The love and generosity of Mark Hamill knows no bounds.
Our very own Luke Skywalker is doing his bit to fight the evil Empire, as he announces his plans to raise money for Ukraine by selling signed Star Wars posters.
By his own admission, he doesn’t sell signed merchandise very often — this is the first time he’s done so in six years, back when The Last Jedi was coming out — but this is a special case, as he is one of a few celebrities to become an ambassador for Ukraine’s “Army of Drones”, stepping up when Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky asked him to join the fight against the “empire of evil” last September.
Only a limited amount of posters will be sold, and while it’s yet to be determined exactly how they will be sold, Hamill suggests that it will be via some kind of auction…
Filmmaker and Friend of the Show F.J. DeSanto (Transformers: War for Cybertron) joins us In The Cantina with an ANDOR recap, a look ahead to AHSOKA, and his predictions for season three of THE MANDALORIAN. We listen to highlights dating back to 2015 from Dave Filoni discussing the origin of THE BAD BATCH and the history behind ideas presented in this week’s episode “Tribe”. Plus, Star Wars In Pop Culture and we pay tribute to Cindy Williams and David Crosby by acknowledging their unique places in STAR WARS history and fandom
The Batch is on a mission to help a fugitive Jedi this week. Join us tonight at 8 p.m. ET for our review and discussion of “Tribe” on the RFR BAD BATCH After Show Livestream. Be sure to watch, listen, comment, chat and call in with your thoughts and observations!
We analyze a secretly released trailer for THE MANDALORIAN season 3 featuring alternate footage and a surprising reveal. Our Grogu speculation continues as we try to crack the mystery surrounding Baby Yoda’s past. We’ve got interview audio highlights featuring Moff Gideon Giancarlo Esposito, who’s pumped for the new season of Mando, and Cassian himself, Diego Luna is hard at work on ANDOR season 2. With profits down, Hasbro is cutting corners. How will this affect their STAR WARS brand? RFR listeners get musical with BAD BATCH-inspired Neil Diamond song parodies. THAT 90’s SHOW is here and, as expected, there are plenty of STAR WARS references. We spotlight them all on “Star Wars In Pop Culture”. Plus, Rancho Obi-Wan needs your help, capes in STAR WARS, inside Luthen’s shop, and why DOES Disney+ drop episodes during overnight hours?
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Triggered by imagery presented in THE MANDALORIAN Season 3 trailer, we speculate on how Grogu was removed from The Jedi Temple. Was he saved or taken? What clues does Ahsoka give us in The Mandalorian Season 2 and why doesn’t our Sweet Baby Yoda remember anything?
The Batch is back on the trail of another treasure, but this time, with Phee Genoa in the lead. And Hunter doesn’t like it. Join us for a look at “Entombed” on the RFR BAD BATCH After Show with our breakdown and your thoughts and observations.
Our breakdown of the all-new trailer for season 3 of THE MANDALORIAN is here and we look for clues and hints. From the return of Dr. Pershing to the droid cantina and a Jedi Temple flashback, we cover it all. Plus, Baby Yoda is back and we look closely at the new Mandalorian warriors introduced in the trailer and try to determine how they fit into the story and more.
We look at freeze frames from the Steven Spielberg-produced 1982 horror classic “Poltergeist” and spot classic Kenner STAR WARS toys, bed sheets, posters and more!
The Book of Boba Fett showcased Boba Fett’s rise to power on Tatooine while also setting up Season 3 of The Mandalorian in many different ways.
Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin played a significant role in the final three episodes of The Book of Boba Fett, with Episodes 5 and 6 almost exclusively continuing his story from Season 2 of The Mandalorian.
Season 3 of the hit Disney+ series is set to premiere on the streaming service on March 1. Based on the trailers that have been released regarding the upcoming installment, the show will pick up where fans left Mando at the end of The Book of Boba Fett, so it is important to remember just how much the series will impact Din Djarin’s next solo run on Disney+…
The release of the new season of The Bad Batch might have inspired people to revisit, or watch for the first time, last fall’s anthology series Tales of the Jedi.
This is according to data from Parrot Analytics published by The Wrap; the story says that in the week of Jan. 7-13 the company recorded an uptick of 5% in online demand for the series with respect to the previous week. This does not necessarily mean that the viewership numbers increased over this period of time, considering that Parrot Analytics gathers data from social media interactions about the series, articles published online about it, and even piracy. However, there is undoubtedly a correlation between online demand and viewership numbers…
It’s all about speed this week as the Bad Batch crew gets mixed up in the world of Riot Racing. Do you have the need for speed? Join us for the RFR BAD BATCH After Show livestream looking at “Faster” featuring our analysis, your calls and Superchats!
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Diego Luna, the man behind the leading character of Andor, teased that the upcoming second of the Star Wars series will be even better than the first.
While Season 1 might not have gotten the audience that series such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Book of Boba Fett did, its critical and fan reception blew both of those projects out of the water. Many have hailed Andor as being some of the best Star Wars content to date.
Production for Season 2 is already chugging along at full speed, and the talented individuals behind the scenes are hard at work on finishing the last half of the now-beloved project.
Tony Gilroy, one of the key producers and creatives behind the show, previously revealed that the second season will be “very different.” Though, he also made it clear that it’ll make the whole experience “feel really satisfying.” Now, Luna himself added to the hype…
A new set of posters representing each film from the Star Wars sequel trilogy has been unveiled.
Created by artist Devin Schloeffler, this poster set has been officially licensed by Lucasfilm, as seen in the bottom left corner of each print.
Schloeffler previously released posters with this same design for Star Wars prequel and original trilogies.
Each poster features a collage of characters and key sequences in conjunction with a central dominant symbol or icon from that particular film.
For instance, in The Force Awakens print which is titled “The Seventh,” BB-8 is front and center with Rey, Finn, and Kylo Ren filling out the remainder of the droid’s silhouette…
This week on RFR, We have hot takes from Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen as they look back on the full season of OBI-WAN KENOBI via fresh comments courtesy of SAG. Will there be a season two? We speculate! We continue analyzing this week’s episode of THE BAD BATCH and consider the implications it will have on the rest of the season. We reveal the perfect STAR WARS vacation and more!
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Fans will get a new glimpse at Season 3 of The Mandalorian when a new trailer is released in a few days.
Footage from the upcoming season of the Star Wars hit series on Disney+ has already been previously released, teasing that Pedro Pascal’s Din Djarin could be at odds with Katee Sackhoff’s Bo-Katan Kryze as he returns to the wastelands of Mandalore.
Season 3 is scheduled to hit Disney+ on March 1, so marketing is starting to ramp up more as the release date nears. Fans of the galaxy far, far away will be able to get a fresh look at the upcoming season as an entirely new trailer has been confirmed to drop within the next week…
This week the focus is on Crosshair as he and another familiar clone face grapple with the moral and ethical dilemmas of carrying out the orders of a growing Empire. Join us tonight for another RFR After Show livestream looking at this thought-provoking episode of THE BAD BATCH. Be sure to watch, listen, like, chat, comment and call in with your thoughts and observations for “The Solitary Clone.”
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Months after the series premiered on Disney+, Obi-Wan Kenobi star Ewan McGregor, who plays the titular character, reflected on the finale.
In May 2022, the highly anticipated show, Obi-Wan Kenobi, finally began streaming on Disney+. The release followed years of retooling and had been in the works since Disney first bought Lucasfilm in 2012.
The popular Disney+ project had an incredible run and packed several surprises, from Princess Leia’s unexpectedly massive role in the series to Qui-Gon Jin’s surprise cameo in the show.
Ewan McGregor now opened up about his thoughts on the hit Star Wars show, especially its thrilling conclusion…
Gina Carano, the controversy-ridden former star of the Star Wars Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, has spoken out against a contributor of The Hollywood Reporter.
For those who might not remember, the actress is known for having been let go from her role as Cara Dune in the Star Wars universe.
Leading up to her firing, Carano launched a series of Tweets that garnered a lot of attention—for all the wrong reasons. She mocked the idea of wearing a mask during the pandemic (a potentially life-saving habit), suggested that mass voter fraud occurred during the 2020 election (unequivocally false), and shared posts some viewed as transphobic.
To top it all off, the actress posted an antisemitic Instagram story where she compared being a conservative in 2021 to being a Jew during the Holocaust.
This then led to her removal from The Mandalorian—although an older report from The Hollywood Reporter claimed that Disney had been looking to get rid of her for some time.
After it all went down, Carano claimed to have been “bullied” by Walt Disney Studios. Though, she made sure to “[send] out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancelation” in light of her plights.
Now, after having developed and produced her own movie, she has some more words to share…
A new report seems to suggest that the writers of Detective Pikachu are working on a Star Wars project for Lucasfilm and Disney.
Ever since The Mandalorian, Star Wars content has exploded in the streaming world. While there may not be any recent movies, last year alone was home to three different series on Disney+: The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor.
This year will bring just as many, with several more already in production.
A recent rumor even revealed that yet another spinoff show is in development, hiding under the code name of “Ghost Track 17″—maybe the rumored Ezra Bridger show or even one focused on the villainous Thrawn?
But could the writers for this new show have just been revealed? At the very least, it seems clear that Lucasfilm has indeed hired more talent for its ever-expanding Star Wars Universe…
Producers for Season 2 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch on Disney+ responded to questions of Star Wars canon restrictions.
While the time between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope went unexplored on-screen for years, that has all changed with Star Wars Rebels, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and one of Lucasfilm’s latest animated series, Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
The series’ first season, which debuted in May of 2021 on Disney+, focused on experimental Clone Force 99 during the events of Order 66 and the early days of the Empire.
But since that inaugural season concluded, Lucasfilm has further explored this era with Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, and will continue to do the same with Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order sequel, Jedi: Survivor.
Out ahead of the The Bad Batch’s Season 2 premiere, the show’s producers commented on creating a new season while also respecting the ever-expanding Star Wars canon…
FROM THE FILONI FILES: Dave Filoni shared his biggest surprises from STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS and the popularity and impact of Ahsoka Tano topped his list. Hear why Dave says hiring Ashley Eckstein was his best decision as supervising director of The Clone Wars.
Recorded live at Star Wars Celebration VI in Orlando.
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The Batch is back to raid Count Dooku’s war chest with the season 2 premiere, featuring a double feature of action-packed episodes: “Spoils of War” and “Ruins of War.” The team is sporting some new armor, and Omega’s hair may be a little longer, but what else has changed for our favorite misfit clones? We break it all down together with Super Chats, and listener calls featuring your thoughts and observations!
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According to a new report, fans should expect to see a big Star Wars character show up in some of the franchise’s upcoming Disney+ series.
The success of The Mandalorian all the way back in 2019 spurred a renaissance for the franchise and led to multiple shows being ordered. This includes next year’s Skeleton Crew and Ahsoka along with 2024’s The Acolyte.
These new projects have also given fans the opportunity to see characters in parts of the Star Wars timeline that have never been seen before. Some of the highlights come in the form of Ahsoka after Star Wars: Rebels, Obi-Wan before A New Hope, and Cad Bane after his days in The Clone Wars and Bad Batch.
The most recent project to hit Disney’s streaming service was Andor, which went on to be loved across the board. Now it seems a character within that series will be showing up in other entries further down the timeline…
Ashley Eckstein, the voice of Ahsoka Tano, tells us what it was like to meet live-action Ahsoka, Rosario Dawson, on the set of AHSOKA.
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Christmas is here early as we are joined In The Cantina by Ashley Eckstein for a lengthy, in-depth conversation about everything Ahsoka including TALES OF THE JEDI, the upcoming AHSOKA series, meeting Rosario Dawson, THE CLONE WARS and more. Also under the tree: Star Wars in Pop Culture featuring “Rick and Morty” and Carrie Fisher in a goofy Hallmark Christmas rom-com. Plus, listener feedback and more!
AUDIO PODCAST! We gave you the scoop, and now we have confirmation the first F-bomb in STAR WARS was included in the ANDOR season finale prior to editing. More fallout from ANDOR as Tony Gilroy recently talked to the media about the final 3 episodes of season one and we have all the highlights. From Saw Guerrera and the birth of the rebellion to Luthen’s gallery and “lightsaber”, we review Gilroy’s insight, motivation and inspiration. We look at new info about STAR WARS in 2023, including THE MANDALORIAN, AHSOKA, and THE ACOLYTE. Bob Iger is back, and we bring you the WORLD PREMIERE of the all-new song from Puppet Lando, “Hello, What Have We Here”.
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I remember the first time I heard Ahsoka, in 2008, my thought was, oh, Disney has come to Star Wars and lo and behold, 4 years later, Star Wars was sold TO Disney.
I wasn’t one of the ones who made embarrassing scenes on the forums of the time but I think that how Ashley Eckstein held herself throughout those first few years HAS to be applauded. Yes, the character of Ahsoka DID change over time but I think how the fans eventually embraced the character is due, in no small way, to Ashley.
She was and still is a great ambassador for fans AND for Star Wars.
Welcome to the RFR Star Wars Holiday Office Party! Everyone is welcome. The gifts are under the tree, food is on the table and the eggnog is definitely spiked. Kitster’s got a lamp shade on his head and RFR listeners are the guests of honor. We’re featuring your voice messages with opinions from everything to ANDOR to KENOBI to BOBA FETT and beyond. You tell us your top STAR WARS moments in 2022, reveal some predictions for 2023, and provide us with plenty of great topics for conversation. Star Wars in Pop Culture returns with clips from “Grey’s Anatomy”,” Somebody Feed Phil”, “Mythic Quest’, ‘Phineas and Ferb”, even England’s new Prime Minister checks in!. And what happens when STAR WARS comes up while you’re in the dentist chair? Listen to find out!
AUDIO PODCAST! We gave you the scoop, and now we have confirmation the first F-bomb in STAR WARS was included in the ANDOR season finale prior to editing. More fallout from ANDOR as Tony Gilroy recently talked to the media about the final 3 episodes of season one and we have all the highlights. From Saw Guerrera and the birth of the rebellion to Luthen’s gallery and “lightsaber”, we review Gilroy’s insight, motivation and inspiration. We look at new info about STAR WARS in 2023, including THE MANDALORIAN, AHSOKA, and THE ACOLYTE. Bob Iger is back, and we bring you the WORLD PREMIERE of the all-new song from Puppet Lando, “Hello, What Have We Here”.
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A new report has revealed some fresh insight into Jude Law’s Star Wars role.
Skeleton Crew is one of many Star Wars projects on the horizon, particularly in the streaming sphere. Fans were treated to a first look at the show’s production in September, and rumors about the potential plot have already begun circulating the internet.
But beyond a still photo and online speculation, any information about Jon Watt’s Skeleton Crew has been sparse.
Regardless, the only substantial and confirmed detail about the Disney+ show is that it will focus on a group of children traveling the galaxy and trying to make their way back home. Supposedly, the show will be a throwback in some form to 1980s “coming-of-age” classics like The Goonies and Stand By Me.
Now, a new report has shed some more light on how Jude Law will fit into the Disney+ project. This even includes some information about how The Goonies have shaped this highly anticipated, yet mysterious, Star Wars entry…
Star Wars will take a new direction with the release of The Bad Batch during its run on Disney+, making history in the process.
Fans recently got their eyes on the first trailer for Season 2 of The Bad Batch thanks to an unexpected post on the main Disney+ website, showing the fandom what Hunter, Wrecker, Omega, and the team will have to face across the galaxy. This season will even include a couple of classic Star Wars clones like Commander Cody from the original trilogy and Captain Rex from The Clone Wars, touching on plenty of Star Wars story threads from the 21st century.
The show is set to arrive on Disney+ shortly after the new year begins, complete with the first two episodes both arriving on the streaming network on January 4.
But while a two-episode premiere is far from uncommon during Disney’s streaming era, The Bad Batch will take a more unique route with the release of later episodes as well…
Boba Fett actor Temuera Morrison wants to bring back the old “badass” side of his Star Wars bounty hunter in the future.
Despite only enjoying a few minutes of screen time in Star Wars’ original trilogy, Boba Fett has always been one of the franchise’s most iconic characters. Recently, the popular bounty hunter was given a new lease of life on Disney+ as Jango Fett actor Temuera Morrison stepped into the role for The Mandalorian Season 2.
Across both his adventures with Din Djarin and his The Book of Boba Fett spin-off, Disney was criticized for not delivering enough of the badassery that the character has long been associated with. And clearly, the actor behind Fett agrees as he has revealed how he wants that to change going forward…
