For almost 50 years, a new live-action Star Wars movie has generally arrived in theaters with an aura of inevitability. That day is no more. Even when the franchise became divisive, even when reviews were mixed, even when fan enthusiasm was fractured... the box office...
Rian Johnson is once again revisiting the backlash to Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and this time he’s not pretending it caught him off guard. In a new interview tied to the promotion of his upcoming Netflix film Wake Up Dead Man, Johnson openly claims that the massive fan backlash was not only expected — it was preferred.
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For those of you who, like me, had only really heard about AI and movies as a sort of nebulous, “someday in the future” concept … holy guacamole, the future is now (almost).
Deadline has confirmed that Claudia Black will not appear in Ahsoka Season 2, despite being invited back to reprise her role as Klothow, one of the Nightsisters who aligned with Grand Admiral Thrawn. The actress says the issue came down to pay — specifically, that Disney couldn’t compensate her enough for the responsibilities she carries “as a single mother.”
According to hints from director Shawn Levy, his upcoming Star Wars: Starfighter will be unlike anything fans have seen before. Levy is clear that the “do something new” mandate isn’t something he demanded before coming on board, but is an instruction coming from Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy to avoid legacy Star Wars characters.
Star Wars fans noticed something unusual this week: the Instagram account of Amandla Stenberg has vanished without explanation, just days after The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland reignited controversy by labeling some critics of the series as “fascists and racists.”
Fans have speculated about the fate of The Mandalorian Season 4 following the announcement of Lucasfilm’s upcoming film The Mandalorian and Grogu, with many claiming the Star Wars film is made up of repurposed scripts for the next installment of the Disney+ show.
In her first major interview since The Acolyte was pulled from Disney+, creator Leslye Headland has reignited controversy with a series of candid remarks on the show’s cancellation — culminating in her labeling a portion of longtime YouTube commentators as “fascists and racists.”
On Monday, November 10th, Lucasfilm announced that its Star Wars Insider magazine will be officially canceled in 2026 after releasing its 237th issue.
Star Wars is limping into its next chapter with confidence only Hollywood could muster — the kind born not from success, but from denial. The franchise is in shambles, the audience has evaporated, and the brand is no longer protected by the mythic glow it once carried. And yet, according to the Main Stream Access Media, the big revelation — the galaxy-saving insight — is that the way to save Star Wars is more Pedro Pascal.
Rian Johnson has finally said the quiet part out loud — his Star Wars trilogy isn’t happening. Speaking on Radio Andy this week, the Knives Out filmmaker offered one of the clearest updates yet on the long-dormant project, confirming that it’s not in active development and hasn’t been for years.
Ever since Adam Driver told the Associated Press that he and director Steven Soderbergh had spent two years independently developing a Star Wars movie centered around his Ben Solo character—only for Disney to reject it—we’ve been told by the access media that there’s a huge demand for the film.
Disney’s deleted series Willow (2022) was revealed to have a budget of $17 million per episode, according to a recent Forbes report by Caroline Reid. The author cites filings from the Barking Lion Production studio, a subsidiary of Disney, in order to back up its claims. Being more economical than its neighbors at Marvel and Star Wars, the total cost for Willow came to $136.3 million.