Tag: The Mandalorian
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‘The Acolyte’: Leslye Headland Explains Hiring A Writer Who Hasn’t Watched ‘Star Wars’ To Help With Her Disney+ Series
I have a confession to make—I don’t really enjoy 90% of “Star Wars” media. The original trilogy is great, obviously. The prequels are meh. The sequels are…well, not great. And I haven’t really watched any of the animated stuff or read the books and/or comics. That is to say, I know about “Star Wars” but…
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‘The Book of Boba Fett’ Will Fill in the Bounty Hunter’s Past, Robert Rodriguez is Directing Several Episodes
Before The Mandalorian continues on Disney+, Star Wars fans will take a break with a new live-action series focusing on the return of one of the most notorious bounty hunters in the galaxy. The Book of Boba Fett is bringing back the character who debuted in The Empire Strikes Back, seemed to perish in Return…
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Star Wars Bits: War of the Bounty Hunters, The Mandalorian, Rangers of the New Republic, The Bad Batch, and More!
In this edition of Star Wars Bits: Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1 preview Star Wars: The Mandalorian Funko Pop! bobbleheads Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic is now longer in development Star Wars podcast & YouTube round-up And more! Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters #1 Preview In StarWars.com’s exclusive…
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‘Launchpad’ Review: Disney’s Short Film Series is a Wonderful Spotlight for New Filmmakers
Over the last 18 months, Disney+ has reshaped the conversation surrounding new streaming content. Shows like The Mandalorian and WandaVision have transformed the way a streaming channel can connect to audiences. But the key difference is that making new Star Wars shows and Marvel content is bound to get high engagement among people who are…
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Cool Stuff: ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Funko POPs Include Ahsoka Tano, Boba Fett, and More Grogu
The second season of The Mandalorian has been in our rearview mirror for sometime now. Even though Hasbro was able to keep up with each new episodes by debuting weekly waves of Star Wars merchandise inspired by each episode of the second season, other toy and collectible creators had to wait a little bit longer…
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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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‘The Mandalorian’ EP Dave Filoni’s ‘New’ Job at Lucasfilm Isn’t Actually New, but Fans on Twitter Got Excited Anyway
The Force is strong with Dave Filoni. And so, it seems, is Twitter.Last summer, Lucasfilm quietly promoted the executive producer and frequent writer and director of “The Mandalorian” to executive creative director for the entire studio, a rep confirms with Variety. But the company didn’t update its website with Filoni’s new title until this week,…
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‘Mank’ Wins Top Honor at ASC Awards
The American Society of Cinematographers handed out its top prize in feature film visual storytelling to Erik Messerschmidt, ASC for “Mank.”Other winners included “The Crown,” “The Mandalorian,” “The Truffle Hunters,” “Two of Us,” “Motherland: Fort Salem” and “The Queen’s Gambit.”Turner Classics Movies host Ben Mankiewicz served as the emcee for the ceremony, presenting the awards…
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‘Mank,’ ‘The Crown’ & ‘The Mandalorian’ Among ASC Awards Winners
The last guild award ceremony of this long protracted awards season went to the American Society of Cinematographers and they were in a “Mank” mood for the 2021 ASC Awards. Their premiere honor went to Erik Messerschmidt for his work on David Fincher‘s passion project. This was Messerschmidt’s first nomination and win at the ASC…