Mark Hamill is speaking candidly once again about the direction of Star Wars—and this time, his tone is notably different as he heaps lavish praise on new Lucasfilm boss Dave Filoni. With Kathleen Kennedy stepping away from Lucasfilm after more than a decade at the...
The cast of The Acolyte continue to tout the show's ratings, despite the fact that objective numbers show that hardly anyone watched it. However, this group of people seem insistent on doubling down and trying to blame anyone but themselves or creator,...
The Gina Carano lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm is still moving forward, and the former Mandalorian star has provided a fresh update on her legal battle. After being removed from the Star Wars franchise in 2021 due to a fallout with Disney, Carano took legal action, alleging wrongful termination and political discrimination.
It turns out, however, that Natalie Portman may have already BEEN back to the Star Wars galaxy, but her triumphant re-emergence was inexplicably left on the cutting room floor.
Leslye Headland, Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant and the creator of Disney’s The Acolyte, has suddenly exited her latest Netflix project, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.
The Daisy Ridley-led Star Wars Rey movie has officially tapped its third writer, George Nolfi, in what seems like another chapter in the ongoing saga of delays and turbulence under Kathleen Kennedy’s leadership at Lucasfilm.
This past weekend, numerous access media outlets and Star Wars-centric publications celebrated the perceived success of The Acolyte following the release of Luminate’s 2024 Film and TV report. Headlines and X posts boasted that The Acolyte was Disney+‘s second most-watched series of the year, accumulating 2.7 billion minutes of viewership. However, when the surface-level accolades are set aside and the numbers are examined in greater detail, this supposed victory turns into a major loss and a stark reflection of Disney’s ongoing struggles with the Star Wars franchise and streaming platform Disney+.
In a surprising announcement, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Ryan Gosling is in talks to star in Shawn Levy’s upcoming Star Wars movie, which has reportedly been languishing in development for the past two years.
The Star Wars fandom is abuzz with conflicting reports about Natalie Portman’s possible return to the galaxy far, far away. YouTuber Kristian Harloff claims that Portman is in talks to reprise her role as Padmé Amidala in the second season of Ahsoka. If true, this would mark her first appearance in the Star Wars universe since 2005’s Revenge of the Sith.
Ahsoka Season 2 is moving forward at Lucasfilm and Disney Plus. Fan-favorite character Baylan Skoll (one of the only popular characters to come out of the show) has reportedly been recast, replacing the late Ray Stevenson with Game of Thrones actor, Rory McCann.
Skeleton Crew, the latest live-action Star Wars series on Disney+, has achieved a dubious milestone by failing to chart on any major streaming ratings measurement platform. This puts the show at the bottom of the franchise’s already struggling offerings, earning the unenviable title of the lowest-performing Star Wars project to date.
The Star Wars universe just can’t seem to win lately. Perhaps the greatest example of modern Lucasfilm’s shortcomings can be found in the story of The Acolyte, the controversial Star Wars High Republic Disney Plus series by Harvey Weinstein’s former personal assistant Leslye Headland.
The series was canceled after a single season, but one of its stars let slip that Headland had ambitious plans for her creation that included three whole seasons and a movie.
Disney’s reported budget for the first two seasons of Andor ballooned to over half a billion dollars amid diminishing returns.