Ezra Bridger may be getting a much bigger role in Ahsoka Season 2. According to panel reports from SpaceCon San Antonio, Eman Esfandi reportedly confirmed that Ezra will appear throughout the entirety of the upcoming second season. That would be a major shift from Season 1, where Ezra was more of a destination than a full-time character, only appearing properly in the final stretch of the story. And honestly, that might be exactly what Ahsoka needs. Season 1 Was About Finding Ezra Ezra’s role in Ahsoka Season 1 was strange by design. He was not just a missing person. He was the emotional engine behind Sabine’s decisions, Ahsoka’s mission, Hera’s concerns, and the entire search beyond the known galaxy. The story treated him like a myth, a friend, a sacrifice, and a loose thread from Star Wars Rebels that had been waiting years to be pulled. That worked for the…
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Brendan Wayne Has the Perfect Answer to Toxic Star Wars Fandom
Brendan Wayne has spent years helping bring Din Djarin to life inside the Mandalorian armor. So when he talks about Star Wars fandom, it is not coming from someone standing outside the blast doors throwing rocks. He is part of the machine. Part of the myth. Part of the helmet. And his latest comments about toxic Star Wars fans hit harder than a whistling bird to the ego. Speaking to MovieWeb, Wayne addressed the strange habit some fans have of pulling against the franchise they claim to love. His sharpest point was simple: “They didn’t ruin your Star Wars. It’s our Star Wars.” That is the whole argument, really. Criticism Is Not the Problem Let’s be clear before someone ignites a comment-section lightsaber. Criticism is fine. Star Wars fans can dislike a movie. They can argue about The Last Jedi. They can roll their eyes at a plot choice, hate…
Two Years Ago Today, The Acolyte Took Star Wars Into the High Republic
Two years ago today, The Acolyte did something Star Wars live-action had never done before. It stepped away from the Skywalker timeline and walked into the High Republic. On June 4, 2024, The Acolyte premiered on Disney+ with two episodes, bringing viewers into an era set long before the fall of Anakin Skywalker, the rise of the Empire, or the Rebellion’s fight against Palpatine. StarWars.com’s original Acolyte premiere announcement positioned the series as a major new mystery story, while the official series page for The Acolyte places it firmly in the High Republic era. That alone made it important. Not because it was perfect. Because it was rare. Star Wars Tried a Different Door Most live-action Star Wars has stayed close to familiar gravity. The Empire. The Rebellion. The Clone Wars. The Mandalorian era. The shadow of Darth Vader. The Skywalkers, directly or indirectly, always nearby. The Acolyte tried to…
The Mandalorian Theme Gets a Massive Danish Symphony Performance
Some Star Wars music arrives with trumpets, destiny, and the Force basically kicking the door open. The Mandalorian did something different. Ludwig Göransson’s theme came in with recorders, drums, strange textures, western swagger, and the feeling that one very tired bounty hunter was about to walk through smoke with problems behind him and worse problems ahead. Now that sound has been given the full concert hall treatment by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and yes, it absolutely works. The live performance, shared by DR Koncerthuset on YouTube, brings Göransson’s instantly recognizable Mandalorian theme into a big orchestral setting, turning the lone gunslinger energy into something wider, richer, and more cinematic. The Theme Still Hits Differently One reason The Mandalorian theme became so memorable is that it never sounded like a normal Star Wars copy. It was not trying to imitate John Williams. Smart move, because that is how composers get…
Tony Gilroy Wants Star Wars to Stay Ambitious, Wild, and Adventurous
Tony Gilroy may be finished with Andor, but he clearly still has opinions about where Star Wars should go next. And honestly, good. In an Associated Press video interview, the Andor creator was asked about the future of the franchise under new leadership. His answer was short, clean, and very Gilroy: “I’d like to think that they’ll stay ambitious and wild and adventurous.” That is not a bad mission statement for Star Wars right now. Andor Proved Star Wars Can Still Take Big Swings Andor worked because it did not feel like Star Wars checking boxes. It did not chase cameos every five minutes. It did not stop the story to wave at the audience. It took the galaxy seriously, built its politics carefully, and trusted viewers to care about ordinary people being crushed, radicalized, and pulled into rebellion. That made it different. And different is exactly what Star Wars…
The June 1 Lucasfilm Move That Quietly Started Modern Star Wars
Before Disney bought Lucasfilm, before The Force Awakens, before Grogu, Andor, Ahsoka, the sequel trilogy, the streaming era, and the endless online arguments, there was a quieter announcement. On June 1, 2012, Kathleen Kennedy was named co-chair of Lucasfilm. At the time, it looked like a major leadership move. In hindsight, it looks like one of the first visible steps toward the modern Star Wars era. In a later StarWars.com reflection on the future of Lucasfilm, Pablo Hidalgo described that June 1 announcement as one of the early pieces of news that came before the much bigger October reveal: Disney was acquiring Lucasfilm, and new Star Wars films were coming. That is the strange thing about franchise history. Sometimes the biggest turns do not arrive with a lightsaber ignition. Sometimes they arrive as a press announcement. The Quiet Before the Disney Era Kennedy’s arrival at Lucasfilm came months before the…
Dave Filoni Says Star Wars Crossovers Need a Reason
Star Wars has become very good at making audiences look over every shoulder for the next familiar face. Ahsoka might appear. Thrawn might be lurking. Zeb could walk in. Someone from animation might suddenly become very expensive in live action. The galaxy is connected, and viewers know it. But Dave Filoni is making one thing clear: Star Wars should not become a cameo delivery system. Speaking with Entertainment Weekly about The Mandalorian and Grogu, Filoni said writing Star Wars projects “is not always about character crossovers.” Instead, he said, “It’s about the characters and what they’re experiencing.” That may sound simple, but for modern Star Wars, it is a pretty important line in the sand. Not Every Story Needs Ahsoka and Thrawn The comment comes as Jon Favreau and Filoni discuss why Ahsoka Tano and Grand Admiral Thrawn do not appear in The Mandalorian and Grogu. On paper, fans could…
Maul: Shadow Lord Is Now Chasing Emmy Recognition
Maul is apparently not done taking trophies. Disney has submitted Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord for Emmy consideration in Outstanding Animated Program, giving Lucasfilm’s darkest animated Star Wars swing a chance to step into the awards conversation. That does not mean a nomination is guaranteed. The Emmys are not decided by red lightsaber intensity, which is probably for the best, because Maul would have several unfair advantages. But it does mean Disney clearly sees Shadow Lord as more than just another Disney+ Star Wars side project. And honestly, that feels right. Star Wars Animation Is Back in the Awards Conversation Maul – Shadow Lord arrived as one of Lucasfilm Animation’s boldest recent projects, picking up after The Clone Wars and pushing Maul into a darker, more focused corner of the galaxy. The official StarWars.com series page describes the story as following Maul after The Clone Wars, as he tries…
Obi-Wan Kenobi Premiered Four Years Ago and Still Feels Complicated
Four years ago today, Obi-Wan Kenobi arrived on Disney+ carrying one of the heaviest backpacks in modern Star Wars. The series premiered on May 27, 2022, with its first two episodes launching together, bringing Ewan McGregor back as the exiled Jedi Master and Hayden Christensen back into the shadow of Darth Vader. That alone was enough to make it feel like an event. But four years later, Obi-Wan Kenobi still sits in a strange place. It gave Star Wars some genuinely powerful moments, a few unexpected emotional punches, and one of the most anticipated rematches in the franchise. It also remains one of the Disney+ shows people still argue about like the fate of the Republic depends on it. Ewan McGregor Was Never the Problem The easiest part to agree on is Ewan McGregor. He understood exactly where Obi-Wan was supposed to be: broken, guilty, exhausted, and hiding from the…
Skeleton Crew Season 2 Just Got a Tiny Bit More Hopeful
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew is not officially back for Season 2. But it may not be dead in space either. Kerry Condon, who played Fara in the Disney+ series, has given a small but hopeful update on the show’s future. Speaking to ScreenRant, Condon said: “I mean, I heard maybe possibly, but I don’t know. You never know in this business, but I really hope so, because the kids were great.” That is not a renewal. It is not a production start date. It is not the Lucasfilm logo appearing over a surprise trailer while everyone screams into their caf. But for a show that has been sitting in the uncertain corner of the Star Wars galaxy, “maybe possibly” is at least better than silence. Skeleton Crew Still Has a Strange Little Charm Skeleton Crew was always an odd fit in the modern Star Wars machine. It was not a…
Dave Filoni Says Star Wars Has a Plan — Just Not a Spreadsheet
Dave Filoni is not promising a Star Wars assembly line. Good. We have enough factories in this galaxy already. In a new Collider interview, Filoni was asked about the future of Star Wars under his creative leadership, and his answer was less “here are 14 release dates and a logo wall” and more “there is an architecture, but the stories come first.” That may sound vague if you are looking for a Marvel-style phase chart. But for Star Wars, it is probably the healthier answer. The Future Is Being Architected Filoni said he is currently “looking at the stories and the potential” while planning what he would like to do. He also said he believes in having “an overarching idea” before figuring out how many projects fit into that shape. The key part is not just that Star Wars has a broader plan. It is that Filoni is trying to…
Ahsoka Season 2 Delay Leaves 2026 With No Live-Action Star Wars Show
Star Wars is not disappearing in 2026. But for the first time in years, the Disney+ live-action machine may be going very quiet. Ahsoka Season 2 will premiere on Disney+ in early 2027, with Rosario Dawson announcing the new window during Disney’s Upfront showcase. She was joined by Chopper, because apparently even scheduling updates now require a war criminal droid for emotional support. The announcement also came with a behind-the-scenes reel and images shown to media, giving attendees a glimpse at the next chapter from creator Dave Filoni. But the real headline is not just “Ahsoka moved to 2027.” It is what that does to 2026. Star Wars TV Is Taking a Breather If the current calendar holds, 2026 will be the first year since 2019 without a live-action Star Wars series premiering on Disney+. That is a strange sentence after the last several years. Since The Mandalorian launched Disney+…
Andor Just Won a BAFTA for Making Star Wars Feel Real
Andor has picked up another very deserved trophy — and this one goes straight to the people who made the galaxy feel heavy, dirty, dangerous, and beautifully expensive in all the right places. The series won Special, Visual and Graphic Effects at the 2026 BAFTA Television Craft Awards, with BAFTA naming Mohen Leo, TJ Falls, Luke Murphy, Neal Scanlan, Jean-Clément Soret, and Industrial Light & Magic as the winning team for Andor. The result is listed on BAFTA’s official Special, Visual and Graphic Effects award page. The Invisible Work That Made Andor Hit Harder This is the kind of award that fits Andor perfectly, because the show’s effects work was never about shouting, “Look, expensive pixels!” It was about texture. Imperial facilities looked cold and cruel. Ferrix felt lived-in, worn down, and politically tense. Spacecraft had weight. Cities had systems. Prisons felt industrial rather than fantastical. Even when Andor went…
Andor Season 2 Has Now Won a Peabody Award
Andor Season 2 is no longer just a nominee. It is now officially a Peabody Award winner, giving Lucasfilm’s most prestige-coded Star Wars series another serious trophy on the shelf. The 86th Peabody winners were announced by the Peabody Awards, and Andor (Season 2) appears among this year’s winners in Entertainment. That makes this a pretty big follow-up to the earlier nomination story. This is not Andor’s first Peabody win What makes the update even stronger is that this is not the first time Andor has pulled this off. The Peabody Awards previously honored the series at the 83rd Annual Peabody Awards for its first season, which means the show has now won Peabody recognition twice. Jedi News also noted that Season 1 had already won a Peabody, making this latest result feel less like a fluke and more like a pattern. And honestly, that feels extremely on-brand for Andor….
The Acolyte Has Quietly Reappeared on Disney+’s Top 10
For a show that was supposed to be yesterday’s argument, The Acolyte has suddenly popped back into the conversation again. According to FlixPatrol’s Disney+ charts, The Acolyte re-entered the platform’s Top 10 TV Shows list in the No. 9 spot in the United States this week. That puts it back on the board well after its original release cycle, and well after most people assumed its streaming-chart life was over. That alone makes it a mildly surprising little Star Wars story. It is not topping the charts — but it is back To be clear, this is not The Acolyte suddenly becoming the biggest thing on Disney+. FlixPatrol’s current U.S. chart still has Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord near the top, along with titles like Daredevil: Born Again and several other Disney+ regulars. But The Acolyte showing up at No. 9 is still notable, because it means enough viewers…
Andor Season 2 Lands a Hugo Nomination — and It’s the Only TV Series in Its Category
Andor just picked up another prestige nomination, and this one comes with a fun little twist: it is the only television series nominated in the 2026 Hugo Awards’ Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form category. The official Hugo finalists list includes Andor (Season 2) alongside Frankenstein, KPop Demon Hunters, Mickey 17, Sinners, and Superman. That makes this nomination feel a bit more interesting than the average awards-season headline. The category is basically a movie field this year The Hugo Awards’ official finalists page lists six Long Form nominees, and Andor is the only TV entry among them. Everything else in the category is a film release, which gives Andor a slightly unusual place in the lineup. The official listing credits Season 2 to writers Tom Bissell, Dan Gilroy, Tony Gilroy, and Beau Willimon, and directors Ariel Kleiman, Janus Metz, and Alonso Ruizpalacios. That does not automatically make Andor the favorite, of…
The Maul Gap: Why Shadow Lord’s 18 BBY Setting Matters
For a Star Wars show built around one of the franchise’s angriest survivors, Maul: Shadow Lord picked a very smart place to land. The series is set in 18 BBY, about a year after Revenge of the Sith and the fall of the Republic. That alone makes it more than just another “Maul is back” project. It drops him into one of the ugliest, most unstable corners of the timeline: the moment when the Jedi are broken, the Empire is tightening its grip, and the galaxy is still trying to figure out what just happened. GamesRadar and Fantha Tracks both place the series in 18 BBY, while official Star Wars material describes the show as following Maul after The Clone Wars as he tries to rebuild his criminal power. That matters because Maul’s story has always had a weirdly large hole in the middle. We know who he was in…
Andor Lands a Peabody Nomination — And That Feels Exactly Right
There are awards that scream hype, and then there are awards that quietly tell you a show actually mattered. Andor just picked up a nomination at the 86th Peabody Awards, with the official nominees list placing the series in the Entertainment category. Fantha Tracks spotlighted the news on April 14, adding another nice little victory lap for one of the most critically respected Star Wars projects of the Disney era. That is a pretty big deal. The Peabody Awards are not the kind of honors people usually associate with lightsabers, bounty hunters, or giant space worms. They tend to reward storytelling with weight, ideas, and craft. So seeing Andor turn up there feels less like a surprise and more like a formal confirmation of something Star Wars fans have been arguing for a while: this series did not just look good or sound prestige-adjacent. It genuinely hit on a different…
Sam Witwer Says Maul: Shadow Lord Was Built for Newcomers — and Compares Maul to Jack Torrance
Sam Witwer has now said the quiet part out loud: Maul: Shadow Lord is not just a reward for longtime Clone Wars diehards. In a new YouTube interview, Witwer said the series was shaped so even people with little or no Star Wars background can jump in and understand it, which is a pretty revealing statement about what Lucasfilm seems to want this show to do. That matters because Maul has never exactly been a beginner-friendly character. His timeline is messy, his rage is old, and half his best material is spread across movies, animation, and a surprise live-action cameo. But Witwer said Shadow Lord was constructed “with an eye toward” new viewers, with the story designed to explain itself rather than demand homework first. That lines up with the official setup for the series, which places Maul on Janix in the early Imperial era as he tries to rebuild…
Maul: Shadow Lord Season 2 May Have to Wait as Lucasfilm Juggles Other Star Wars Projects
Lucasfilm is already looking beyond Maul Maul: Shadow Lord has not even finished its first run, and Lucasfilm is already being asked about Season 2. That is usually a good sign. The less reassuring part is the answer. Executive producer Athena Yvette Portillo says the studio has other Star Wars projects in development and in progress, which suggests any second season may depend on both audience response and what else Lucasfilm wants to get moving first. Portillo did not say Season 2 is off the table. Quite the opposite. Her comments leave the door open, but they also make it clear that Maul: Shadow Lord is not the only thing on Lucasfilm Animation’s radar right now. That makes this feel less like a renewal update and more like a polite reminder that Maul is part of a bigger pipeline. That distinction matters, because headlines like this can get stretched fast….
Disney+ Announces Tales of the Moisture Farmer for May 4 Release
Lucasfilm has apparently found its next great Star Wars story, and this time it is not about Jedi, Sith, bounty hunters, clones, or criminal syndicates. It is about something far more dangerous: trying to keep a moisture farm alive on Tatooine. According to a teaser image now circulating online, Tales of the Moisture Farmer is set to arrive on May 4 as a four-episode Disney+ event series, promising what may be the most aggressively grounded Star Wars project ever pitched. If the title is real, the series looks aimed squarely at the most underserved corner of the galaxy: overworked Outer Rim labor, broken vaporators, and the kind of dry agricultural despair only twin suns can provide. A Smaller, Stranger Kind of Star Wars On paper, this sounds ridiculous. Which is exactly why it sounds weirdly plausible. Lucasfilm has spent the last few years exploring more specific corners of the Star…
Dave Filoni Says Maul: Shadow Lord Will Finally Bring Some of George Lucas’ Maul Plans to Life
One of the most intriguing things Lucasfilm has said about Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is not about a trailer shot or a release date. It is about George Lucas. In the official reveal coverage for the series, Dave Filoni said he and Lucas had discussed Maul’s future over the years, and that Shadow Lord became a way of honoring some of those original ideas and finally bringing part of that unseen future to light. That is a big statement for a character whose post-Phantom Menace life has already been one of the strangest and richest arcs in modern Star Wars. For the wider rollout, characters, and earlier reveals, check out our Maul: Shadow Lord complete guide. This Makes Shadow Lord Feel Bigger Than Just Another Spinoff What makes Filoni’s quote land is that it frames the series as more than a simple Maul comeback vehicle. In StarWars.com’s official…
Maul: Shadow Lord Is Not Making Maul a Hero — and That Is Exactly the Point
One of the more interesting things Lucasfilm has said about Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord is also one of the most clarifying: this is not a redemption story. Writer and co-creator Matt Michnovetz and Maul voice actor Sam Witwer have framed the series around a simple idea — Maul is “a bad guy fighting worse guys.” That is a much sharper promise than the usual vague “darker Star Wars” marketing, because it tells you exactly where the show wants to live morally. For more on the series overall, you can also check our Maul: Shadow Lord complete guide. This Is a Better Angle Than a Fake Redemption Arc Honestly, this is the smartest move Lucasfilm could make with Maul. He does not need to be softened up, cleaned up, or rebranded as some secretly misunderstood antihero. The whole appeal of Maul is that he is dangerous, obsessive, proud, and…
Maul: Shadow Lord Is Taking Inspiration From Heat — and That Might Be the Best News Yet
If Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord needed one more reason to look dangerous in the best possible way, here it is: writer and co-developer Matt Michnovetz says Heat was a key influence on the series.In a new interview, Michnovetz called the Michael Mann crime classic “a good touchstone for Maul,” framing the show around a noir-ish underworld atmosphere instead of a cleaner, more traditional Jedi-vs-Sith setup. If you want the broader picture around the series, release rollout, and earlier reveals, check out our Maul: Shadow Lord complete guide. This Is Exactly the Kind of Comparison Maul Should Be Getting Honestly, this makes a ton of sense. If you are building a show around Maul in the early Empire era, the obvious temptation would be to go full revenge opera and just let him glare at people in dark corridors for 10 episodes. That might still be fun, but it…