Here is this week’s Around the Web news roundup of Star Wars and beyond.
Book News
- StarWars.com has some information on The Art of Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order which will be published by Dark Horse Books.
Fandom News
- Skywalking Through Neverland has some great coverage of the Galaxy’s Edge booth from Star Wars Celebration Chicago.
- New video from Star Wars By the Numbers for every time rebel or rebellion is said.
- Force For Change is teaming up with FIRST.
- “The Best of Star Wars Celebration” highlight video.
Movie & Television News
- Interesting interview with Kathleen Kennedy who says they are considering a Knights of the Old Republic project, that Palpatine’s return has been in the works since The Force Awakens, and Solo was indeed them testing out the waters for doing two Star Wars movies a year.
- Entertainment Weekly has an article on The Mandalorian, though most of the info was mentioned in the SWCC panel, but if you skim down he mentions that it’s not IG-88 in the show but IG-11.
- And just to wrap things up, the teaser trailer for The Rise of Skywalker.
Star Wars Celebration Chicago
Live Stream videos by day…
- Day 1
- Day 2
- Day 3
- Day 4
Specific panels…
- Episode IX Panel
- The Mandalorian Panel (and make sure to look for the leaked footage that’s out there as the extra scene and sizzle reel is worth seeing)
- Jedi: Fallen Order Panel
- Droids and Animatronic Creatures of Star Wars Panel
- Alan Tudyk Panel
- Doug Chiang Panel
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars Panel
- The Phantom Menace 20th Anniversary Panel
- Tourism Panel
- 40 Years of Star Wars Holiday Special Collecting Panel (be sure to check out Collecting Track for audio of a bunch of the collecting panels)
- Lousy Beautiful Town has the audio for the Star Wars Representation Matters Panel.
- All Wings Report In: The Military of Star Wars Panel
- Shipping and Romance Panel
- Movie Trivia Schmoedown
- Hasbro Panel
- Lucasfilm Publishing Panel
- Sisters of the Force Panel
And guests on the Live Stream Stage…
- Ahmed Best
- Alan Tudyk
- Anthony Daniels
- Ashley Eckstein
- Cameron Monaghan (Jedi: Fallen Order)
- Carl Weathers, Gina Carano, and Pedro Pascal (The Mandalorian cast)
- Daisy Ridley and Kathleen Kennedy
- Dave Filoni
- David Goyer and Ben Snow (Vader Immortal)
- Erin Kellyman (Enfys Nest)
- Galaxy’s Edge
- Ian McDiarmid
- J.J. Abrams and Kelly Marie Tran
- John Boyega
- Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance)
- Neal Scanlan (creature effects artist)
- Oscar Isaac and Naomi Ackie
- Rob Bredow (ILM)
- Warwick Davis
Toy & Collectible News
- Looking for a t-shirt for The Rise of Skywalker or The Mandalorian? Then Amazon has you covered.
- Amazon Exclusive Emperor Palpatine with throne is up for pre-order.