member) from Thursday, and the Q&A following the "Bad Batch Arc" screening (just make sure you watch the arc first), which featured Filoni with actor Dee Bradley Baker (all the Clones), and writers Brent Friedman and Matt Michnovetz that took place on Friday.  Both panels were hosted by David Collins.

The Untold Clone Wars panel,

The 'Bad Batch Arc' Q&A,

These were phenomenal panels to see in person and I'm very happy that Lucasfilm has released them so that everyone can see them.  Hopefully Lucasfilm continues to have panels celebrating The Clone Wars at future Star Wars Celebrations!

Source: Star Wars (YouTube)

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'Smuggler's Bounty' Cast Revealed

By: Dominic Jones

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim is just days away and with it comes all sorts of announcements.  StarWars.com just unveiled the cast of the highly anticipated audio drama written and directed by Fanboys director Kyle Newmann.  The cast features the stars of The Clone Wars, Rebels, and The CW's Heart of Dixie.  

The cast is,

DAVID COLLINS will once again take center stage as the famed Corellian smuggler Han Solo!

JAMES ARNOLD TAYLOR (The Clone Wars’ Obi-Wan Kenobi) brings to life Horan Cha Croix, a passionate Rebel conspirator.

JAIME KING (Aurra Sing on The Clone Wars and CW’s Hart of Dixie) spices up the stage as Treya Lanic an old flame on a new life path.

SAM WITWER (Starkiller, Darth Maul and more) will push our heroes to the limit as the opportunistic and cunning Moff Tolec.

SCOTT PORTER from the hit shows Friday Night Lights & Hart of Dixie will hop into the cockpit as Wedge Antilles!

CATHERINE TABER (Padme Amidala on The Clone Wars) joins the fray as the spirited Princess Leia Organa.

TOM KANE (Yoda from The Clone Wars and more) will power up everyone’s favorite protocol droid See-Threepio and provide the show’s narration.

MATTHEW WOOD (Skywalker Sound audio wizard and the voice of General Grievous) will offers his talents for a variety of surprise roles!

MATT LANTER (Anakin Skywalker himself) will lend his lungs for Luke Skywalker.

DEE BRADLEY BAKER (Captain Rex on The Clone Wars among a plethora of others) will bring to life the mysterious Taff Phaedros — a resistance fighter who can tip the outcome of the war.

This is bound to be a great time for everyone in attendance.  You can check out the first audio drama recorded in 2012 at Celebration VI, Smuggler's Gambit, here.

Source: StarWars.com

 

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Anthony Daniels Talks 'The Force Awakens' & More With The Comlink

By: Benjamin Hart

It's always good to hear from longtime members of the Star Wars family, especially those working on brand new Star Wars projects. Anthony Daniels, who has portrayed C-3PO in just about every incarnation imaginable, is fresh off of working on Episode VII: The Force Awakens. While attending the "Star Wars And The Power Of Costume" exhibit at the EMP museum in Seattle, Washington, Anthony spoke with David Collins of The Comlink. He first told a fascinating, and funny behind the scenes story about A New Hope and later transitioned to talking about Episode VII, among other topics. You can watch the full interview below:



Source: The Comlink(YouTube)

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Star Wars Celebration: Smuggler's Bounty

By Ciaran Duggan

Star Wars Celebration Anaheim will bear witness to the debut of the highly anticipated audio dramatic triumph known as Star Wars: Smuggler's Bounty. Best known for directing the successful film about Star Wars fans Fanboys, Kyle Newman will retake his seat in the director’s chair for this audio drama, which will be performed live at Star Wars Celebration.

The premise of the show will revolve around Han Solo during the time period of the Original Trilogy. The audio performance will incorporate hosts from all three of the Celebration stages, namely David Collins (Digital Stage) who will star as Han Solo in the play, James Arnold Taylor (Celebration Stage) who will also be lending his voice to the show, and Jimmy Mac (co-host Behind-The Scenes stage) who will be producing the the play live.  The play was co-written by filmmaker F.J. DeSanto.

The exclusive showcase of this audio phenomenon will be met with thunderous cheers. The predecessor titled Star Wars: Smugglers Gambit was a splendid accomplishment. This new drama will incorporate a group of star-studded voice actors and actresses (which also includes Clone Wars veterans, Sam Witwer and Jamie King), the show will also capture the imagination through the integration of magnificent special effects and sound design. You will surely not want to miss out on this treat.

Source: Star Wars Celebration

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David Collins Launches YouTube Show "The Comlink"

By: Benjamin Hart

A new Star Wars centric YouTube show has hit the web and it's produced by some familiar faces! "The Comlink" is hosted by David Collins, who has a long history with the Star Wars Saga. Most will know him as a sound designer on many Star Wars video games and most notably as the voice of PROXY in The Force Unleashed game series. David is joined by Producer/Director J.C. Reifenberg and Producer Ruark Dreher, whom you might know as the creators behind the 2011 fanfilm Hughes The Force. The first episode, which is nearly 10 minutes long ,was launched today on Kevin Smith's Seesmod YouTube channel and features a rundown of some of the latest Star Wars news and a great interview with James Arnold Taylor. Collins and Taylor discuss the recently released Star Wars: Clone Wars story reel episodes and Obi-Wan's cameo in Star Wars Rebels: Spark Of Rebellion, whom James voices. Also be sure to check out the over half-hour long extended interview with JAT linked at the end of the video.

So without further ado, check out episode one of The Comlink below:



Considering that there really isn't a lot of high quality Star Wars focused programs on YouTube, this show is certainly welcomed. Best of luck to David and his crew this new show!

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The SWU Podcast LIVE | 25/07/14

On this week's show The SWU is excited to present the entire Star Wars Rebels panel from San Diego Comic Con.  But first, Dominic and Ben break down all the latest news and rumors about Episode VII and Rebels.  What do they think of the Episode VII X-Wing?  Do they believe the latest rumors?  What do they think of the (first) new Rebels trailer?  Then Chris drops by to give his report from Day One at San Diego Comic Con.   After that, sit back, relax, and enjoy the Rebels panel featuring Executive Producers Dave Filoni and Simon Kinberg, cast members Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr, Taylor Grey, Tiya Sircar, and Steve Blum as they discuss the show with the audience and host David Collins.  Stay tuned after the panel to hear Dominic and Ben's immediate reaction/freak out about the panel and the (second) new trailer!  All this and much more!

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Star Wars Celebration Site Updated

By: Benjamin Hart

Excitement for the next Star Wars Celebration has been building lately. We're now less than a year away from the biggest party in the Galaxy arriving in Anaheim, California, and that means Lucasfilm is already gearing up for it! Today they revealed a brand new update to the official Celebration website!

The new redesign is massive, featuring a brand new Celebration Anaheim logo(seen above), profiles for all the stage hosts, applications for joining the Celebration art show, creating your own panels, reserving exhibit space & more. Also featured prominently on the front page is a fun video of James Arnold Taylor, who will host the Celebration stage. You can see it below:



You can also scroll to the bottom and to see a clock counting down the seconds until the convention starts on April 16, 2015!

Will you be in attendance? Be sure to join the 'unofficial discussion group' on Facebook and get in touch with other fans who are planning to go!

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David Collins Reads Excerpt From 'Honor Among Thieves'

By: Dominic Jones

Continuing the trend of having Jimmy Mac of RebelForce Radio produce audio previews of recently released novels.  This time, it's David Collins of Smuggler's Gambit and The Force Unleashed fame reading an excerpt from James A. Corey's Honor Among Thieves.  The excerpt features Collins reprising his role as Han Solo from the audio drama Smuggler's Gambit preformed at Celebration VI in 2012.  You can find the preview over at the StarWars.com Blog.

Listen to the preview Here!

Listen to past audio preview, featuring the cast of The Clone Wars:

Sam Witwer reading an excerpt from Maul: Lockdown

Cat Taber reading an excerpt from Razor's Edge

James Arnold Taylor reading Kenobi

Source: StarWars.com Blog

 

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