Hasbro has unveiled its newest Star Wars products toys at this year’s Star Wars Celebration which includes: a special edition retro prototype Darth Vader figure (available exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con and in limited quantities on Target.com), Black Series figures for an event exclusive Boba Fett, Clone Commander Obi-Wan Kenobi, Droid Depot 4-pack, Emperor Palpatine, […]
Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance and Star Wars: The Clone Wars coming to Celebration 2019
With Star Wars Celebration Chicago a little over a month away, the official Star Wars site has announced that Lucasfilm Animation will be hosting three panels at the weekend as it puts the spotlight on Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance, and the returning Star Wars: The Clone Wars. On Saturday April 13th, Dave Filoni […]
Star Wars returns to Dark Horse for The Art of Star Wars Rebels
After losing the Star Wars license to Marvel a few years back, Dark Horse Comics has announced that it is dipping its toes back into the galaxy far, far away to publish the new hardcover book The Art of Star Wars Rebels. Featuring never-before-seen concept art and process pieces along with exclusive commentary from the […]
Celebrating 10 Years of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Its Continuing Legacy
Ricky Church celebrates 10 years of Star Wars: The Clone Wars… Last week marked the 10th anniversary for the premiere of Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series. Though a feature film of the same name was released a couple months prior to the premiere and introduced some interesting new elements to the Star Wars canon, it did not […]
Fan Expo 2018: Jim Cummings reflects on Winnie the Pooh, Darkwing Duck and his voice career
Some people may not know his name, but they have certainly heard the voice of Jim Cummings in countless animated series. From Winnie the Pooh, Darkwing Duck, The Little Mermaid and even Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rebels, Cummings has had an extensive career in voice acting and even reprised the voices of Pooh and Tigger for the […]
Book Review – Star Wars: Thrawn – Alliances
Ricky Church reviews Star Wars: Thrawn – Alliances… If there is one team-up die-hard Star Wars fans want to see, it is the potential of Darth Vader and the fan-favourite Expanded Universe character Grand Admiral Thrawn together. Now that Thrawn has made his way into the official Star Wars canon through his appearances in Star Wars Rebels, author Timothy […]
Dave Filoni on the fate of Kanan in Star Wars Rebels
Dave Filoni, the creator of Star Wars Rebels, has spoken about his decision to kill off one of the show’s main characters in the final season. Star Wars is used to killing off wise mentor figures throughout its illustrious history so when Kanan perished in Star Wars Rebels, perhaps fans shouldn’t have been as shocked […]
Star Wars Rebels was originally going to explore the theft of the Death Star plans
During an interview with Comic Book to discuss his work on Star Wars Rebels, creator Dave Filoni has revealed that very early in development his original plan for the show was to explore the theft of the Death Star plans, but that changed once it emerged that Disney and Lucasfilm were to explore that event […]
Dave Filoni says its “hard” to think about other people working with characters from Star Wars Rebels
Dave Filoni, creator of Star Wars Rebels, has admitted that it’s a challenging notion that other people might one day work with characters from the show. Now that Star Wars Rebels has come to an end, creator Dave Filoni has moved on to other projects like Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The characters he created […]
Dave Filoni explains why Director Krennic and the Death Star didn’t feature in Star Wars Rebels
During its four-season run on Disney XD, Star Wars Rebels featured guest appearances from a host of familiar Star Wars faces, including the likes of Darth Vader, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian, The Emperor, Grand Moff Tarkin and Saw Gerrera. The latter made his live-action Star Wars debut in 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, which […]