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Your Weekly Star Wars News Recap For 18th January 2026 | Good Morning Tatooine
Join host Brian Cameron as he chats with Mark Newbold, and Mark Mulcaster from Fantha Tracks Radio’s Making Tracks in this special edition of Good Morning Tatooine as we disect and discuss the major announcement this week from Lucasfilm.
Kathleen Kennedy has announced that she will be stepping down as President, but continuing as a producer for The Mandalorian & Grogu and Starfighter.
Dave Filoni will lead the studio as President and Chief Creative Officer alongside Lynwen Brennan as Co-President.
PLUS lots of comments provided that shapes the potential future for the Star Wars franchise.
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Your Weekly Star Wars News Recap For 4th January 2026 | Good Morning Tatooine
Join Brian Cameron and Paul Naylor on Good Morning Tatooine for a special discussion of not only the month ahead, but the year ahead for Star Wars.
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7 Star Wars Scenes Deleted For The Dumbest Reasons
WhatCulture Star Wars is dedicated to all things Star Wars. We’ll have all the usual lists, features, and news, plus there’ll be Ups & Downs for all the latest shows and new Star Wars movies. The force is with us!
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Adam Driver’s “The Hunt For Ben Solo” Shot Down By Disney
In an interview this week, Oscar-nominated actor Adam Driver revealed that he, along with Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh developed a script for a new Star Wars movie called “The Hunt For Ben Solo”, which was ultimately rejected by Disney’s top brass. So what gives? We look at every angle of this story to break it all down, along with listener reactions and fired-up opinions. We pay tribute to legendary artist Drew Struzan with Erik Sharkey, director of the documentary “Drew: The Man Behind The Poster” and discuss some of his iconic Star Wars movie posters. Will we see the original 1977 version of Star Wars back in theaters for its upcoming 50th anniversary? We analyze some leaked info and imagery that may suggest the answer is yes. Plus, George Lucas and Mellody Hobson recently were interviewed about the soon-to-open Lucas Museum in LA. We review the highlights along with some comments from George about life after Star Wars.
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The Cast and Creators Reunite for Pieces of the Past
Even more mash-ups and hilarity are in store for fans as four new parts debut on Disney+ this week.
By Amy Richau
For LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Pieces of the Past, the four piece sequel series that follows the events of last year’s LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, the goal was clear: take more risks, include more new characters (‘Hello there’ evil Obi-Wan!), and keep the spirit of Star Wars at the heart of the story while enjoying the unique elements of the LEGO universe.
Returning stars Gaten Matarazzo and Tony Revolori, who play brothers Sig and Dev Greebling (AKA Darth Dev) in both series, fully embraced their chance to build on the brotherly bond they developed over the first four piece set. A big part of that was recording together — something the pair didn’t get a chance to do the first go-round. “It was complicated to arrange everyone’s schedule at the same time,” writer and executive producer Benji Samit tells StarWars.com, “but we made an effort to be able to record them together, and it made their chemistry pop even more.”
And after seeing how much fans loved Rebuild the Galaxy, Revolori felt comfortable taking more risks. In the recording booth for the sequel, which premieres on Disney+ September 19, Revolori says he realized, “I can relax a little bit. I can play a little bit more.”…
Lucasfilm Announces Casting for Star Wars: Starfighter
The Shawn Levy directed film has begun production in the U.K.
By StarWars.com Team
Today, to mark the start of production on Star Wars: Starfighter, Lucasfilm has announced the full cast for the upcoming feature film from Shawn Levy. Joining the previously announced Ryan Gosling, the film stars Flynn Gray, Matt Smith, Mia Goth, Aaron Pierre, Simon Bird, Jamael Westman, Daniel Ings, and Amy Adams.
Star Wars: Starfighter is an all-new standalone adventure. The film, which has begun production, is an entirely original story set in a period of time never before explored in Star Wars. Starfighter will be released theatrically May 28, 2027.
“I feel a profound sense of excitement and honor as we begin production on Star Wars: Starfighter,” says filmmaker Shawn Levy. “From the day Kathy Kennedy called me up, inviting me to develop an original adventure in this incredible Star Wars galaxy, this experience has been a dream come true, creatively and personally. Star Wars shaped my sense of what story can do, how characters and cinematic moments can live with us forever. To join this storytelling galaxy with such brilliant collaborators onscreen and off, is the thrill of a lifetime.”
Directed by Shawn Levy, the film is produced by Levy and Kathleen Kennedy. Executive producers are Ryan Gosling, Dan Levine, Mary McLaglen, and Josh McLaglen. The script is by Jonathan Tropper.
Star Wars: A New Hope Returns to Theaters for 50th Anniversary
Experience the classic Star Wars film with a theatrical re-release beginning in April of 2027
By StarWars.com Team
On April 30th, 2027, we’ll celebrate the 50th anniversary of Star Wars with a re-release of the 1977 classic back for a limited time, in theaters everywhere.
Part of Lucasfilm’s yearlong 50th anniversary celebration, Star Wars: A New Hope will play in theaters over the May the 4th holiday, also known as Star Wars Day.
Switch on your targeting computer and keep your eyes on StarWars.com for more details, including when and where to buy tickets to this once-in-a-generation event.
Andor Up for 14 Emmy Awards
The critically acclaimed and fan-favorite Star Wars series is also nominated for guest acting, production design, costumes and more!
By StarWars.com Team
Andor, the groundbreaking Star Wars series that tells the story of the birth of the Rebellion, has been nominated for Outstanding Drama Series at the 2025 Emmy® Awards.
The nod is one of 14 nominations announced today by the Television Academy, securing Andor’s place among this year’s greatest series for its immersive storytelling, from the scripting of each episode to the final cut, including nominations for Forest Whitaker’s reprisal as Saw Gerrera and Alan Tudyk’s return as the voice and motion capture artist behind K-2SO.
“I’m really proud,” Andor series creator and executive producer Tony Gilroy tells StarWars.com. “This is substantial work and a substantial amount of people’s lives went into this. And I really view all these awards as community property on this show. So [executive producer Sanne Wohlenberg] and I are very proud.”…
Tony Gilroy On Andor And His Advice For The Future Of Star Wars
We got the chance to speak with Tony Gilroy about Andor season two as part of their For Your Consideration press tour!
0:00 Intro
0:28 The Press Tour Experience
1:10 Bringing The Force Into Andor
4:40 How To Write Compelling Star Wars Characters
9:01 Star Wars, Fascism, And Colonialism
12:32 Tony’s Recommended Reading List
15:36 Star Wars As A Gateway
16:43 Andor As A Timeless Piece Of Art
17:45 Andor And The Real World
19:35 Tony’s Star Wars Fandom
20:38 Advice For The Future Of Star Wars
23:33 The Best Day Of Our Lives?
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Adria Arjona Finds Justice for Bix Caleen
The actor looks back on the emotional journey of portraying Cassian Andor’s ally and bringing her full-circle this season with a decisive victory against the Empire and a heartbreaking choice.
By Ethan Sacks
As the start of filming on Andor Season 2 neared, actor Adria Arjona struggled to find her way back into the right headspace to return as Bix Caleen.
Reprising a role for a second season of a television series was a career first for Arjona, and the enormous expectations after the popularity and critical acclaim of Andor’s first season brought enormous pressure. Acting opposite scene partners Diego Luna (who stars as Cassian Andor) and Stellan Skarsgård (who plays Luthen Rael) required matching serious intensity as would the storylines delivered by creator and executive producer Tony Gilroy and his writers involving Bix’s psychological trauma after torture at the hands of an Imperial interrogator. Arjona would have to channel painful emotions.
“There’s no way really to prepare yourself other than just diving in head first and trusting in Tony’s writing,” Arjona tells StarWars.com. “Really putting yourself in Bix’s shoes, through all that Bix has gone through. It’s a challenge.”
So Arjona put herself in those shoes quite literally.
“I asked [production] to lend me her boots, so I borrowed those boots, walked around [the studio] in them and I tried to find her again,” she says.
Arjona also returned to the exact perfume she wore in Season 1 to trigger memories of what it felt like to embody the mechanic-turned-fugitive. “The second I sprayed it, I was back to Bix,” she added. “I sounded like her. I was walking a little bit like her.”
That walk and those boots took her down a dark path for the new season of Andor, with Season 2…
Join Tony Gilroy for a Day at Lucasfilm
The Andor showrunner recently joined K-2SO actor Alan Tudyk and supervising sound editor Margit Pfeiffer for a day at the company’s San Francisco headquarters.
By StarWars.com Team
Inside the lobby at Lucasfilm headquarters, fans flock to take pictures with Darth Vader’s armor and a statue of K-2SO, and attempt to further glimpse inside the hallowed halls. For a few lucky fans last Monday, however, stopping by led to a photo with the actual K-2SO, who was waiting to start a tour of his own.
Alan Tudyk, the acclaimed actor and man behind the machine, hadn’t been to Lucasfilm’s San Francisco campus since Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. “This is the coolest day ever,” beamed the father of the group, who had brought his two sons along for the Star Wars fun.
Joining Tudyk on his tour was Tony Gilroy, Andor’s creator and executive producer, and Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm Story Group, who led the duo on an in-depth look around the historic Presidio campus. “Do you get sick of me talking about you?” Gilroy jokingly asked Hidalgo, “I talk about you all the time.” Indeed, their close collaboration throughout the production of the show led to the appearance of Yavin 4 in early episodes of Season 2 and a new understanding of the “Tarkin Massacre” on Ghorman…
How K2’s Origin Story Has Been Changed For Andor
K-2SO’s origin story has been changed in Andor, retconning a one shot comic from 2017. Here are my thoughts on how it was handled.
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An Historic Year for Rancho Obi-Wan
Here’s the latest from Rancho Obi-Wan
2024 proved to be a historic year for Rancho Obi-Wan, marked by our announcement in October of our plans to launch The Saga Museum® of Star Wars Memorabilia.
Over the next two years we need to raise $2 million to begin the formal stages of bringing The Saga Museum from a grand idea into the galaxy’s most innovative museum for Star Wars fans like you.
As we bring 2024 to a close, we’re inviting you to join us in making these bold dreams come true. A gift to support The Saga Museum today at any amount meaningful to you will make a tremendous impact towards reaching our goal.
To learn more about our exciting plans, please watch the heartfelt video below with the official announcement of The Saga Museum of Star Wars Memorabilia…
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Ready for Their Own Pirate Adventure
The filmmakers behind the next Star Wars series are excited to introduce a story of secret treasure and curious kids for anyone who’s up for a journey into the stars.
Seeking advice on casting his squad of young actors for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, creator Jon Watts looked to the longtime film and television director who had brought together The Goonies: the late Richard Donner.
It was just a few weeks before Donner passed in 2021. “And he said the smartest thing, which was when you’re looking at a 10-year-old kid, you’re not [just] casting an actor to play a role,” Watts recalls. “You’re looking for someone that embodies the spirit of the character. So that’s what was always in the back of my mind.”
The story of Skeleton Crew, set in the era of the New Republic, carries forward much of the same heart and sense of adventure inherent in The Goonies and other stories of the era, including the classic LucasArts game Monkey Island, Amblin Entertainment’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones franchise. “It’s the story of kids who happen to live on what they think of as a boring planet,” says series co-creator Chris Ford. But as they go on this adventure, finding their way back quickly becomes complicated. “Unfortunately, along the way they attract the attention of a bunch of pirates and other space criminals.”…
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Set Sail for the Great Pit of Carkoon
The new Ultimate Collector Series building set is packed with nearly a dozen new minifigures and all the glorious details the Hutt Clan demands in a luxury barge — including some new additions.
By StarWars.com Team
You don’t have to be a Tatooine crime boss to appreciate the fine details in the new Jabba’s Sail Barge building set from the LEGO Group. But we do recommend building your own while Max Rebo Band’s “Galactic Dance Blast” plays on repeat.
For the first time in the LEGO Group’s Ultimate Collector Series (UCS), the Khetanna is ready to make its debut far, far away from the hungry maw of the sarlacc in the Dune Sea and exclusively on your LEGO shelf. Ahead of the arrival of the latest design in the hyper-detailed line this October, focused on experienced builders and Adult Fans of LEGO (or AFOLs), we have your first look inside the Hutt’s luxury barge…
What’s Next for STAR WARS Streaming?
We react to the news of the cancellation of THE ACOLYTE and speculate why it happened and what is ahead for STAR WARS streaming on Disney+. Next up for STAR WARS is SKELETON CREW. We have audio highlights of show star Jude Law discussing the upcoming show and look for hints hidden within his comments. We continue our ongoing support of the world’s largest STAR WARS memorabilia collection, RANCHO OBI-WAN, and check in with founder Steve Sansweet and museum president Anne Neumann, both dear friends of RFR. Plus, a full report from FanExpo Chicago and Blues Brothers Con: The Sequel as RFR with Baby Belushi took over both events last weekend and more!
Check out last week’s show – SKELETON CREW Reveals at D23
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Dee Bradley Baker on Creating a Voice for Nubs
The sweet blue Pooba’s love of plants, snacks, and his friends doesn’t need subtitles or a translation in the adorable animated series.
Dee Bradley Baker loves a good challenge when it comes to crafting the voice for a new character. “It’s really fun to do characters that are not speaking English in Star Wars,” he tells StarWars.com.
For decades, the longtime Star Wars voice actor has helped create an eclectic group of characters in animated series and video games. From voicing all the clone troopers in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and The Bad Batch to the merqaal Nix in the soon-to-be released video game Star Wars Outlaws, if there’s a Star Wars project that needs voice actors, it’s highly likely Baker is a part of the crew.
As the animated series Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures sees the debut of its second season today, Baker, the voice of the fan-favorite character Nubs in the children’s series, sat down with StarWars.com to chat about creating a language for the Pooba species and the rise of #NubsNation….
Plan Ahead for Everything Star Wars at D23
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Get ready to experience the biggest panels, legendary moments, and other galactic sights to take in on the show floor.
By StarWars.com Team
At next week’s D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, get ready to step inside your own Star Wars story through the magic of Stagecraft.
During the three-day event this year, you’ll also have the chance to learn more about your favorite Star Wars series, and celebrate a trio of Star Wars legends: the maestro John Williams, Han Solo actor Harrison Ford, and Frank Oz, the voice and puppeteer behind Yoda. And while we can’t wait to report back on everything we learn at the Disney Entertainment Showcase, where there is sure to be a segment devoted to forthcoming Lucasfilm titles, there is so much to see and do on the show floor before and after the panel event! Here’s a closer look at your guide to all the Star Wars excitement throughout the weekend.
Lucasfilm Booth
Throughout the event, Lucasfilm is excited to offer D23 attendees the opportunity to experience first-hand the magic of ILM StageCraft, the technology used to bring to life the worlds of The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Book of Boba Fett, Ahsoka and more. Visit the Lucasfilm pavilion for immersive photo opps and join luminaries from behind the scenes of the Star Wars galaxy for more on how this innovative technology is bringing storytelling into the future.
Disney+ Pavilion
Stop by the Disney+ Pavilion during D23 for a chance to celebrate the streaming service and its full catalog of Star Wars offerings. Plus, get a preview of coming attractions with a Star Wars: Skeleton Crew photo opportunity inspired by the thrilling new live-action series debuting on Disney+ December 3. In the spirit of the Amblin coming-of-age films from the 1980s like The Goonies and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Skeleton Crew stars Jude Law, Ravi Cabot-Conyers, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kyriana Kratter, and Robert Timothy Smith. Series creators and head writers Jon Watts and Christopher Ford also serve as executive producers alongside Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni, Kathleen Kennedy, and Colin Wilson….
A New Era for Star Wars Comics – Star Wars Explained Weekly Q&A
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Leslye Headland Answers our Acolyte Questions and Teases for the Finale!
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For the Love of Jecki and Yord
Actors Dafne Keen and Charlie Barnett are thrilled you adore their characters and excited for the emotional journey of joining the Star Wars galaxy.
Charlie Barnett knew exactly what he was getting into when he signed on for The Acolyte.
After previously working with creator Leslye Headland on her hit series Russian Doll, Barnett was thrilled to collaborate again, this time as the Jedi Knight Yord Fandar. “I want to work with her forever,” Barnett tells StarWars.com.
Dafne Keen, who plays Padawan Jecki Lon, echoes his sentiment. “This is my first time, hopefully not my last time. I would literally follow her to the trenches,” Keen adds…
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Get Ready for Darth Jar Jar
The four-piece animated special, arriving September 13 on Disney+, will reimagine the Star Wars galaxy like never before.
By StarWars.com Team
The Star Wars galaxy is getting shaken up in a whole new way.
StarWars.com is thrilled to announce LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, a “four-piece” animated special coming to Disney+ on September 13. In LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, the entire Star Wars galaxy gets completely mixed up when an ordinary nerf-herder, Sig Greebling (Gaten Matarazzo), unearths a powerful artifact called the Cornerstone from a hidden Jedi temple. He finds himself thrust into adventure in a new, wondrously wild and twisted version of the galaxy where good guys are bad, bad guys are good, and the fate of all depends on Sig becoming the hero who can put all the pieces back together. Check out the teaser trailer below!…
First Celebrity Guests Confirmed for Celebration Japan 2025
Temuera Morrison, Anthony Daniels, and more are headed to the celebration in Japan.
By StarWars.com Team
It’s official: the actors behind Boba Fett, C-3PO, and more are heading to Star Wars Celebration Japan next year!
Star Wars icon Anthony Daniels, the only actor to work on all 11 Star Wars feature films, will make an appearance. Daniels notably portrayed C-3PO in all three Skywalker saga trilogies.
Also from live action, Temuera Morrison will be there. Morrison first played Jango Fett and his army of clones in Star Wars: Attack of the Clones, and has more recently brought Boba Fett back from the (presumed) dead on The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett.
Lucasfilm’s own Doug Chiang, an Academy Award-winning artist who also serves as senior vice president and executive design director, will be there, too. Recently, Chiang has served as production designer on several Star Wars live-action series, including The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, and Skeleton Crew….
Getting Hyped for May 4th – Star Wars Explained Weekly Q&A
May the Fourth is just around the corner! Here’s how we’re celebrating, and what we can all look forward to as Star Wars fans!
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2:15 Will we get any new announcements on Star Wars Day?
5:07 Will The Acolyte first look be released online?
9:38 Our Star Wars Day plans
14:17 Where are the Inquisitors during The Bad Batch?
17:29 Is it weird to want The Bad Batch finale to break our hearts?
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