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Rosario Dawson reportedly cast as Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian season 2

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Having expressed her interest in portraying the character on a number of occasions, it seems that Rosario Dawson may have achieved her ambition of bringing Ahsoka Tano to life in live action, with Slash Film reporting that the Daredevil actress has been cast as Anakin Skywalker’s former Jedi Padawan in the second season of The […]

Disney+ confirms UK release plans for The Mandalorian and Star Wars: The Clone Wars

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Star Wars fans in the UK have faced a lengthy wait for the arrival The Mandalorian, and while we’re now just days away from the launch of Disney+, that doesn’t mean you’ll soon be able to binge watch the entire first season of the live-action show. Disney has today confirmed their content release strategy in […]

Giancarlo Esposito says he is ready to wield the Darksaber in The Mandalorian season 2

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Giancarlo Esposito, one of the stars of The Mandalorian, says that he and his character are ready to wield the Darksaber in season 2. One of the things fans are looking to most in The Mandalorian season two is seeing more of the Darksaber in action. This dangerous weapon is currently in the hands of […]

Gina Carano announces that filming has wrapped on The Mandalorian season 2

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Actress and former MMA fighter Gina Carano has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has wrapped on the second season of Lucasfilm’s live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian. https://www.instagram.com/p/B9aFIdIJu79/   Carano plays former Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune in The Mandalorian, which revolves around Pedro Pascal’s titular bounty hunter-turned-Baby Yoda protector Din Djarin. Carano […]

Giancarlo Esposito promises “major, major, epic, epic lightsaber action” in The Mandalorian season 2

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The season finale of Disney+’s live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian featured a rather exciting reveal for fans of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as Giancarlo Esposito’s villainous Moff Gideon was seen to be in possession of the Darksaber, an ancient black-bladed lightsaber and Mandalorian artefact. Quite how Gideon came to be in possession of […]

Disney+ goes on pre-sale in the UK with introductory subscription offer

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We’ve been made to wait, but Disney+ is now less than a month away from arriving in the UK, and to mark the occasion the streaming service is offering a pre-launch annual subscription for the price of £49.99, equivalent to £4.17 a month, and a saving of £10 on the regular annual price of £59.99 […]

ILM video showcases the groundbreaking virtual production technology of The Mandalorian

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ILM has released a new video which gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the virtual production technology used during the making of Disney+’s live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian; watch it here… SEE ALSO: LEGO Star Wars expands The Mandalorian line with The Razor Crest set and new BrickHeadz After the stories of Jango and […]

Hasbro unveils its Animatronic Edition Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian

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Hasbro has unveiled its ‘The Child’ Animatronic Edition toy from the hit live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian, which features over 25 sound and motion combinations and goes on sale this Fall, priced at $59.99; take a look at the official promo image below, along with a video of Baby Yoda in action… SEE ALSO: […]

LEGO Star Wars expands The Mandalorian line with The Razor Crest set and new BrickHeadz

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The LEGO Group has unveiled two new additions to its LEGO Star Wars line with BrickHeadz for The Mandalorian and The Child, and The Razor Crest set which comes with minifigures for The Mandalorian, Greef Karga, IG-11 and The Child; check out the promotional images here… SEE ALSO: Hasbro releasing The Mandalorian’s Imperial Troop Transport […]