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A New Look at ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Reveals an Essential Ingredient: Tight Pants

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-09-25 21:37:19

What binds the Star Wars galaxy together? Is it the Force? The desire for injustice to be rebelled against, for the light to rise against the dark? Well, in the case of a certain kind of ne’er-do-well in pockets of the galaxy… it’s a real tight pair of pants, and now Ryan Gosling stands among their wearers. We previously got a shadowed glimpse at Gosling’s new Star Wars character when Lucasfilm officially unveiled Star Wars: Starfighter‘s beginning of production a few weeks ago. But now directo

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‘Star Wars’ Actor Teases ‘Clone Wars’ Favorite May Be Poised to Return

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-05 13:08:53

The sprawling Star Wars universe is in a little bit of a “calm before the storm” moment, with a huge slate of upcoming films, shows, novels, and video games looming on the horizon like a binary sunset. And to add to the melee, an actor from the franchise’s TV darling, The Clone Wars, is teasing the return of a fan-favorite character. Speaking with The Direct, voice actor Jim Cummings appeared to confirm that his Clone Wars character, Hondo Ohnaka, will be making a return to the series. “I thin

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The 55 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (September 2025)

wired.com Jennifer M. Wood 2025-10-08 08:00:00

Disney+, if you didn’t know, isn’t just for kids. With its ownership of the Lucasfilm brand and the Marvel titles, the streaming service offers plenty of grown-up content in its bid to compete with Netflix and Amazon—and we’re not just talking movies. Since launching the service, Disney has used the name recognition of Star Wars and Marvel to launch scores of TV shows, from The Mandalorian to Loki. In the list below, we’ve collected the ones we think are the best to watch, from those franchises

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The Next ‘Star Wars’ VR Game Has a New Trailer and Release Date

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-09 21:00:37

It’s time to collect and play with Star Wars toys like never before. ILM and Lucasfilm just announced that Star Wars: Beyond Victory – A Mixed Reality Playset will be released on October 7 exclusively for Meta Quest 3 and 3S. It’s a part narrative adventure, part racing playset VR experience that gives you a chance to live a brand new Star Wars story and also race pods like you would in your backyard. Don’t quite get what that means? Here’s the brand-new, full trailer, which makes it much clear

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A Star Wars AR Game Got Me Playing With Virtual Action Figures Like I Was 6 Years Old

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-09 21:00:08

It took less than a minute after donning a Meta Quest 3 headset before I was reliving some of my best memories from childhood in augmented reality, sitting on the floor with my digital Star Wars action figures creating fantastical scenes from a galaxy far, far away. Last week, I visited Meta's Los Angeles offices a mile from the city's sunny beaches to try out an upcoming game, Star Wars: Beyond Victory, due out October 7 only for the Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S headsets. The game is develop

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A New Graphic Novel Will Chronicle How ‘Star Wars’ Got Made

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-10-12 21:15:26

For anyone who wants to read about the history of the original Star Wars, a new graphic novel is coming. That would be Lucas Wars, the newly translated version of a story originally published in 2023 by French journalist Laurent Hopman and illustrator Renaud Roche. The graphic novel tells of George Lucas’ decade-long journey to get the classic sci-fi film made, starting from him surviving a car accident to his journey through film school and clashes with 20th Century Fox. In an email to the Hol

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Disney’s ‘Lego Star Wars’ Show Just Made Darth Revan Canon…Kinda

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-10-14 17:58:28

Star Wars fans with knowledge of the old lore—whether from books, comics, or games—have long had to console themselves that seeing some of their favorite characters represented in mainstream media would likely never come to pass. But the upcoming Disney+ Lego Star Wars show is doing some of those stalwart fans a solid by reintroducing a much-loved, but overlooked character: Darth Revan. In the new trailer for Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Pieces of the Past, we see a Sith Obi-Wan Kenobi

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The LEGO Ultimate Death Star set includes over 9,000 pieces and costs $1,000

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-16 05:35:56

LEGO just revealed the Star Wars Ultimate Death Star set, which is a massive beast that includes over 9,000 pieces. The company says it's the largest LEGO Star Wars set ever made. It's also the most expensive LEGO set ever, Star Wars or not. It costs a whopping $1,000. It may set you back around a month's rent, but just look at this thing. It's a legit monster. The set ships with 38 minifigures, including characters like Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Emperor Palpatine. It also comes with a st

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Darth Vader’s lightsaber is up for auction

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-16 13:11:45

is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Darth Vader’s lightsaber is about to become someone’s prized possession. It’s up for auction alongside a bunch of other iconic movie props, as spotted earlier by The New York Times. The auction is hosted by the memorabilia company Propstore, and it estimates tha

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Star Wars: Starfighter is going to be star-studded

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-10-27 17:04:05

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Production on Star Wars: Starfighter officially began today, and Lucasfilm has finally confirmed the other actors who will be bringing the film to life alongside Ryan Gosling. Lucasfilm announced today that Star Wars: Starfighters has added Flynn

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The Cast of ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Is Revealed as Production Begins

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-10-27 21:11:14

Lucasfilm just announced the cast of Star Wars: Starfighter, directed by Shawn Levy, which is now in production. Ryan Gosling stars, and he’ll be joined by Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams. “I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter,” Levy said on the official Star Wars website. “From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this

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First look at Star Wars Visions: season 3 shows a more experimental anthology

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-31 20:10:00

Disney+ fatigue might be setting in for many viewers, with a surfeit of Marvel and Star Wars shows dropping at a hectic clip over the past few years. But that didn’t stop Star Wars: Visions from getting a warm reception at this past weekend’s Anime NYC convention, where thousands of fans were given a sneak peek at the upcoming season of the animated anthology show. Star Wars: Visions season three was also featured at this summer’s Star Wars Celebration, but its appearance at an anime con was ju

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James Wan Teases His Plans for ‘Saw’

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-01 20:00:38

Patrick Wilson thinks his time as Orm in the DC movieverse is over. Ewan McGregor teases that Clone Wars is his next bit of Star Wars homework. Plus, a familiar face returns behind the scenes for Scream 7. Spoilers now! The DCU/Aquaman During a recent interview with Comic Book, Patrick Wilson stated he’s “never met” James Gunn but believes his two Aquaman films “said what [they] needed to to say with Orm.” No, never met him. So I have no relationship there. Obviously Peter [Safran], his partn

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Peek Inside the Sacred Jedi Texts From ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-02 18:20:59

The Star Wars sequel trilogy remains a hot topic for Star Wars fans, young and old. No matter where you stand on the three films, though, one thing we can probably all agree on is the one prop from the series that we’d most like to hold in our hands and explore: the sacred Jedi texts. Revealed in Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi, the Jedi texts are stored on Ahch-To and watched over by Luke Skywalker after he leaves the Jedi order and the Force behind him. They’re the last remnants of the

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Katee Sackhoff Talks ‘The Mandalorian’ and Acting Struggles

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-11-05 00:25:01

Battlestar Galacta alum Katee Sackhoff has been in genre TV for years. After voicing cultist turned mercenary/freedom fighter Bo-Katan Kryze for Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rebels, she reprised the role in the live-action series The Mandalorian. She’s gotten to play Bo several times since then, but as the actor herself tells it, coming back to that role hasn’t been without its challenges. In the latest episode of her podcast, Sackhoff told her Battlestar co-worker Tahmoh Penikett how she lost

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‘Star Wars: Visions’ Season 3 Puts a Stormtrooper on Death’s Door

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2025-11-04 17:30:35

Over its currently two-season run, Star Wars: Visions has shown audiences the adventures of Force users, droids, and rebels. One viewpoint we’ve not seen much of is the Imperial forces, despite their repeatedly turning up in the show’s various shorts—but that’s changing with the new season, and things will get pretty cerebral. During this weekend’s Anime NYC, panelists got a look at “Black,” a short for the next set of episodes dropping in October. Developed by david production (Fire Force), th

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‘Star Wars: Visions’ Returns This October

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-11-05 23:53:05

We’ve only had a tiny glimpse of what to expect out of the third season of Star Wars: Visions, the animated anthology series that opens up the galaxy to a whole host of international animation studios. But now we have our first proper good look at some new and returning heroes—and when exactly we’ll get to meet them. Lucasfilm has confirmed that Star Wars: Visions volume 3 will begin streaming on Disney+ on October 29. The studio confirmed the release with a new poster, depicting a whole host o

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Oscar Isaac Is Ready to Be a ‘Star Wars’ Again

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-11 18:00:13

Oscar Isaac is a perpetually busy actor, and though he’s made his share of dramas, he’s particularly beloved by genre fans for his work in that realm: Dune, Moon Knight, Ex Machina, the Spider-Verse series, and even those animated Addams Family movies. But atop that mountain sits Star Wars, featuring Isaac as rebel pilot Poe Dameron across the sequel trilogy. With Poe surviving the events of The Rise of Skywalker, might there be a chance fans will see him again? Speaking to Variety in a new int

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George Lucas Reminded Ron Howard Ahead of ‘Solo’ That ‘Star Wars’ Is for 12-Year-Olds

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-11-21 17:30:35

Star Wars fans have become accustomed to cinematic reshufflings in the years since 2019’s The Rise of Skywalker. But even before the sequel trilogy concluded, there were hints that Lucasfilm’s confident plans were subject to shake-ups. There were the notorious reshoots attached to 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but even more dramatically, there was the director switcheroo that happened with 2018’s Solo: A Star Wars Story. In a new interview, Ron Howard talked about being hired as a replace

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The New ‘Star Wars’ Lego Special Is Filled With More Impossible Cameos

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-11-22 08:30:49

From the team that brought us Darth Jar Jar, light side Darth Vader, and a black Millennium Falcon comes Mandalorian Lando, walker-sized Chewbacca, and everyone’s favorite Star Wars rabbit, Jaxxon. Yes, Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy is back with four new episodes subtitled “Pieces of the Past.” The original series debuted late last year and followed a simple nerf herder, Sig Greebling (voiced by Stranger Things’ Gaten Matarazzo), and his brother, Dev Greebling (Spider-Man’s Tony Revolori),

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The 55 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (August 2025)

wired.com Jennifer M. Wood 2025-11-22 06:00:00

Disney+, if you didn’t know, isn’t just for kids. With its ownership of the Lucasfilm brand and the Marvel titles, the streaming service offers plenty of grown-up content in its bid to compete with Netflix and Amazon—and we’re not just talking movies. Since launching the service, Disney has used the name recognition of Star Wars and Marvel to launch scores of TV shows, from The Mandalorian to Loki. In the list below, we’ve collected the ones we think are the best to watch, from those franchises

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‘Doctor Who’ Legend Matt Smith Is Joining the Villains of ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-12-10 12:00:00

Those long-forgotten rumors that Matt Smith would pop up in Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker now feel more like a premonition. The Doctor Who and House of the Dragon star is entering the galaxy far, far away with a role in the Ryan Gosling-starring Star Wars: Starfighter, due in 2027 from director Shawn Levy. Deadline got the scoop. According to the trade, there are no character details yet, but “sources say he will play one of the villain roles.” It also relates that director Levy

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The ‘Star Wars’ Slur That Has Been Mainstreamed by Anti-AI Discourse

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2025-12-13 12:30:52

“Clanker.” You’ve probably heard the term online a lot lately, as growing wariness of the acceptance of generative AI has led to an almost science-fictional world of anti-robot sentiment. It’s become an increasingly common derogatory term, growing beyond the constraints of referring to chatbots and image generators to refer to any kind of non-human robotic intelligence. It’s perhaps fitting then, as it penetrates increasingly mainstream social circles, that “Clanker” itself is rooted in science

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The Original ‘Star Wars’ Will Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary in Theaters

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-16 22:01:18

To mark a monumental occasion, some people go on a vacation; others go to a nice dinner or throw a party. For Star Wars, it’s celebrating its 50th anniversary by going back to the movies. Disney just announced it will re-release George Lucas’ original Star Wars in theaters on April 30, 2027. That’s about a month ahead of the actual anniversary on May 25, 2027, but that weekend is reserved for a brand new Star Wars film, Star Wars: Starfighter, starring Ryan Gosling. The rerelease will also come

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Comic-Con Just Gave Us Our First Look at ‘Ahsoka’ Season 2

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-02 08:00:00

The first season of Ahsoka was about the search for Ezra Bridger. So it’s fitting that the very first thing we see from the second season of the show is that character. At the Lucasfilm Pavilion at San Diego Comic-Con, amid a slew of fanfare for the history of Star Wars animation, an image sits alone, with a big smile on its face. It’s Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger, with a new costume that confirms his look in season two. When last we saw Ezra on Ahsoka, he had miraculously returned from Peridea

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Kevin Feige Unveils Some of the MCU’s Big Next Moves

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-01-10 22:00:24

The grind never stops at Marvel Studios, and Kevin Feige has gone and revealed some juicy nuggets about what is and isn’t to come in the MCU. The longtime producer recently talked to press about Marvel’s next moves, and he was naturally asked about Blade. We’re now on the six-year anniversary of Mahershala Ali being announced for the role, and he recently told press to pester Marvel about the film’s infamously troubled production. To Deadline and other outlets, Feige confirmed that yes, there h

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The Laws That Changed the Jedi and Republic Forever

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-01-12 22:00:27

“For a over a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic,” Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke Skywalker in A New Hope. In the decades of Star Wars storytelling since, countless tales have fleshed out that connection between the Galactic Republic and the Jedi Order’s service of it, from its highest highs to the lows that tore them both apart in the fires of the Empire’s rise. But while a thousand generations span much of the unseen ancient history o

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Daisy Ridley’s Husband Cast in Adaptation of Former Reylo ‘Star Wars’ Fan Fiction

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2026-01-14 17:00:27

The behind-the-scenes story of an upcoming romantic comedy could, on its own, be a pretty fascinating movie. Here’s the pitch. A young Star Wars fan writes a piece of Reylo (that’s Rey and Kylo Ren for the non-shippers out there) alternative universe fanfiction. The fan is approached about turning the story into a novel, only, it can’t be specific to Star Wars anymore. So the names change, but the intention and romance stay the same. That book becomes a smash hit bestseller, Hollywood comes call

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The 54 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now (July 2025)

wired.com Jennifer M. Wood 2026-01-18 10:00:00

Disney+, if you didn’t know, isn’t just for kids. With its ownership of the Lucasfilm brand and the Marvel titles, the streaming service offers plenty of grown-up content in its bid to compete with Netflix and Amazon—and we’re not just talking movies. Since launching the service, Disney has used the name recognition of Star Wars and Marvel to launch scores of TV shows, from The Mandalorian to Loki. In the list below, we’ve collected the ones we think are the best to watch, from those franchises

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Become a Master of Evil With Darth Vader’s Actual Lightsaber (if You Have $3 Million)

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2026-01-20 03:15:15

io9 has covered a few notable Star Wars auctions lately, as rare toys and highly collectible props have come to market in surprisingly robust amounts. But maybe the most exciting example has just emerged: Darth Vader’s lightsaber. The actual, authentic, screen-matched hilt used by David Prowse and his stunt double in both The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. As your mind reels at the possibility of owning such a prize, consider that it’s estimated to command $1 million at the lowest e

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A New Look at ‘Star Wars: Starfighter’ Reveals an Essential Ingredient: Tight Pants

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