Star Wars

The first behind-the-scenes photo from Star Wars: Starfighter has been teased by director Shawn Levy, featuring stars Ryan Gosling and Flynn Gray. The photo in question features the two actors standing on some kind of water craft wearing stained and rough clothing, with Gosling leaning on the craft’s steering controls.  According to Shawn Levy’s Instagram post, the photo was taken somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Sardinia (an island off the coast of Italy). It’s a surprise that the first photo from Star Wars: Starfighter is taking us to an oceanic planet. Most of us likely imagined the first tease of this film would feature Ryan Gosling in the pilot seat of some kind of nimble starfighter, like in the film’s title, but no! It’s not often we see an ocean planet in Sta...

Concept art of Aspyr’s cancelled Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has surfaced online from MP1st showcasing how the studio was intending to redesign the Wookiee homeworld of BioWare’s iconic game. The remake is now being redeveloped by Saber Interactive. The concept art shows the planet Kashyyyk, one of four planets that the player character and their party visits after completing both the Taris and Dantooine portions of the galaxy-spanning adventure. The concept art was shared by one of the artists who worked on Aspyr’s version of the game as part of their creative portfolio, showing plans for a more elaborate redesign. You can look at it below:  Redesigned Kashyyyk for Knights of the Old Republic What does this mean for progress on the revival? Realistically, nothing – th...

Chancellor Valorum is the subject of this week’s Star Wars Character Spotlight, the leader of the Galactic Republic before and during The Phantom Menace, portrayed by the late Terence Stamp in the film. Valorum was a good man but ultimately became the victim of Palpatine’s political machinations. George Lucas’ inspiration for the character was then-US President Bill Clinton. Early life Finis Valorum was born on Coruscant to House Valorum, one of the wealthy elite families in the Republic’s capital. The Valorums had a long and storied history in the Republic, as Finis’ direct ancestor Tarsus Valorum had been the first ever chancellor of the Republic roughly 800 years earlier (confusingly, the Republic had already existed for 200 years by that point).  The Valorums had their own very succ...

The latest issue of Star Wars: Insider will release on August 19th (US/CAN) and September 18th (UK) and is jam-packed with interviews. Genieveve O’Reilley and Stellan Skarskgard discuss their experiences playing Rebel leaders in Andor season 2 while Kriyana Kratter and Marti Matulis share their experiences playing KB and the Mandalorian crossover pirate Vane in Skeleton Crew. The issue also takes a look behind the curtain at Hasbro and launches a brand new series of short fiction. Genevieve O’Reilly and Stellan Skarsgård interview The actors behind Rebel Alliance founders Mon Mothma and Luthen Rael look back at the journey of their characters and what they sacrificed in the name of freedom. O’Reilly, who first played Mon Mothma in a scene for Revenge of the Sith that was cut from the fi...

The latest issue of Legacy of Vader was released and we’re back to witness the confrontation between Kylo Ren and former Jedi, Grandea, on the planet, Lahtee. As promised, a significant portion of this month’s issue was devoted to an Order 66 flashback. If you’re rolling your eyes at yet another Order 66 flashback, you may find yourself pleasantly surprised by the end of it. For Ren, after last month’s easy sweep of Corellia, Grandea proves to be a much more challenging opponent for the Sith. No doubt, exactly what Vaneé had in mind when he suggested that Kylo Ren hunt for bigger game. In keeping with consistency for the series, both Ren and readers get a bit of a history lesson. However, the lesson gets taken a step further for Ren when he finally learns a valuable piece of information...