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Kathleen Kennedy To Become Co-chair Of Lucasfilm Ltd.
Just as a FYI, to avoid old posts becoming one with the Force, this post has been republished so it can be a blue glowy thing, it was Originally posted 2022-10-16 16:00:01.
Take a closer look at the poster art marking Lucasfilm Animation’s anniversary with a complete and numbered list of characters and ships!
By Katarina Cruz
Although there is no realistic scenario in which Mother Talzin would find herself in the same room as Opeepit, Lucasfilm Animation’s 20th Anniversary makes that and so many other unexpected pairings possible.
As we cap off two decades full of found family, wonder, and boundless storytelling, and look ahead to the exciting next chapter with Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord this year, StarWars.com is here to give you a closer look at Lucasfilm Animation poster art first unveiled at last year’s Star Wars Celebration Japan. The art brings together a galaxy full of faces and facets from all eras of Star Wars animation, with 152 characters and a fleet of some of the most iconic ships (plus a purrgil). This was definitely a crossover worth waiting for.
Drawing from Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, The Bad Batch, the Tales of anthology series, Star Wars Resistance, and even Strange Magic and Star Wars Detours (unaired but never forgotten), Lucasfilm Animation dug deep for boundless inspiration and plenty of deep-cut character selection. The finished piece is teeming with a variety of characters and creatures, styled like one of the legendary Lucasfilm team photos to commemorate the end of a production or other milestone.
Test your knowledge with the complete and numbered list of every character and ship featured…
Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down as President of Lucasfilm, and Galaxy’s Edge is swapping over to the Age of Rebellion. We’re talking about these stories and more in this week’s video!
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The theatrical Star Wars experience remains a quest for a legend from a bygone age, spanning multiple decades. While editors have been hard at work for years attempting to recreate projects such as “Harmy’s Despecialized Edition” for fans who sought an alternative route from the 1997 Special Editions, audio quality remains a substantial barrier. High-quality audio for deleted footage or mono audio seems lost deep beneath a layer of analog decay. However, new technology surrounding AI dubbing enters the fray, and now the question is whether Lucasfilm can use these tools to bridge the gap between decaying history and modern clarity, or does reconstructing a performance cross an ethical line?…
“How weird is it that I got to work on this?” Gibbons says with a laugh. “It was probably one of the weirdest synchronicities, cosmic accidents, that’s ever happened in my life — that I had that relationship with the chess set as a kid, and decades later I got to animate it.”
Growing up loving the films of Ray Harryhausen, the original holochess sequence from Star Wars had an outsized impact on Gibbons. “There had been a gap in films where I hadn’t seen the things I particularly loved in them — puppets and monsters — for a while,” he recalls. “Then Star Wars came out and the chess set appeared. That was the moment when I decided I wanted to do that. I realized there must be new people doing this kind of work. It’s still a thing.”…
Drew Struzan, a prolific artist and movie poster illustrator who has been enchanting fans of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises since the late 1970s, has sadly passed away.
“When one thinks of iconic movie poster artists, Drew Struzan is the first name that comes to mind,” says Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy. “Drew’s unforgettable artwork has touched so many hearts throughout the years, and I have been thankful to have worked with him on films such as E.T., Back to the Future, Hook, and the Indiana Jones series. His artwork is so imaginative, so beautiful, it elevated the movie-going experience for those films before audiences even stepped foot into a theater. Drew’s work is timeless, and will undoubtedly inspire both artists and film lovers for generations to come.”
“Drew was an artist of the highest order,” says Star Wars creator George Lucas. “His illustrations fully captured the excitement, tone and spirit of each of my films his artwork represented. His creativity, through a single illustrated image, opened up a world full of life in vivid color…even at a glance. I was lucky to have worked with him time and time again.”
To many fans, Struzan’s movie poster legacy – which spans nearly five decades and over 150 films – began with the beloved 1978 re-release poster for Star Wars: A New Hope, which the artist illustrated alongside Charles White III. The poster, which has affectionately become known as the Star Wars “Circus Poster,” showcased Struzan’s bold design sense and early 20th century illustration style – a perfect match for the adventurous, throwback spirit of the first Star Wars film…
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The Mandalorian and Grogu embark on their most thrilling mission yet in Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu,” an all-new Star Wars adventure opening exclusively in cinemas May 22, 2026.
The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal) and his young apprentice Grogu. Directed by Jon Favreau, “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” also stars Sigourney Weaver and is produced by Jon Favreau, Kathleen Kennedy, Dave Filoni, and Ian Bryce, with music composed by Ludwig Göransson.
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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.
Actress Gina Carano has settled her lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm after she was fired from Star Wars franchise spin-off The Mandalorian.
She was dropped from the cast in 2021 following comments she made comparing being a Republican in the US to being a Jew during the Holocaust.
Ms Carano, a former MMA fighter who played Cara Dune in the Disney+ series, shared the news of the settlement on X, writing “I hope this brings some healing to the force.”
The agreement, which has not been made public, comes after her case gained support and funding from Elon Musk.
Ms Carano described the settlement as the “best outcome for all parties involved,” adding she was “excited to flip the page and move onto the next chapter”.
She also thanked Musk, saying she’d never met the tech billionaire but he stepped in to do this “Good Samaritan deed for me in funding my lawsuit”.
“Yes, I’m smiling”, she signed off…
Exclusive new looks at beloved characters, pages from Dave Filoni’s sketchbook, maquettes and models from the Lucasfilm Archives, and more!
By StarWars.com Team
In 2011, Dave Filoni sat down to sketch a clone trooper, and he wrote a few names beside him: Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, and Crosshair. That drawing has journeyed over the years from Filoni’s desk at Lucasfilm Animation, to the production of Star Wars: The Bad Batch in 2021, and all the way to a booth at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con – where you can see it for yourself!
The drawing is one of many never-before-seen illustrations and images on display now. At the annual convention and celebration of all things pop culture SDCC attendees will get an up-close look at the future of Lucasfilm Animation with the first still of Maul from Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord, and an intimate exhibit celebrating the 20th anniversary of Lucasfilm Animation, spanning Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars Resistance, Star Wars: The Bad Batch, and the anthology series Tales of the Jedi, Tales of the Empire, and Tales of the Underworld….
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…
A late-night shocker from Matt Belloni’s Puck newsletter — Kathleen Kennedy will step down as President of Lucasfilm by the end of the year, after more than 10 years at the top of the company.
According to the report, Kennedy had planned to step down by the end of 2024 (when her contract was also up), and had even set up an exit interview with a reporter, but eventually decided to stay for one more year. Three sources are telling Belloni that she has already informed Disney, as well as friends and associates. Both Disney and Kennedy’s personal publicist declined comment to Belloni. We have reached out to Lucasfilm, but will probably not hear back given the hour.
There is no information on succession as of yet. The official confirmation will probably wait, but other Hollywood trades might pick it up in the coming hours….
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Also reported at The Hollywood Reporter
Life Day — that Wookiee holiday season tradition that for decades primarily existed in the hearts of Star Wars fans — has in recent years attracted a bit of mainstream curiosity and adoration. This is thanks in large part to new merchandise, books, and media celebrating the holiday, which was first introduced when The Star Wars Holiday Special aired on November 17, 1978.
Since 2021, fans have counted on new Life Day merchandise to appear in U.S. Disney Parks in November, and Life Day-themed books and comics hitting store shelves around the same time. The holiday has also been featured in Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures, The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, and a Life Day Star Wars Lofi that can set the mood for any celebration hosted at home…
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Here’s the latest from Variety
When news broke on Thursday that Simon Kinberg — best known for being a writer, producer, director or all of the above on much of the “X-Men” franchise — had been hired by Lucasfilm to write and produce a new “Star Wars” trilogy, it came as a surprise to many executives at Lucasfilm and Disney. The project is considered internally to be in deep development and not nearly ready to be made public.
There was also some surprise within the wider industry that Lucasfilm had turned to Kinberg as the newest steward of “Star Wars” on the big screen. According to multiple industry sources with experience working in the franchise space, Kinberg is seen on one level as a sensible and safe choice….
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Simon Kinberg is heading into hyperspace, signing an expansive deal to write and produce a Star Wars feature trilogy.
Kinberg would spearhead the launching of a new saga in the beloved galaxy far, far away, and will write the scripts for what Lucasfilm hopes would chart a brand new path forward for the sci-fi space opera universe.
Lucasfilm topper Kathleen Kennedy will also produce the new trilogy.
The new story is not meant to be a continuation of the Skywalker Saga, the name of the overall arc of the popular and pop culture-dominating Star Wars movies known as Episodes 1 through 9. The intent here is to have brand new characters and a new story, and not have it be a continuation, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter. (Although that does not mean that some characters could not or would not pop up.)…
Plus, a first look at the storied Jedi Knights in full armor, a new cover in The Acolyte publishing program, and more!
By StarWars.com Team
The Jedi of Star Wars: The High Republic are ready to take on the Nameless and the Nihil. And that means they’re fully armored up to become the knights the galaxy needs.
The final stories in the Star Wars: The High Republic initiative are coming to your bookshelf next year, and during New York Comic-Con’s Lucasfilm Publishing Panel we got our first look at some of the cover art celebrating the grand finale of Phase III. At NYCC 2024, authors Steven Barnes, Zoraida Córdova, Marc Guggenheim, Lydia Kang, and Charles Soule joined host Krystina Arielle to give fans a glimpse at never-before-seen interior art, upcoming titles, and other news from Star Wars books and comics.
Take a closer look at all the announcements and cover reveals from the delightful conversation!…
Lucasfilm is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Watts at the age of 86. The producer was intimately involved in the making of half a dozen Lucasfilm classics from 1977’s Star Wars: A New Hope to 1989’s Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
“It’s not an overstatement to say that, without Robert Watts’ involvement, Lucasfilm would be a very different company today,” says Kathleen Kennedy. “Not only did he bring his own skills to the production of several milestone films, but also gave opportunities to so many other important crew members to do so as well.”…
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The Force is strong with the trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series.
By StarWars.com Team
Thanks to Star Wars fans, the trailer launch for The Acolyte has been one to remember.
Released yesterday, the trailer for The Acolyte garnered 51.3 million views in its first 24 hours. This is a new digital-only record for any Lucasfilm Disney+ series, surpassing every trailer for The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka. We’re grateful for your support, and can’t wait for you to experience the series…
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Plus, Dave Filoni honored with George Pal Memorial Award.
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It was a big night for Lucasfilm at the 51st Annual Saturn Awards in Burbank, California, on Sunday.
Andor, which premiered September 21, 2022, on Disney+, took home the award for Best New Genre Television Series. Helmed by Tony Gilory and starring Diego Luna in the title role, Andor serves as a prequel to the hit film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Season 2 is currently in production.
In addition, Star Wars: The Bad Batch won Best Animated Television Series for the second year in a row, this time for its second season. The animated series follows the heroic Clone Force 99, a squad of elite clones who become renegades following the rise of the Empire. The final season of The Bad Batch premieres February 21 on Disney+….
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Lucasfilm Chairman George Lucas
5:10 p.m. PDT: Lucas’s appearance is prefaced by a short film showcasing Industrial Light and Magic’s special effects work. “Star Wars.” “Titanic.” “Mask.” And many others. Truly an impressive reel.
5:15 p.m.: Some introductory conversation and we’re presented with another clip about the development of the maelstrom effect in “Pirates of the Caribbean 3.” And on to the demo. Jim Ward, president of LucasArts, takes the stage.
More video clips follow, all of them showcasing artificial-intelligence-driven character behavior. LucasArts calls this technology “euphoria,” a behavioral-simulation engine that attempts to recreate real-life reactions to various stimuli. According to LucasArts:
5:25 p.m. Another demo in which “Star Wars” robot R2D2 is hurled through a variety of materials–wood, glass–all of which fracture and break as they would in real life.
5:30 p.m. Given advances like the ones we’ve just seen, what does this mean for animators? Lucas says we’ll always need them. Euphoria and Digital Molecular Matter just provide them with more time to animate other things.
5:40 p.m.: Lucas says “Jurassic Park” was the breakthrough point for digital effects. “That was the point that we realized we could digitally create things that looked real enough to fool people.”
5:45 p.m.On his move into television: Lucas says a big motivator is cost. He says he realized he could do 100 hours of TV for the cost of one two-hour film.
On Hollywood: “I view it as a means of distribution.” Of course, Lucas can afford to.
6 p.m. How will next summer’s release of the latest installment of “Indiana Jones” be? In a word: “Good.” Pause, then: “I haven’t started filming yet.”
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Dave Filoni is expanding his footprint in a galaxy far, far away. The longtime Star Wars force has been named chief creative officer at Lucasfilm.
“In the past, in a lot of projects I would be brought into it, I would see it after it had already developed a good ways,” Filoni told Vanity Fair, which broke the news.
Filoni will now be involved in the early development on Star Wars projects, working with Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy and head of development Carrie Beck….
A new lightsaber book has all the High Republic’s finest hilts, a comics adaptation puts Grand Admiral Thrawn and Darth Vader in the spotlight, and other news from the convention floor.
Some fan-favorite characters, including Master and apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, are about to embark on new adventures in Star Wars publishing.
At the New York Comic-Con 2023 Lucasfilm Publishing panel today, assembled authors Megan Crouse, Claudia Gray, Marc Guggenheim, E.K. Johnston, John Jackson Miller, Greg Pak, Ethan Saks, Charles Soule, Rosemary Soule, and Alyssa Wong joined host and Lucasfilm Publishing creative director Michael Siglain to give fans a glimpse at never-before-seen cover art, upcoming titles, and other news from books and comics. Among the announcements was a new Marvel adaptation that will explore Grand Admiral Thrawn’s alliance with Darth Vader, and a first look at a new lightsaber hilt that will give fans the chance to wield the blade of Stellan Gios. Check out all the highlights below…
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Get your first look at covers from Phase III of Star Wars: The High Republic books and comics, and other announcements and reveals from San Diego Comic-Con!
Judging by the latest cover reveals for Phase III, the Jedi of Star Wars: The High Republic are bringing the fight to the Nihil when the new books and comics arrive later this year.
Today, Lucasfilm’s Michael Siglain, publishing creative director, hosted a panel of all-star authors Delilah S. Dawson, Justina Ireland, E.K. Johnston, George Mann, Cavan Scott, Charles Soule, and narrator and voice actor Marc Thompson at San Diego Comic-Con 2023. During the hour-long discussion, we got new insights into the next phase of storytelling in the era of the High Republic, an early glimpse inside the pages of comics including Marvel’s Dark Droids and Dark Horse’s Tales from the Death Star, and got our first look at other covers and spreads from forthcoming books and comics. Here are 10 things that were revealed…
By StarWars.com Team
Several series were honored across multiple categories, including Outstanding Drama Series for Andor and Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, The Mandalorian, and Light & Magic have been honored with 23 nominations in 21 different categories at the 75th Primetime Emmy® Awards. Among the top honors, Andor was nominated in the Outstanding Drama Series category with a total of 8 nominations, Obi-Wan Kenobi nabbed a nomination in the Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series category and a total of 5 nominations, and The Mandalorian was nominated for a total of 9 nominations. Read the full list of Star Wars nominations below…
Animation fans received a bounty of treats at this year’s Star Wars Celebration in London.
YOUNG JEDI ADVENTURES
On Saturday, host Krystina Arielle, executive producer James Waugh and showrunner Michael Olsen welcomed fans of all ages to a special screening of “Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures.” The screening began with the debut of the trailer, followed by a Q&A with Waugh and Olson. Dee Bradley Baker, the voice of a youngling named Nubs, surprised fans by introducing the screening using the voice of the animated Jedi youngling.
Set 200 years before “The Phantom Menace,” during the High Republic era, the animated series follows Jedi younglings as they study the ways of the Force, explore the galaxy, help citizens and creatures in need and learn valuable skills needed to become Jedi along the way. Produced by Lucasfilm in collaboration with Wild Canary for Disney+ and Disney Junior, “Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures” is executive produced by Lucasfilm’s James Waugh, Jacqui Lopez and Josh Rimes. Michael Olson (“Puppy Dog Pals”) is showrunner and executive producer.
“Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures” stars Jamaal Avery, Jr. as Kai Brightstar, Juliet Donenfeld as Lys Solay, Dee Bradley Baker as Nubs, Emma Berman as Nash Durango, Jonathan Lipow as RJ-83, Piotr Michael as Master Yoda, Trey Murphy as Taborr Val Dorn and Nasim Pedrad as Master Zia.
“Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures” releases on Disney+ and Disney Junior, where available, on May 4, 2023.
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
Later that day, fans were treated to a panel celebrating the 15th anniversary of the Emmy® award winning series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars.” Moderated by Amy Ratcliffe, the panel included executive producer Dave Filoni, VP, Animation Production Lucasfilm Animation Athena Portillo, sound editor Matthew Wood and art director Kilian Plunkett as well as cast members Dee Bradley Baker, Ashley Eckstein, Matt Lanter and James Arnold Taylor as they reminisced on how the series came to be. Dave ended the panel with the exciting announcement that he had so much fun creating the first season of “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi,” a second season is currently in production.
STAR WARS: THE BAD BATCH
On Monday, there was a panel for the acclaimed series “Star Wars: The Bad Batch,” which just wrapped its second season as the Bad Batch continued their journey navigating the aftermath of Order 66 and the rise of the Empire.
Host Amy Ratcliffe welcomed “Star Wars: The Bad Batch” executive producer and supervising director Brad Rau, executive producer and head writer Jennifer Corbett, executive producer Athena Portillo, actors Dee Bradley Baker, who voices The Bad Batch, and Michelle Ang, the voice of Omega, to discuss highlights from the second season. Executive producers Rau, Corbett and Portillo announced that the show will return for a third and final season in 2024 to finish telling this part of the story. Fans in the room were treated to a special Season 3 teaser, sharing a sneak peek at what is to come including the return of Ming-Na Wen’s fan-favorite bounty hunter, Fennec Shand.
STAR WARS: VISIONS
To close out Star Wars Celebration’s animation panels, on Monday afternoon there was a “Star Wars: Visions” panel. The panel was filled with an abundance of reveals ahead of the series’ May 4, 2023 release– including first story details for all nine shorts, the full cast list, the trailer and key art.
The newest Volume will continue to push the boundaries of “Star Wars” storytelling, with nine new shorts from nine studios from around the globe. Employing the most captivating animation styles from a variety of countries and cultures, the second volume offers a dynamic new perspective on the storied mythos of Star Wars.
To kick off the panel, host Amy Ratcliffe introduced executive producers of the Emmy® nominated series, Josh Rimes, James Waugh and Jacqui Lopez, who discussed the success of the show’s first season and its unique concept featuring a collection of animated shorts that stretches beyond any one form of animation and serves as a broader framework for Star Wars storytelling.
Amy went on to reveal the trailer for Volume 2 and the voice talents behind the second volume.
The cast includes:
“Screecher’s Reach”: Eva Whittaker
“I Am Your Mother”: Maxine Peake, Charithra Chandran
“Journey to the Dark Head” (English Dub): Ashley Park, Eugene Lee Yang
“The Bandits of Golak”: Suraj Sharma
“The Pit”: Daveed Diggs
“Aau’s Song”: Cynthia Erivo
After revealing the cast, Amy Ratcliffe introduced the series’ filmmakers, who took to the stage in groups of three to reveal the first details about each of their shorts.
Rodrigo Blaas, writer/director of El Guiri’s “Sith” from Spain
Paul Young, director of Cartoon’s Saloon’s “Screecher’s Reach” from Ireland
Gabriel Osorio, writer/director of Punkrobot’s “In the Stars” from Chile.
Magdalena Osinska, director of Aardman’s “I Am Your Mother” from the United Kingdom
Hyeong-Geun Park, director of Studio Mir’s “Journey to the Dark Head” from South Korea
Julien Chheng, director of Studio La Cachette’s “The Spy Dancer” from France
Milind Shinde, founder of India’s 88 Pictures and executive producer of “The Bandits of Golak.”
LeAndre Thomas, writer/director/executive producer of “The Pit”; Arthell Isom, founder of D’ART Shtajio and executive producer of “The Pit”
Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke, co-directors of Triggerfish’s “Aau’s Song” from South Africa
Panelists shared how they incorporated their country’s history and culture into their stories and created original characters that fit into the Star Wars galaxy and cast local talent to bring these characters to life. At the end of the panel, attendees were also treated to a surprise early screening of Aardman’s short “I Am Your Mother.”
More information about all of the animation announcements out of Star Wars Celebration can be found at StarWars.com.
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Rick McCallum
Producer and Head of Production, Lucasfilm Ltd.
McCallum lived in Missouri until he was twelve, then in Europe. He went to school in France, Germany and England, and college in New York.
Hobbies and interests:
The Star Wars movie that has had the most influence on McCallum is the first one. “Star Wars was the first movie that had ever come close to showing a real world outside of our own. To me, it was by far the most successful and believable work 
McCallum’s favorite Star Wars moment is the scene before Luke begins his journey. “Luke is anxious and restless, and he goes out of the crater and gazes up at the two suns above Tatooine. We see so clearly every young man’s yearnings: all of us at some point have experienced that moment.”
