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The Mandalorian returns for season 3 later this year.Starring Pedro Pascal as the masked bounty hunter, The Mandalorian first premiered in 2019 alongside the launch of Disney+. A second season aired the following year while season 3 was confirmed at the end of 2020.Set five years after the events of Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi, The Mandalorian explores a universe without The Empire as Pascal’s Din Djarin looks to protect the force-sensitive Grogu AKA Baby Yoda.After separating at the end of season 2 so Grogu could learn the ways of the force with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), The Mandalorian and Baby Yoda reunited during season 1 of Star Wars spin-off The Book Of Boba Fett.A synopsis for season 3 of The Mandalorian reads: “The journeys of the Mandalorian through the Star Wars galaxy continue.

The Mandalorian Season 3 trailer shows Din Djarin and Grogu back in action, but many fans are wondering why Din and Grogu reunited. The finale episode of Season 2 of the Mandalorian had Luke Skywalker taking Grogu to be trained as a Jedi. So why in The Mandalorian Season 3 will he be back with Din Djarin? With Grogu going with Luke, Din’s quest was over and he was free to go back to doing whatever he wanted.

Mark Hamill wants to help the Ukrainian army maintain its drone supply. So Mr. Luke Skywalker is going to start selling signed posters to raise cash.

Mark Hamill has become the latest big name to become an ambassador for United24, the official fundraising arm of the Ukrainian government as it continues its war against Russia.

Star Wars character Darth Vader after 45 years in the role.As reported by Vanity Fair, the actor, 91, has signed off on archival voice recordings being used by young filmmakers, who plan to recreate Jones’ voice from his previous films for future Lucasfilm projects using artificial intelligence.“He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,” Matthew Wood, a veteran at Lucasfilm, said. “So how do we move forward?”Lucasfilm first partnered with Respeecher, a Ukrainian start-up that uses AI technology to create new dialogue from old voice recordings, on Disney+ series The Book Of Boba Fett to replicate the voice of young Luke Skywalker.Jones’ voice was artificially recreated for Darth Vader in recent series Obi Wan Kenobi, although Lucasfilm said the actor “guided” the performance.

James Earl Jones is reportedly stepping back from voicing “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader.

James Earl Jones is reportedly stepping back from voicing “Star Wars”‘ Darth Vader.

Vanity Fair reporting that the 91-year-old actor has agreed to allow a Ukrainian AI company to replicate his voice for future “Star Wars” titles. In Vanity Fair’s new report published on Friday, sound artists at Lucasfilm and the Ukrainian AI speech company Respeecher discussed how Jones’ voice was recreated digitally for the recently released Disney+ series “Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which saw prequel trilogy stars Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return as Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker.

BreAnna Bell James Earl Jones, who has voiced Darth Vader for nearly 40 years of “Star Wars” films, seems to be stepping away from the role. According to Vanity Fair, the 91-year-old actor has signed off on archival voice recordings being used by young filmmakers, who plan to utilize artificial intelligence synthetic speech technology to recreate Jones’ younger voice from his previous films for future Lucasfilm projects. “He had mentioned he was looking into winding down this particular character,” Matthew Wood, a Lucasfilm veteran of 32 years, told the outlet. “So how do we move forward?”

It looks like James Earl Jones will no longer be providing the voice of Darth Vader.

according to the Wrap.“Rouge Squadron” had previously been delayed due to scheduling conflicts with Jenkins. The film was announced back in December of 2020 by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy, during Disney Investor Day.“Rogue Squadron” was set to “introduce a new generation of ‘Star Wars’ pilots as they earn their wings and risk their lives in a boundary-pushing high-speed thrill ride,” according to Kennedy.

The Great British Bake Off returned to Channel 4 on Tuesday night complete with a Star Wars skit. At the start of the episode, Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith, Noel Fielding and Matt Lucas transformed into several iconic characters for a pun-filled opening. It started with: "A long time ago in a tent far far away…" as Matt, 48, appeared as Luke Piewalker, a play on Luke Skywalker.

Star Wars: Ahsoka is coming early next year and recently Sabine Wren herself, Natasha Liu Bordizzo posted a picture of a birthday gift the cast and crew got her. The gift was a poster of Wrens’ very recognizable helmet; the poster was also signed by the actors and actresses that are expected to be in the series. Fans on Reddit have gone over all the signatures and messages written on the poster and one of the messages that is conveniently missing a signature looks a lot like Star Wars legend Mark Hamill. Mark has been very involved in Star Wars shows recently as a young version of Luke Skywalker is featured in The Mandalorian and The Book Of Boba Fett.

told Empire. “When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball.”The “Knives Out” filmmaker added that he crafted “The Last Jedi” as not just a “Star Wars” movie, but a movie about “Star Wars.”“The ultimate intent was not to strip away – the intent was to get to the basic, fundamental power of myth.

Ethan Shanfeld While “The Last Jedi” achieved widespread critical acclaim, the middle chapter of the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy proved to be somewhat divisive among fans. Looking back at his go at the galactic franchise, writer-director Rian Johnson said he is “even more proud of it five years on.” In an interview with Empire, Johnson said, “When I was up at bat, I really swung at the ball.” He continued: “I think it’s impossible for any of us to approach ‘Star Wars’ without thinking about it as a myth that we were raised with, and how that myth, that story, baked itself into us and affected us. The ultimate intent was not to strip away – the intent was to get to the basic, fundamental power of myth. And ultimately I hope the film is an affirmation of the power of the myth of ‘Star Wars’ in our lives.”

Ewan McGregor knows Star Wars fans very well from the rough criticism he got from the prequel movies to the newfound love of the fans that grew up with those movies. One thing McGregor has always said is that Star Wars leaks are bad for the community.

Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally about the relationship between Ben and Luke Skywalker.The show, which debuted in May, followed Obi-Wan’s (McGregor) journey to save a kidnapped Leia Organa (Vivien Lyra Blair) and return her to safety.Speaking during a panel at Fan Expo Boston on Sunday (via ComicBook.com), McGregor revealed the original plan for the story was centred around Obi-Wan’s relationship with a young Luke Skywalker (played in the show by Grant Feely).“It was going to be a story about me and Luke,” McGregor said. “It was always going to be that, and that was one of the genius moments where everyone went, ‘Wait a minute,’ and then changed it.”He added: “That’s the beautiful thing about how passionate Disney, Lucasfilm, all of us are, who are involved with it is from the beginning is we try really hard not to let anything of the bad just to protect your experience of seeing it for the first time.

oh, what a kiss. The next time you see them, they are walking out of that armored van having knocked out all the guards. Not only did that monologue make me cry, but I was so overwhelmed to finally see two openly gay characters in a superhero movie wax poetic about love and then kick major ass.

“I think the longevity of [the films] is really key to this one character [Gizmo], who is essentially like a baby,” director Joe Dante recently told the San Francisco Chronicle of the star of his classic Gremlins films. “Which brings me, of course, to the subject of Baby Yoda, who is completely stolen and is just out-and-out copied. Shamelessly, I would think.”

Disney+ It doesn’t get more classic than this: a marathon of “Star Wars” movies including “A New Hope,” “The Empire Strikes Back,” and “Return of the Jedi” — so why not spend your day off with Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamil), Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and Han Solo (Harrison Ford)?Where to watch: TNT (10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.)You might not have realized it, but the 1975 Steven Spielberg horror movie takes place over the course of a Fourth of July weekend as vacationers from the city flock to (the fictional Amity Island beach town — only to find a great white shark lying in wait. Lots of blood, suspense and action (and, of course, that killer shark).Where to watch: Peacock Brush up on the 1992 movie before the series version arrives in August.

SPOILER ALERT: The following article contains spoilers for the series finale of “Obi-Wan Kenobi”. 

Obi-Wan Kenobi EP Joby Harold tells us about his spark for the continuing story of Luke Skywalker’s first Jedi Master; the hermit in the Tatooine desert who’s hiding from the Imperials.

Obi-Wan Kenobi episode 4 spoilers. In a recent interview with ET, Obi-Wan Kenobi's Ewan McGregor revealed that "hundreds of people" showed up on set to see Hayden Christensen in costume as Darth Vader again. And even more tune in to the show each week for that exact purpose.

, which returns to Disney+ in February 2023. While celebrating the series’ success at  Celebration in Anaheim, California, Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, Giancarlo Esposito and more cast members spoke with ET about what’s to come from the anticipated new episodes as the spinoff continues to follow the titular bounty hunter and his young companion. “Three is even better than the previous one,” Pascal says of the upcoming installment of the series, teasing, “It’s safe to say that you’re going to love it.” Echoing that sentiment, Weathers says season 3 is “fuller” and has “a lot more heft.” “It’s so dense with so much action but also character,” he adds. For Katee Sackhoff, who reprises her role as Bo-Katan Kryze, the word to describe the vibe of the season is “dark.”Not only that, but the scope of the new episodes are going to be “larger than ever… and it’s just an expansion, in many ways, of last season,” Esposito says.

and again in, Rosario Dawson is set to star in her own live-action series on Disney+. The 43-year-old actress will continue to play the Force-sensitive fighter in the upcoming spinoff,, which follows the adventures of the character first established in the animated series . While speaking to ET at  Celebration in Anaheim, California, Dawson gushed over being able to be the “literal physical embodiment” of this character, which comes long after fans campaigned for her to bring the role to life onscreen. “I really love being able to not just try to imagine this character to life, you know, [and] to get to take her on physically,” she said.

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her portrayal of a young Princess Leia in the new Disney+ series — is helping shine a light on Save the Chimps, a non-profit refuge with 221 chimps rescued from labs and the entertainment industry. “Princess Leia wants to defend all creatures in the galaxy, and so do I,” said Blair in a video timed to her birthday this Saturday — a date she has in common with one of the residents of the 12-island facility.

Pedro Pascal shared only three words to describe the upcoming third season of Disney+’s The Mandalorian.

, which arrives on Disney+ today. Ewan McGregor reprises his beloved role as Obi-Wan and Hayden Christensen returns as Anakin-turned-Vader for the first time since the 2005 film,, in this new limited series. Christensen’s epic comeback to the world of comes amid rumors that he’ll be making an appearance in  — another forthcoming  spinoff series.

Caroline Framke Chief TV CriticSPOILER ALERT: This review contains some minor spoilers for the first two episodes of “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” which premiered May 27 on Disney+.The extensive recap of the “Star Wars” prequels that opens the new “Obi-Wan Kenobi” series is as utilitarian as it is canny. On the one hand, it serves as a reminder of the plot basics that led to this moment in the franchise, with Ewan McGregor’s jaded Jedi reluctantly digging up his old lightsaber 10 years after Anakin Skywalker went to the Dark Side.