Years after Disney canceled The Acolyte following a single disastrous season, creator Leslye Headland is still holding onto hope that the series could one day return for season 2. In a new interview with Empire Magazine, Headland revealed she would gladly come back...
The release date for Ahsoka Season 2 was recently pushed back 2027, and the reasons for the decision are not entirely clear. However, a new narrative around the Disney+ series appears to be developing. In recent weeks, coverage surrounding Ahsoka has increasingly focused on how the series differs from The Acolyte. The focus, however, has not been on story, visual effects, or lore. Instead, the media appears to want audiences to know that Ahsoka is being made on a leaner budget. Significantly, this sudden interest in the dollars and cents invested into Star Wars properties seems to be a developing pattern.
Disney and Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian and Grogu is now staring down the very real possibility that the long-awaited return of Star Wars to theaters won’t even crack a $100 million opening over the extended Memorial Day holiday frame. That’s despite the fact that the...
Lucasfilm’s return to theaters with The Mandalorian and Grogu has already sparked a major debate among Star Wars fans, with many wondering why this Disney+ show was turned into a movie at all. And now even director Jon Favreau appears uncertain about why Disney chose...
The early reviews for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu are painting an ugly picture for Lucasfilm and The Walt Disney Company. The film debuted at a Rotten 58% on Rotten Tomatoes before briefly climbing to 62% as more reviews rolled in. Since then, however, the...
Disney’s announcement that Ahsoka Season 2 is delayed until 2027 has created a fresh wave of uncertainty around the future of Star Wars, especially given how unusual the timing appears to be. The second season reportedly wrapped filming months ago. In the streaming...
Top Disney leadership quietly made a high-profile visit to Lucasfilm just days before new streaming data reignited concerns about the state of Star Wars. According to a post shared by Star Wars Holocron on X, Disney CEO Josh D'Amaro, Disney President Dana Walden, and...
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...
According to The HoloFiles, The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland recently shared in an interview with The George Lucas Talk Show what her plans would have been had the show been renewed for a second season. The divisive Disney+ Star Wars series was canceled nearly two years ago, and yet Headland’s comments sparked renewed debate over the direction of the beloved franchise—and the depiction of Yoda in particular.
Despite collapsing viewership, a quarter-billion-dollar production price tag, and its cancellation after just one season, Star Wars: The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland claims her failed show actually "succeeded." Yes — she claimed it was a success. That’s the word...
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...
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.”