Video: "The Evolution of the Stormtrooper"

By: Dominic Jones

At both San Diego Comic Con and the D23 Expo this summer, a big portion of the Lucasfilm presence was the "Evolution of the Stormtrooper" exhibit.  The exhibit featured costumes of several variations of the stormtrooper from the original trilogy all the way through The Rise of Skywalker with the Sith Trooper (at Comic-Con) and the First Order Jet Trooper (D23).  Today, Lucasfilm has released the video that went along with the costume display on the official Star Wars YouTube.

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Report: 'Rogue One' Co-Writer Tony Gilroy Joins The Cassian Andor Disney+ Series

By: Dominic Jones

We're just over a month away from the launch of Disney+, and with it the first season of The Mandalorian (the first live action Star Wars series).  But The Mandalorian isn't the only Star Wars project coming to Disney+ in the next few years.  The second live action project announced was a Rogue One prequel series focused on Rebel agent Cassian Andor.  The series will see Diego Luna reprise his role from the film as Cassian, as well as Alan Tudyk as his droid companion K-2SO.

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Riz Ahmed Reveals He Missed Star Wars Celebration Because He Was Stopped By Airport Security

By: Dominic Jones

If you've ever attended a Star Wars Celebration, Comic Con, or similar event, you know that guest cancellations happen at almost every single one. Usually it's because of work commitments or for unexpected personal reasons.  However, for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Riz Ahmed, who had to cancel his appearrance at last April's Star Wars Celebration Chicago, the reason was very different and one that everyone should be outraged about.

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Over 10 Minutes Of Gameplay From 'Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order' Revealed

By: Benjamin Hart

EA Play is upon us, and today the event kicked off by previewing a ton of never before seen gameplay from Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order!

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Alan Tudyk Joins The Cast Of The Cassian Show, Stephen Schiff Announced As Showrunner

By: Dominic Jones

Even though there were no panels on day one of Star Wars Celebration, that doesn't mean Lucasfilm is not making news.  Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy made some exciting Disney+ related announcements at a Disney shareholders event.  First, she revealed that Alan Tudyk will be reprising his role from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story as K-2SO in the upcoming Cassian Andor prequel series, launching in 2021. Tudyk joins his Rogue One castmate, Diego Luna (Cassian Andor), in reprising their roles for the series.

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Forest Whitaker, Katee Sackhoff, and More Announced as Guests For Celebration Chicago

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm and Reedpop have announced another round of guests who will be attending Star Wars Celebration this April in Chicago.  One of the highlights of Lucasfilm's official fan convention is the opportunity to meet and get autographs from the people who helped create the galaxy far, far away.  Six more names were added to the already lengthy list of guests today, with two stars from the films, one from the animated series', and three behind the scenes stars.

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A Trio Of Guests & Animation Panels Announced For 'Star Wars Celebration Chicago'

By: Benjamin Hart

We are now just a little over a month from Star Wars Celebration Chicago kicking off! To help build excitement Lucasfilm has made a habit of giving us news about the convention consistently over the past several weeks. Today the newest episode of The Star Wars Show dropped on YouTube, and with it came some exhilarating announcements about Celebration Chicago!

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Felicity Jones Interested In Returning To Star Wars As Jyn Erso

By: Benjamin Hart

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is a film that's seemingly been on everyone's minds recently, despite us quickly approaching the second anniversary of its release. We recently learned that one of the main characters of Rogue One, Cassian Andor, will be starring in his own TV series on Disney+. One of the most exciting aspects of this new series is that Diego Luna, who portrayed Andor in Rogue One, will be returning to reprise the role.

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The SWU Podcast LIVE | 'Rogue One' Commentary

On this special episode, Dominic, Ben, and Chris take a trip down (recent) memory lane with this commentary track for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.  They discuss what sets this movie apart from other installments in the saga, recall some fun memories from the film's release, and speculate about what the new Cassian Andor live action prequel series might be.  Plus, some love for the original Red Five, why the film should have had a crawl, Michael Giacchino's gorgeous score, and the inclusion of Saw Gerrera.  All this and much more!

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BREAKING: Diego Luna to Star in 'Rogue One' Live Action Prequel Series for Disney+

By: Dominic Jones

Disney CEO Bob Iger just announced that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Diego Luna will be reprising his role as Cassian Andor in an upcoming live action series which will debut on Disney + (the upcoming Disney streaming service).  The live action series will be a prequel to Rogue One (for obvious reasons) and will follow Cassian on his missions as a spy for the Rebel Alliance.  The untitled series will go into production next year.  No other casting or production news has been announced.

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Lego Unveils New Darth Vader's Castle Set

By: Benjamin Hart

One of the most intriguing locales visited in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was Darth Vader's Castle, the ominous home of the Dark Lord of the Sith on Mustafar. Little is know about the fortress, but recent canon material has sought to explore the castle further. Vader's compound will be the setting of the upcoming Vader Immortal VR series, which is slated for release next year. In addition, we've also learned that Vader's Castle will be immortalized in plastic in the form of a classic toy.

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Three Excerpts From The 'Solo' Novelization Released

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm has released three new excerpts from the upcoming novelization of Solo: A Star Wars Story by Mur Lafferty, all of which are scenes that were not featured in the film when it hit theaters back in May.  The scenes reveal what happened to Qi'Ra after she captured trying to escape Correlia with Han, how L3-37 reacted to being hooked up to the Millennium Falcon, and what Enfys Nest did with the Coaxium--a scene which features a couple of Rogue One cameos.  We've highlighted part of the final excerpt below,

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Early 'Star Wars Rebels' Plans Involved Finding The Death Star Plans

By: Dominic Jones

When the animated series Star Wars Rebels, which recently wrapped up its four season run on Disney XD, was first announced many fans (myself included) speculated that the series would culminate in the characters from the series stealing the plans to the first Death Star, thus tying in the series with the Original Trilogy.  This was, of course, before the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which told the story of the rebel crew who did steal the plans, was announced.  But, Rebels executive producer, Dave Filoni has revealed in a recent interview that that early speculation about the series was not that far off.

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Tweets From The Hasbro 'Star Wars' Panel At #SDCC

By: Ben Hart & Dominic Jones

Another day, another exciting Star Wars panel at San Diego Comic Con! Today we actually have two big panels happening, the first being the Hasbro Star Wars panel, in which a plethora of new collectibles were just revealed. Our very own Dominic Jones was in attendance and live-tweeted the panel detailing everything that was announced.

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Tony Gilroy Talks About His Involvement With The Infamous 'Rogue One' Reshoots

By: Dominic Jones

Throughout 2016 one of the biggest topics of conversation in Star Wars fandom surrounded the massive reshoots that were ordered for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story after the first cut of the film was screened for Disney executives.  There was panic in some circles, while others tried to make the case that this was something that happened on every movie.  It was eventually revealed that Tony Gilroy, director of Michael Clayton and The Bourne Legacy, was brought in to oversee the reshoots with some claiming that he had more-or-less taken over for director Gareth Edwards.

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'Rogue One' Producer Allison Shearmur Has Passed Away

By: Dominic Jones

Some sad news to report tonight.  Allison Shearmur, a producer of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the upcoming Solo: A Star Wars Story passed away this evening at the age of 54 after a battle with lung cancer. Shearmur's other credits include being executive producer of the final three Hunger Games films, and producer of Cinderella (2015), and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.

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Diego Luna and Alan Tudyk Reprise Their 'Rogue One' Roles For 'Secrets of the Empire'

By: Dominic Jones

The new hyper-reality experience, Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, opening in Orlando, Florida and London, England next month and Anaheim, California in January will feature a Rogue One reunion of sorts.  During an interview with ILMxLAB producer Judah Graham and VFX supervisor Ben Snow on The Star Wars Show this week it was revealed that Deigo Luna and Alan Tudyk, who played Cassian Andor and K-2SO in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story respectively, had reprised their roles for the experience.

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Video: 'Star Wars: The Rebel Files' Book Trailer

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm released a special trailer for the upcoming book Star Wars: The Rebel Files by Daniel Wallace (The Jedi Path, Book of Sith) on Entertainment Weekly's website.  The trailer goes over what fans can expect to see in the new book, using footage from the films to promote the book's content.  There is a definite emphasis on content that is tied to Rogue One and Star Wars Rebels.  Check out the trailer below,

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Alexandre Desplat Explains Why He Dropped Out Of Scoring 'Rogue One'

By: Dominic Jones

This time last year, composer Michael Giacchino was doing interviews talking about how he had had such a short window to write the score for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.  While there were many factors that led to this condensed schedule for Giacchino, one of them was the fact that he joined the project fairly late into production because the film's original composer, Alexandre Desplat, had dropped out.  Desplat's reasoning was unclear at the time, but the composer recently set the record straight in an interview with Film School Rejects.

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Forces of Destiny: Accidental Allies

By: Dominic Jones

Lucasfilm and Disney have released the latest episode in the animated micro-series Star Wars: Forces of Destiny.  The episode, which is titled "Accidental Allies," unites characters from the animated series Star Wars Rebels and the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, both set in approximately the same era.  The episode stars Felicity Jones as Jyn Erso alongside Tiya Sircar as Sabine Wren and Vanessa Marshall as Hera Syndulla.  You can check it out below,

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