It’s been 35 years since Captain Rex first attempted to fly a Starspeeder 3000 to the forest moon of Endor, and this week creatives from both Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) gathered at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 to discuss the ongoing legacy of the beloved Disney Parks attraction, Star Tours. After an introduction from Mark Vargo, […]
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SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Hunters Panel
Fans finally got to enter the colorful, action-packed world of Star Wars: Hunters — the upcoming multiplayer arena-combat game — at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. The Hunters booth, large-scale and decorated with the game’s quirky characters, featured stations for fans to play it ahead of release, and a panel with Lucasfilm Games and developer […]
SWCA 2022: 5 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi Panel
“Two paths and two choices.” Those are the words Lucasfilm’s Dave Filoni used to describe Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, a new 6-part animated short series set to premiere this fall on Disney+. Here are five things we learned in a panel that offered the first known details about the upcoming show. 1. Tales […]
SWCA 2022: Marvel’s Star Wars: Yoda Miniseries Revealed
Yoda? You seek Yoda! And soon, readers can explore a new chapter in the Jedi Master’s journey with the Marvel Star Wars: Yoda miniseries. Just announced at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, the new comic is set in the moments before Luke Skywalker’s arrival on Dagobah in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, as the Jedi reflects […]
SWCA 2022: 5 Product Reveals We Love from the Star Wars Merchandise Sneak Peek Panel
Around your wallets, a perimeter create. At the Disney Parks/shopDisney merchandise panel, hosted by Amy Ratcliffe, Brad Schoeneberg (VP, brand merchandising), Cody Hampton (senior manager, brand merchandising), Amanda Luna (brand merchandising manager), Elisa Melchiori (brand merchandising manager), and John Henselmeier (associate product design manager) announced some exciting new and upcoming Star Wars goodies for both […]
SWCA 2022: 8 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 20th Anniversary Panel
Although for some of us it feels like only yesterday, it’s been 20 years since Star Wars: Attack of the Clones first arrived on movie screens. At Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022, fans gathered on the event’s largest stage to hear memories and insights about the first all-digital blockbuster and a critical chapter in the […]
SWCA 2022: 7 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Behind the Page Panel
What’s behind your favorite, group effort non-fiction Star Wars book? Probably a very intense spreadsheet and a lot of collaborative and supportive text messages exchanged amongst the authors. That’s just one of the not-so-secrets we learned at today’s Lucasfilm Publishing: Behind the Page panel at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. Panelists Ashley Eckstein, Kristin Baver, […]
SWCA 2022: 6 Things We Learned from the Lucasfilm Publishing Fiction Panel
The future of the galaxy far, far away in novels, comics, and more is brighter than Tatooine’s twin suns! Lucasfilm Publishing creative director Michael Siglain helmed the “Lucasfilm Publishing: Stories From a Galaxy Far, Far Away” panel at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022, bringing fans a look at what’s ahead in novels, comics, and more. He was […]
SWCA 2022: 10 Things We Learned from the Star Wars: The High Republic Panel
“For light and life!” “We are all the Republic!” Those are the words moderator Krystina Arielle opened the Star Wars: The High Republic panel with at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022. The High Republic dials back the clock to centuries before the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace and the height of the Jedi […]
Colin Cantwell, Designer of the X-Wing and More, Passes Away
Even without his contributions to Star Wars, Colin Cantwell lived an amazing life. The supremely talented artist, whose career spanned from NASA, to iconic Star Wars designs, to his own sci-fi novels, passed away at home this weekend. He was 90. Cantwell began working with George Lucas in November 1974 — likely only days ahead […]