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New Trailer for Ahsoka
Disney and Lucasfilm have debuted another trailer for Ahsoka, coming August 23 to Disney+. Hopefully the story lives up to the visuals because they are amazing.
3 New Star Wars Films Announced
Lucasfilm has announced 3 new film projects at Star Wars Celebration:
-James Mangold will direct a film covering the first Jedi to wield the force set 25,000 years before the films.
– Dave Filoni willl direct a film set in the Mando-verse which links the current D+ series together
– Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy will direct a film featuring Rey rebuilding the Jedi Order 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker and defending it against those who wish to tear it down
Bursting the Bubble of Star Wars Collectibles and Collectors
The past 24 hours have been rife with discussion on the advancing progress of Hasbro’s commitment to removing plastic from their packaging by the end of 2022. Yesterday’s Marvel Legends Livestream gave collectors their first official look at the redesigned packaging for several products that incorporate the windowless form factor. Star Wars Black Series collectors can expect something very similar to be implemented this year as well. Last year, we exclusively shared Hasbro-proposed designs for the Black Series and now sights are set on what will happen to the beloved Vintage Collection, Retro Collection and even the 6″ Kenner-style carded Black Series figures.
Continue reading Bursting the Bubble of Star Wars Collectibles and CollectorsLucasfilm renews Contract with Hasbro for Star Wars Merch and Adds Indiana Jones
In a press release today, Hasbro has announced a renewal of their agreement with Lucasfilm to produce merchandise for Star Wars and that Hasbro will be producing new Indiana Jones merchandise for 2023.
Hmmm… 6″ Adventure Series anyone??
Bring Home The Bounty: Week 1 Confirms Retro Mando wave 2 – preorder Tomorrow
Lucasfilm/Disney have announced this year’s media event via StarWars.com : Bring Home the Bounty! Every Tuesday until the end of the year, brands will annnounce new products for order/preorder. Today’s reveal includes the rumored Wave 2 of the Retro Collection for The Mandalorian which includes, Ahsoka Tano, The Armorer, The Mandalorian (Beskar), Bo Katan Kryze, Imperial Death Trooper, and Boba Fett (Morak). Preorders for this (non-exclusive) assortment open tomorrow at 1pm ET.
The Bad Batch Official Trailer
Check out the brand-new trailer for Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” an original animated series launching exclusively on Disney+. “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” makes its debut on Tuesday, May 4, with a special 70-minute premiere, followed by new episodes every Friday starting on May 7.
Disney Investors Day 2020 – Lucasfilm/Star WaRs Announcements
The Walt Disney Company released their Investors Day 2020 announcements for current and future media releases for both theatrical and direct-to-consumer (D2C) content.
Highlights relating to Lucasfilm/Star Wars include:
-10+ Star Wars Disney= originals coming in the coming years
– Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic series announced
– Star Wars: Ahsoka series announced – set during The Mandalorian
– Star Wars: Andor production has begun
– Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi – 10 years after ROTS – Hayden Christensen returns as Vader
– Star Wars: Lando limited series announced
– Star Wars: The Acolyte series – set at the end of the High Republic
– Star Wars: The Bad Batch series -set at the end of The Clone Wars
– Star Wars: Rogue Squadron film – by Patty Jenkins
– Untitled Star Wars film by Taika Waititi
For the rundown and descriptions of each, check out StarWars.com.
New Mandalorian Collection Coming next Month from Columbia
Columbia has announced that they will once again be teaming up with Disney/Lucasfilm to produce a range of merchandise for The Mandalorian along the lines of what they had done for The Empire Strikes Back and Rogue One. Be sure to sign up for product alerts if you are interested in acquiring anything from the collection and watch for the official reveal on December 4.
Thanks to Loki89 for the heads up.
Star Wars: The Bad Batch Series Coming To Disney+
Confirming a month old rumor by our friends at Kessel Run Transmissions, Lucasfilm and Disney officially announced a new Star Wars series “The Bad Batch” coming to Disney+ in 2021. For full details, check out StarWars.com.
Expect to see some new action figures to support this series as well.