Poe Dameron’s line in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, “Somehow, Palpatine returned,” was apparently added in a reshoot. According to Oscar Isaac, who was tasked with delivering this key bit of exposition, he never considered that it might spark fan backlash and become an internet meme.
A small vocal segment of the fandom is calling for a Star Wars Celebration boycott. The 2027 event is being organized by ReedPop, a subsidiary of RELX. The protesters argue that since RELX holds government contracts that work directly with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Star Wars community is being “used as a shield for corporate complicity in state violence.”
The newly released Masters of the Universe trailer quietly but decisively outperformed the trailer for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu on YouTube—and not by a narrow margin. Within just two days of release, the Masters of the Universe trailer surged past 16...
File it under the category of “What Could Have Been.” According to Pirates & Princesses (citing The Wrap), acclaimed animator Genndy Tartakovsky turned down a leadership role at Lucasfilm—presented by George Lucas himself. His decision paved the way for Dave Filoni to take creative control of a galaxy far, far away. Now, fans are wondering how Star Wars would look if Tartakovsky had accepted the offer.
Lucasfilm is once again playing cleanup duty — and this time, the spotlight is squarely on Dave Filoni, Andor, and long-simmering rumors that the series succeeded in spite of the studio’s internal creative hierarchy rather than because of it. Following a recent report...
A long-simmering question surrounding Star Wars and Lucasfilm leadership has now turned into a rare public contradiction — one that places outgoing Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy and filmmaker Rian Johnson directly at odds. In a recent interview reflecting on...
Is the Star Wars Rey movie still happening? When Kathleen Kennedy laid out the future of Star Wars in her Deadline exit interview, she named nearly every major project still lingering at Lucasfilm — stalled films, scripts on hold, and ideas pushed years into the...
For the first time, Kathleen Kennedy has publicly confirmed that the long-discussed James Mangold Star Wars film is no longer moving forward as planned. In her Deadline exit interview, Kennedy acknowledged that Mangold’s highly touted project — often referred to as...
As Kathleen Kennedy prepares to exit Lucasfilm, her farewell interview with Deadline reads less like an honest assessment of her tenure and more like a final attempt to rewrite the narrative — one that once again places the blame on Star Wars fans themselves. Rather...
Kathleen Kennedy is officially leaving Lucasfilm (for real this time...) bringing an end to her 14-year tenure overseeing Star Wars under Disney. This confirms a recent rumor by PUCK News. The announcement confirms a leadership transition that Disney appears eager to...
Major Hollywood trade publications are now acknowledging the rumors that Kathleen Kennedy leaving Lucasfilm may be imminent.
Tom Cruise was recently involved with Star Wars: Starfighter, and confirmed some strong suspicions in the process.
When Star Wars: Starfighter was first announced, one of the biggest questions surrounding the film was how deeply it would lean into traditional Star Wars iconography. For months, Lucasfilm and director Shawn Levy positioned the project as something of a tonal departure—new characters, new conflicts, and a setting five years removed from The Rise of Skywalker.
Now, thanks to an unexpected cameo behind the camera from Tom Cruise, that positioning may already be unraveling.
For years, Star Wars fans have argued over what went wrong with Disney’s sequel trilogy. Bad planning. Clashing visions. Corporate interference. But according to Mark Hamill, the core failure came down to one blunt creative decision from J.J. Abrams — a decision that...