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Lucasfilm Has a Luke Skywalker Problem
The data is coming in from the last seasons of The Book of Boba Fett, and while we'll have to wait a while for the Nielsen statistics, there's a pattern worth recognizing. I won't post a Google Trends chart this week: we've had issues with those embedded charts not...
That Park Place Reaches Out to Pablo Hidalgo Directly
Over the past few hours, Pablo Hidalgo has clarified that he is continuing to work for Lucasfilm... something That Park Place has never contended was untrue. However, in our original reporting, we discussed the following items: Pablo Hidalgo, an employee of Lucasfilm,...
Something Odd at Lucasfilm: Pablo Hidalgo Social Media Status
The following article is made possible by a tip from Drunk 3PO and Valliant Renegade. Make sure to click their links and subscribe to their channels for great Star Wars information! "Right now, their behavior tells us and our industry that the way they want to...
Rumor: Boba Fett Episode 6 Tripled 24-Hour Ratings
This is one of those where you're just going to have to trust me... I don't have any references to give you. I'm the first one reporting this. But if you need to see our track record here at That Park Place, we had Encanto's rise right before anybody else, I had Boba...
The Disney Responses to Whoopie Goldberg and Gina Carano Are Very Different
It wasn't long ago that The Walt Disney Company's standards for firing an actress seemed to be perfectly aimed for those who made controversial Holocaust statements. In the case of Gina Carano, she was canned quickly and with an unusual enthusiasm when she compared...
Hawkeye and Boba Fett Ratings Demolished by Cobra Kai
So imagine for a moment that you're Lucasfilm and you've not had a live action Star Wars property out there in a year. You've put one-hundred million dollars into making a new one, and that's production costs only. You're up there in blockbuster budget territory....
Respawn Entertainment Takes Over Star Wars Video Game Production
Respawn Entertainment will be heading up the next generation of Star Wars video games per a press release sent out today. Here's what they say: REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – January 25, 2022 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:EA) and Lucasfilm Games are joining forces to...
A Huge Boba Fett Finale to Help Favreau
One of the things that I don't want to do is ruin a series that people are into. Back with The Mandalorian Season 2, I did an article all about CGI Luke Skywalker and Disney's plan to go full force into deep fake and CGI makeup technology. That's only accelerated, but...
Big Indiana Jones Rumors as Filming Wraps Up
James Mangold and Kathleen Kennedy had better hope they get this thing right, because it is quite difficult to imagine much in the way of reshoots if post-production finds issues. For Indiana Jones 5, filming is set to wrap by the end of February, per a source that...
Kathleen Kennedy Loses Another Big Project
Children of Blood and Bone, the trilogy that was supposed to be the first non-Star Wars non-Indiana Jones project by Lucasfilm since its acquisition by Disney, has been cut from The Walt Disney Company and is now under the umbrella of Paramount. The property was a...
Boba Fett Episode 3 Review: Whoville Meets Star Wars
We need to have a proverbial sit-down conversation before I delve into a review for this episode. So let's chat. I don't know who was in charge of the third episode and I don't know how concept art, prop design, character design, etc, was all assigned for this show....
Star Wars Hotel Skipped by Disney World Christmas Special
On Christmas Day of 2021, The Walt Disney Company kept a particular holiday tradition alive by hosting a Christmas Parade Special on ABC. At ten in the morning, eastern time, viewers were treated to the festive décor of the Magic Kingdom, regaled with the musical...