Tag: Star Wars Resistance
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‘Mandalorian’ Cast Celebrates as Dave Filoni Is Now Executive Creative Director of Lucasfilm
“The Mandalorian” cast members such as Ming-Na Wen and Katee Sackhoff took to social media to celebrate the announcement that Dave Filoni is now the executive creative director of Lucasfilm. The promotion actually went into effect last summer, Variety reports, but it wasn’t until the studio updated its website with Filoni’s new title this week…
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Oscar Isaac Says He’ll Only Return to ‘Star Wars’ ‘If I Need Another House or Something’
After years entrenched in big-budget spectacle, from “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “The Rise of Skywalker” to “Dune” and lending his voice to the animated series “Star Wars Resistance,” Oscar Isaac is finally getting back to his art film roots. He’ll soon to be seen in Paul Schrader’s upcoming “The Card Counter,” as a…
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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Navigated a Few Missed Opportunities With “The New World” and “No Place Safe”
After fleeing the First Order untold times, the Colossus seems to have found a permanent home on an aqua planet low on the First Order radar—or so Captain Doza (Jason Hightower) assumes—and endowed with freshwater and food sources. Kaz (Christopher Sean) is naturally skeptical about a return to the old relative status quo. First, they…
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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Delivers a Massive Cliffhanger in Penultimate Episode “The Missing Agent”
If you found the recent The Mandalorian “The Reckoning” cliffhanger anxiety-inducing, now you’re faced with a Star Wars Resistance cliffhanger in the latest “The Missing Agent.” The episode opens on an unknown planet with a humanoid alien fellow, Norath Kev (Daveed Diggs), and his rollie droid running fast in the night from an ominous force.…
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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Juggles Action, Humor, and Teeth-Clenching Emotion in “Station to Station”
A love and pining for home haunts the fast-paced action of Star Wars Resistance in “Station to Station.” This episode would not have worked as well if the viewer hadn’t witnessed the civilian idyllics on the Colossus in the lighthearted “Kaz’s Curse.” Even though the Colossus never appears in this episode, its humble homeliness is…
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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Is Back to Charming Civilian Idyllics and Death Gangs in “Kaz’s Curse”
The day on the Colossus starts off idyllic in this episode of Star Wars Resistance. While no spoken attention is brought to it, the Colossus citizens seem to be enjoying a spurt of economic activity after the Aces’ racing stint in “The Voxx Vortex 5000.” Kaz (Christopher Sean) is blithely gambling against a pirate. And…
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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Gets Back to Racing in “The Voxx Vortex 5000”
“The Voxx Vortex 5000” is a rather breezy episode in the second season of Star Wars Resistance. Bored by the absence of racing aboard the Colossus, the lead Ace, Hype Fazon (Donald Faison), proposes that the Colossus pay a visit to a floating space-station casino owned by a hutt known as Vranki the Blue (John…
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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Explores the Heartbreak of Sacrifice and Secrecy in “Rendezvous Point”
In the second season of Star Wars Resistance, “Rendezvous Point”opens on fire across the stars. The First Order is ambushing the Colossus and the Aces have their hands full defending the Colossus. But Captain Imanuel Doza (Jason Hightower) is reluctant to escape into hyperspace, holding out for the arrival of a mysterious pilot who might…
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‘Star Wars Resistance’ Review: The Presence of The Force Grows in “The Relic Raiders”
“The Relic Raiders” is the first Star Wars Resistance episode to directly engage in the Force. For the majority of Resistance, the Force itself has been virtually non-existent as an explicit presence, despite exploration of its vacated worship sites and references to practitioners like the Knight of Ren and Jedi. The closest the Force came…
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Why ‘Star Wars’ Fans Should Embrace ‘Star Wars: Resistance’
Like Star Wars Rebels before it, Star Wars Resistance met some, no pun intended, resistance with certain Star Wars fans – especially fans who feel the Disney Xd series is targeted specifically to kids and not themselves. But Star Wars Resistance is already showing signs of moving past its initial childlike wonder into a richer…