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Billy Dee Williams announces his memoir

What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life is released in February 2024.  When the Star Wars legend Billy Dee Williams teased “something truly magnificent” recently, various commentators (us included) jumped to a conclusion. That’s because his tease came closely after news broke about the long-gestating Star Wars Lando Calrissian television series: Donald Glover and … >

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Star Wars: Ahsoka – new trailer

“Once a rebel, always a rebel.”  With the launch of Star Wars: Ahsoka creeping up, Lucasfilm has dropped a new trailer for its upcoming series. For fans of The Clone Wars animated series, Ahsoka Tano’s backstory is no mystery – she’s Anakin Skywalker’s former Jedi Padawan learner. In two live action shows, The Mandalorian and … >

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Star Wars: Visions season 3 already in the works?

The second batch of animated Star Wars: Visions shorts only debuted on May the 4th, 2023.  While we’ve only just started to dig into the latest season of Star Wars short films, a report from One Take News suggests a third run is already in the works. Both runs of the animated anthology series have … >

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Star Wars: Visions 2 – trailer and cast announced

The animated anthology series returns with a difference – Star Wars Visions 2 has an international flavour.  A number of exciting pieces of Star Wars news dropped at last weekend’s Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 in London. However, the show arriving imminently is the second run of Star Wars: Visions. The animated anthology series, which … >

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Star Wars: Ahsoka – teaser trailer and Thrawn actor confirmed

The Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 convention reveals a first look at the forthcoming live action show following Ahsoka Tano.  Over the weekend, it was announced that the highly anticipated Star Wars: Ahsoka series is landing on Disney+ this August. It follows the adventures of Anakin Skywalker’s former padawan learner Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson). First … >

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The Mandalorian Season 3 – Jon Favreau speaks about keeping it fun

He also discusses Mandalorian culture and the symbolic importance of the Darksabre.  With The Mandalorian Season 3’s first episode ‘The Apostate’ now out in the wild, Film Stories have spoken to Jon Favreau about the show. It’s a great read, with interviewer Jon Moore asking the series’ showrunner about his approach to a property with such … >

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Star Wars Visions Volume 2 – the animated anthology series returns

The second series of Star Wars Visions includes a contribution from Bristol’s finest: Aardman.  Star Wars Visions is one of the more off-beat developments of the expanding Star Wars television franchise. Debuting in 2021, the first volume brought nine short films from various Japanese animation studios, with some very idiosyncratic takes on the universe. Now … >

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Skeleton Crew – Jude Law’s Star Wars series has wrapped filming

Skeleton Crew will bring us Jude Law and a group of kids trying to get home.  With The Mandalorian Season 3 soon upon us, it’s good to know the Star Wars television pipeline remains active. Thanks to social media reports from a crewmember, swiftly deleted, we know that the Jude Law fronted Skeleton Crew series … >

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The Mandalorian Season 3 official trailer lands

Mandalorians, Jedis and old friends abound in The Mandalorian Season 3 trailer.  With the series landing on March 1st, the official trailer for Season 3 of The Mandalorian dropped last night. Amid a US Football clash, it was heralded by a gorgeous new poster. Here’s the trailer for Season 3: The journeys of the Mandalorian … >

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