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‘Star Wars: Rangers Of The New Republic’ Series Seemingly Shelved & Will Be Absorbed Into Other Lucasfilm Stories

November 28, 2021 12:11 am

When Lucasfilm fired “The Mandalorian” actress Gina Carano in February of this year, it caused some domino effect problems for their projects in development. Two months earlier, at the big Disney Investors Day...

Dave Filoni & Jon Favreau Also Creating ‘Rangers of The New Republic’ ‘Star Wars’ Series For Disney+

Rodrigo Perez

December 10, 2020 8:16 pm

News, Television

Lucasfilm's Kathleen Kennedy dropped major bombs tonight, though one of them was not a "Boba Fett" series as rumored. Instead, Kennedy dropped two bombshells: Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni, the creators of "The ...

Ahsoka Tano, Rosario Dawson, Mandalorian

‘Ahsoka’: Lucasfilm Announces ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off Series Starring Rosario Dawson

Rodrigo Perez

December 10, 2020 6:13 pm

News, Television

Today, during Disney’s investor's call, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy revealed that an untitled Ahsoka Tano series is in development at Disney+. The news isn’t entirely a surprise— former CEO chief Bob ...

Dave Filoni Suggests Ahsoka Tano’s ‘Mandalorian’ Story Might Take Place Before The ‘Star Wars Rebels’ Epilogue

Rodrigo Perez

December 1, 2020 10:16 am

News, Television

As you may recall, but perhaps not entirely care or understand, Lucasfilm kind of broke the internet on Friday with their latest episode of “The Mandalorian.” Titled “The Jedi,” the episode finally introduced ...

Rosario Dawson & Dave Filoni Credit Fans For Casting Her As Ahsoka Tano & Hint At A “Larger Quest” For The Character

Charles Barfield

November 30, 2020 12:38 pm

News, Television

If you’ve been on social media at any time since Friday’s episode of “The Mandalorian” was released, you’re probably well aware that the latest installment in the live-action “Star Wars” series saw the debut o...

New ‘Mandalorian’ Season 2 Trailer: The Galaxy’s Toughest Babysitting Bounty Hunter Seeks Out Jedi

Rodrigo Perez

October 19, 2020 9:54 pm

News, Television, Trailers

About a year or so ago, Bob Iger said, the future of "Star Wars" lay in television, at least new film franchises were up and running. Yesterday, in a restructuring of media and entertainment division announcem...

‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 First Look: Jon Favreau Talks Bringing A ‘Game Of Thrones’ Structure To The ‘Star Wars’ Series

theplaylist

September 8, 2020 10:06 am

News, Television

When “The Mandalorian” Season 1 debuted last year with the launch of Disney+, the platform was using the series as the crown jewel of the launch lineup. Sure, it was a guarantee that “The Mandalorian” would at...

‘The Bad Batch’: Disney+ To Debut New, Dave Filoni-Produced ‘Star Wars’ Animated Series In 2021

Charles Barfield

July 13, 2020 12:30 pm

News, Television

Let’s be honest for a minute—the “Star Wars” franchise is at a crossroads and there’s really no way of knowing what the future holds for the Lucasfilm moneymaker on the big screen. But we do know one thing—fan...

Dave Filoni Says ‘The Mandalorian’ Isn’t A By-Product Of The ‘Boba Fett’ Film Collapse

Charles Barfield

June 22, 2020 1:42 pm

News, Television

When Lucasfilm announced that the studio was working with Jon Favreau on a new “Star Wars” series titled “The Mandalorian,” it was assumed that the series spawned from the previous development on the long-rumo...

Dave Filoni Explains The Stories That Made It Into The Final Season Of ‘The Clone Wars’

Rafael Motamayor

June 13, 2020 1:35 pm

News

As I noted in my initial review of the last season of "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," the biggest downside to seeing the show return was that most of the stories had already made their way out to the public in th...

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