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Diego Luna Receives Golden Globe Nomination for Andor
Diego Luna has been honored with a Golden Globe nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama, for Andor, it was announced today. Luna stars as the title character, rebel Cassian Andor, in the Disney+ series, reprising his Rogue One: A Star Wars Story role. He also serves as executive producer. […]
Andor’s Ben Bailey Smith on Playing Supervisor Blevin and the Fun of Being Bad
In many ways, Ben Bailey Smith has been preparing most of his life for the role of Andor‘s Supervisor Blevin. Born in 1977, the year of Star Wars’ release, Bailey Smith’s fandom for the galaxy far, far away kicked into hyperdrive with the release of 1983’s Return of the Jedi — the first movie he saw […]
Saga Chronicles: Lucasfilm’s Mike Blanchard on the Digital Innovation Behind Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
Some of the greatest Star Wars stories are those from behind the scenes. In Saga Chronicles, Lucasfilm’s Lucas Seastrom tells those tales. Star Wars: Attack of the Clones was the first major blockbuster movie shot entirely in a digital format. Over five years in active development, Lucasfilm partnered with Sony and Panavision to create a prototype digital […]
From a Certain Point of View: What’s Your Favorite Episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi?
One of the great things about Star Wars is that it inspires endless debates and opinions on a wide array of topics. Best bounty hunter? Most powerful Jedi? Does Salacious Crumb have the best haircut in the saga? In that spirit, StarWars.com presents From a Certain Point of View: a series of point-counterpoints on some of the biggest — and most […]
20 Things We Learned from Light & Magic
You’ve heard the phrase “the magic of moviemaking” so many times that you probably never stop to think about it. But the special effects wizards in Light & Magic, now streaming on Disney+, will absolutely convince you that magic is real. From designing and building the cameras used to film Star Wars from scratch, to […]
From Space Battles to StageCraft: The Legends of ILM Discuss Half a Century of Movie Magic
For nearly 50 years, Industrial Light & Magic has been a proving ground for imaginative storytelling, bringing together like-minded individuals from a variety of disciplines to innovate the art of visual effects in filmmaking. In its infancy, ILM was a place for creating the impossible, where ingenuity was rewarded with results, critical acclaim, and box-office […]
“It’s a Big Galaxy”: Kieron Gillen and Alyssa Wong Discuss Doctor Aphra and More for Pride Month
If you’re a fan of Marvel’s Star Wars comics, the names Kieron Gillen and Alyssa Wong should be familiar ones; they’re the comic book writers who, respectively, co-created Doctor Aphra and are currently writing the rogue archaeologist’s ongoing series. After her debut in Star Wars: Darth Vader #3 in 2015, Aphra has quickly risen to […]
The Many Possible Futures of Streaming Television
This week on Gadget Lab, we reckon with streaming’s growing pains and think ahead to what watching TV will be like in five or 10 years.
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 […]