Star Wars

While it is not completely clear how the future of the Skywalker saga will be handled in upcoming films, whether or not those potential films will include Luke Skywalker seems to be resolved. Speaking with ComicBook.com while promoting his new film The Life of Chuck, Mark Hamill said that it is time to move on from the legacy characters first introduced in the original trilogy and later returning in the sequel trilogy. Hamill first appeared as Luke in 1977’s Star Wars, later titled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope as well as its first two sequels. He returned in 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens as well as that film’s two sequels. He’s also been involved on the Disney Plus side of things, assisting with the motion capture in The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, and later voici...

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, the museum founded by George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, laid off 15 full-time employees last week, the Los Angeles Times reported, including people from the education and public programming team. Moreover, seven part-time, on-call employees had their roles “eliminated”, the paper added. The layoffs amount to 14% of the staff. The scene, which took place last Thursday morning, was described as “shocking and chaotic” by two sources to the LA Times. One of the people laid off was the museum’s curator of film programs, Bernardo Rondeau, who was not at the premises when it happened. Instead, the news was brought up to him while at the Cannes Film Festival. He posted on LinkedIn: “As of today, my role as Curator, Film Programs at the Lucas Museum of...

Something that Star Wars:Hyperspace Stories – The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents has nailed from the start is its tone. Replicating the goofy, wisecracking, and sometimes absurd antics of Clone Force 99, the series is perfect for fans of the animated series. It also helps that many other fan-favorites make a return. The Bad Batch: Ghost Agents issue #3 keeps that streak alive with humor, intense action, and more guests. Alongside artist Reese Hannigan, inker Elisabetta D’Amico, and colorist Michael Atiyeh, each page is filled to the edge with color and excitement. Spoilers below…  After the semi-reveal that the target the Bad Batch is tracking is Asajj Ventress, the squad works to capture her and Hunter, who is right on her tail. They intercept a message between her and Aurra Sing stating that...

The Rise of Skywalker Issue 3 released yesterday and finally offered readers a bit more narrative heft. So far in this comic run, there’s been little to nothing added to the story. What additional inner monologue or extraneous story details were added were obvious or superfluous. Today’s issue however, while not totally kicking the adaptation into overdrive, does benefit from the extended time following the release of the film and added canonical details that have since sprouted. Artist, Will Sliney, does a fantastic job in this issue of balancing the myriad of jump shots in the film communicating various reactions felt through the Force, as well as the generally fast pace of the film. So far the entire team, and Sliney in particular, has completed a very competent job of tightening the...

With less than a day away from its premiere, Andor season 2 has been certified fresh by Rotten Tomatoes. At the time of writing, with 55 reviews aggregated, the show currently sits at a 98% positive rating. Plenty of reviewers and journalists had high praise for the second season of Andor, with many putting it above the first season. Emily Zemler of the Observer remarked on how the story of rising oppression has remnants and ideas that could be related to today:  Another positive review from Kelly Lawler of USA Today said that the show is a beautiful story about “love” and “sacrifice” that can go into dark places — a sentiment shared by many of the cast and crew of Andor:  For comparison, the first season of Andor still stands remarkably high on Rotten Tomatoes with a critic rating of 9...