Six 'Star Wars' Voice Actors Announced As Guests For Celebration Chicago

By: Dominic Jones

Star Wars Celebration is less than 100 days away, and now Lucasfilm is beginning to announce some of the guests who will be on hand at the convention to meet fans and sign autographs.  Today, it was announced that six voice actors who have lent their voices to Star Wars characters will be on.  The guests are Christopher Sean (Kazuda Xiono on Star Wars Resistance), Suzie McGrath (Tam on Resistance), Scott Lawrence (Yeager on Resistance), Janina Gavankar (Iden Versio in Star Wars: Battlefront II), James Arnold Taylor (Obi-Wan Kenobi on Star Wars: The Clone Wars), and Matt Wood (General Grievous in Revenge of the Sith and The Clone Wars).

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Janina Gavankar Talks 'Star Wars Battlefront II'

By: Dominic Jones

The highly anticipated (and controversial) video game Star Wars Battlefront II hits shelves on Friday, and to promote the release Entertainment Weekly has released a new interview with Janina Gavankar, who plays the lead character Iden Versio in the game.  In the interview Gavankar discusses getting the role, Iden's motives, and what it's like being in a part of the Star Wars galaxy.

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Jon Hamm, Neil Patrick Harris, Ashley Eckstein, and More to Narrate 'From A Certain Point Of View' Audiobook

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm has revealed the all star voice cast for the audiobook of the upcoming short story anthology Star Wars: From A Certain Point Of View, which celebrates the 40th anniversary of Star Wars by retelling A New Hope from the point of view of forty different secondary and background characters written by forty different authors.  The cast includes some surprise, big name celebrities like Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother), Star Wars fan favourites like Ashley Eckstein (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) and Janina Gavankar (Star Wars Battlefront II), and audiobook staples like Jonathan Davis and Marc Daniels.  Check out the full list below,

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Lots Of Star Wars News To Be Expected From The D23 Expo This Weekend

By: Benjamin Hart

The D23 Expo, Disney's biennial convention, is coming up this weekend and already shows signs of revealing some exciting news, especially concerning that Star Wars saga. Today the newest episode of The Star Wars Show was posted to YouTube, and it included some intriguing teases about what we can expect from the event.

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Janina Gavankar Talks Iden Versio in an Extended Interview With 'The Star Wars Show'

By: Dominic Jones

Janina Gavankar burst onto the Star Wars scene last week when she hosted the Star Wars Battlefront II presentation at EA Play last weekend.  The actress voices Commander Iden Versio in Battlefront II and she spoke about the role on The Star Wars Show this week in an interview with host Andi Gutierrez.  Now, Lucasfilm has released an extended clip from the interview, featuring Gavankar discussing getting the role, tricking the story group's Matt Martin at Celebration, and her approach for playing Iden.  Check it out below,

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Anthony Skordi Is Playing Admiral Versio In 'Star Wars Battlefront II'

By: Benjamin Hart

In the wake of all the stunning reveals from Star Wars Battlefront II last weekend at EA Play, we now have yet another casting confirmation for the highly anticipated game. Near the end of the newly revealed gameplay trailer, we get a few new glimpses the game's main protagonist, and leader of Inferno Squad, Iden Versio, played by Janina Gavankar. Iden has a rich backstory within Star Wars canon, one which includes her father, Admiral Garrick Versio(above, right).

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Janina Gavankar Talks 'Star Wars Battlefront II' on 'The Star Wars Show'

By: Dominic Jones

The star of Star Wars Battlefront II (as well as last weekend's EA Play presentation about it), Janina Gavankar appeared on The Star Wars Show this week to discuss the upcoming game.  Gavankar was interviewed by host Andi Gutierrez about what it was like to be cast in the game and her relationship with author Christie Golden, who's writing the Battlefront II tie-in novel, Inferno Squad.  You can check out this week's episode of The Star Wars Show, featuring the interview with Gavankar as well as host Anthony Carboni's report from EA Play, below,

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Janina Gavankar to Narrate 'Battlefront II: Inferno Squad' Audiobook

By: Dominic Jones

Between a new trailer and the first gameplay footage, there has been a lot of news about Star Wars Battlefront II coming out of EA Play this weekend.  In addition to all the news about the game itself, we've also learned a fun tidbit about the Battlefront II tie-in novel Inferno Squad by Christie Golden (Star Wars: Dark Disciple).  This weekend it was revealed that actress Janina Gavankar, who will play Commander Iden Versio in the game, will narrate the audiobook.  This was first reported by Florian from Jedi-Biblithek on Twitter.  The actress later confirmed the news, tweeting, "Secret is out? I can talk about this now?? Tis truuue!!!! And Ms. @ChristieGolden has me so emotional with this backstory."

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