Star Wars

Mark Hamill was recently asked by Variety about the future of generative artificial intelligence, deepfakes, and whether or not he’ll have to sign over his likeness rights to appear in future Star Wars media digitally. Variety asked Mark Hamill if he was familiar with the recent trend of GenAI-based fan films that feature a (usually) de-aged version of himself acting out dialogue and actions written by user command. His response was that he didn’t quite know what to think of it, but that he might just have to have some long conversations about the rights to his likeness: “I haven’t seen [any of those fan films]. It’s one of those things where there’s a disconnect between the fan world and myself, in the sense that every actor does the job, and when the job is completed, they move on to ...

Kathleen Kennedy has been selected to receive the 2026 edition of the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) Filmmaker Award. Via Variety, the MPSE Filmmaker Award is given to an individual outside the sound community whose career has demonstrated a great appreciation and understanding of the impact of sound editing. As someone with such an esteemed career as a movie producer way before she was made president of Lucasfilm and revived Star Wars on the big screen, you’d imagine that Kathleen Kennedy probably does understand a lot about the importance of sound editing. David Barber, president of the Motion Picture Sound Editors, prepared a statement about their decision to bestow the award upon Kennedy. “The Motion Picture Sound Editors are thrilled to honor Kathleen Kennedy with this year’s ...

The final issue of Dark Horse’s Star Wars: Tales from the Nightlands concludes the three-issue series featuring the monstrous Nightlander, designed by veteran concept artist Iain McCaig, who created the equally terrifying Darth Maul. The series is written by Cavan Scott with this issue’s art and colouring by Robert Hack, lettering by Comicraft and cover art by Francesco Francavilla.  Tales from the Nightlands #3, available December 10 The third issue follows the premise of the previous two with the Nightmare Conjunction (a concept first introduced in Scott’s Dooku: Jedi Lost) thinning the veil between the corporeal realm and the realms beyond. This event happens every 30 years, conveniently spacing out neatly between trilogies with the third issue moving into the sequel trilogy era. The...

A lot of news has dropped recently for next year’s The Mandalorian and Grogu. Jon Favreau gave fans some nice story hints last week and before that we heard about additional casting as well. Now, we’ve gotten another poster for the movie and some new footage. The poster, released by the official Star Wars account in Latin America, lists the movie’s release date as May 21, 2026. This might mean that the movie will open a day early in South American territories, or perhaps it’s simply referencing the Thursday previews. See the new poster below:  Also, fans eager to see more footage of next year’s Star Wars adventure can get a small sneak peek before showings of Zootopia 2. The trailer being played in theaters is largely the same as the one from months ago, but it has some new bits. Accord...

The latest issue of Empire Magazine promised a new look at next summer’s The Mandalorian and Grogu, and it delivered. Alongside a new image featuring the titular characters, director Jon Favreau shared some insight into the characters’ relationship as they chart a new path with the New Republic. When we first met Din Djarin in that iconic opening scene of The Mandalorian, he was clearly a lone wolf, moving through his life, capturing bounties, and seemingly focused on his own needs.  By the end of that first episode, he meets Grogu. At the end of that first season, the two are clearly a pair, working together and bonded by the classic teacher/apprentice relationship, a staple of Star Wars storytelling. In The Mandalorian and Grogu, director Jon Favreau tells Empire that we will see furt...