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Racist ‘Star War’ Fans Made Sure ‘The Acolyte’ Would Fail
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Racist ‘Star War’ Fans Made Sure ‘The Acolyte’ Would Fail

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Amandla Stenberg in Lucasfilm's "The Acolyte," which is streaming on Disney+. And it made this job all worthwhile for me.” Before Stenberg, John Boyega faced a similar racist backlash as a lead actor in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy. In May, while receiving the honorary Palme d’Or in the closing night ceremony at Cannes, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas called …

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Commentary: ‘The Acolyte’ broke new ground. Why its cancellation is bad news for the future of ‘Star Wars’
4 months ago

Commentary: ‘The Acolyte’ broke new ground. Why its cancellation is bad news for the future of ‘Star Wars’

LA Times  

“The Acolyte,” starring Amandla Stenberg and Manny Jacinto, has been canceled — a blow for “Star Wars” that dampens hopes for the franchise’s future. It’s set roughly 100 years before the events of “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace” during the waning days of the High Republic era. The show was the first live-action “Star Wars” project to …

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Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu movie will release on this date
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu movie will release on this date

Hindustan Times  

As the expectation of the journey of Din Djarin and the significant Grogu television series release date date keeps on rising, the final step court date for their film has been fixed. Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu is set to hail "this is the way" Both Disney and Lucasfilm have booked the year 2026 May 22 for the shows …

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The Mandalorian Is Getting a Movie—Which It Should Have Been All Along
54 years, 11 months ago

The Mandalorian Is Getting a Movie—Which It Should Have Been All Along

Wired  

Today in news we weren’t expecting in the second week of 2024: The Mandalorian is getting a movie. Even as Disney tried to capitalize on its acquisition of the Star Wars franchise—and bolster Disney+ subscriptions—by churning out lots of street-level series, a great many of them have felt like movies already. Making a movie featuring one of a Star Wars …

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Gina Carano reveals she learnt about getting fired from The Mandalorian via social media
3 years, 10 months ago

Gina Carano reveals she learnt about getting fired from The Mandalorian via social media

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Lucasfilm confirmed last week Gina Carano was not employed by the company, and they had “no plans for her to be in the future.” Actor Gina Carano found out that she had been fired from The Mandalorian like everyone else did, via social media. Speaking in an interview, Carano said, “I found out through social media, like everyone else, that …

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Disney's Lucasfilm Drops 'The Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano over Controversial Social Media Post
3 years, 10 months ago

Disney's Lucasfilm Drops 'The Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano over Controversial Social Media Post

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Lucasfilm, the Walt Disney Co-owned movie studio, said on Wednesday that it had ditched Gina Carano, a lead actor in its TV series “The Mandalorian”, over social media posts that drew parallels between the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany and current hate towards people with different political views. “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are …

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Why absence of Gina Carano won't affect 'The Mandalorian'
3 years, 10 months ago

Why absence of Gina Carano won't affect 'The Mandalorian'

LA Times  

News broke late Wednesday that Gina Carano was no longer part of “The Mandalorian” or any other “Star Wars” projects — but the franchise doesn’t really need her anyway. But since Cara’s debut, “The Mandalorian” has featured a number of other standout warrior women, including Bo-Katan Kryze and Ahsoka Tano — beloved characters from animated “Star Wars” shows — as …

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Gina Carano will not return to ‘Star Wars’ after ‘abhorrent’ social media posts
3 years, 10 months ago

Gina Carano will not return to ‘Star Wars’ after ‘abhorrent’ social media posts

LA Times  

Gina Carano will not be appearing in any future “Star Wars” projects. “Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future,” a Lucasfilm representative said in a statement Wednesday. “Nevertheless, her social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable.” According to …

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Ubisoft Is Making an Open-World Star Wars Game In Partnership With Lucasfilm Games
3 years, 11 months ago

Ubisoft Is Making an Open-World Star Wars Game In Partnership With Lucasfilm Games

News 18  

French video game developer Ubisoft has partnered with Disney-owned Lucasfilm Games studio to develop an open-world Star Wars game, the company announced on Wednesday. Now, this is an important development as this is the first time a company outside of Electronic Arts will produce a Star Wars game since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2021. “This is the beginning of a …

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