Lucasfilm handed 7 legendary anime studios Star Wars and let them run wild and I don’t understand how we’re so lucky to have Star Wars Visions this September. The trailer above pretty much left me speechless, as while I’ve been excited for Visions’ potential, never in my wildest hyperspace-induced dreams did I imagine something so stunning and absolutely eye-catching as what we have in store when this hits Disney+ September 22. Check out the trailer again in original Japanese below and see the star-studded voice cast for both the English Dub and original cast! Continue reading “Star Wars Visions Cast, New Trailer Revealed”
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LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales Spooks Disney+ in October
After the refreshing Life Day fun in last years’ The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, LEGO returns instead with a sinister plan in mind: scare all the Disney+ subscribers with some Terrifying Tales! LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales, the premise of which sounds an awful lot like the Vader’s Castle series of yearly frights from IDW, will premiere on Disney+ October 1, with stars like Tony Hale, Christian Slater, Dana Synder, and more bringing the spooky special to life. Continue reading “LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales Spooks Disney+ in October”
Star Wars Visions to Dazzle in September on Disney+
Of all the shows announced in December 2020, Star Wars Visions piqued many’s, including mine, interest due to its compelling and limitless idea: give anime studios a chance to create whatever Star Wars anime projects they wanted as part of an anthology series. Star Wars has borrowed a lot from East Asian cinema, with George Lucas originally offering the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi to Toshirō Mifune even, so it’s about time they get their chance to show what they can bring to the Saga. Starting September 22 on Disney+, Star Wars Visions will feature nine shorts from seven legendary anime studios, all with their own original score, and we have some new details and a slick trailer show the wild and exciting styles to come thanks to a panel at Anime Expo Lite. Head below for more details! UPDATE 2: A brand new, spectacular trailer and the full cast has been revealed! FINAL UPDATE: We’re reviewing these shorts one by one, so here’s our first one, a review of “The Duel,” while you can find the rest of our Visions reviews here! Plus, you can read our spoiler-free reviews of “The Duel” tie-in novel, Ronin – A Visions Novel. Continue reading “Star Wars Visions to Dazzle in September on Disney+”
The Bad Batch Trailer Explodes Our Hype for May 4th Premiere
When Clone Force 99 is around, explosive, action-packed shenanigans are guaranteed and The Bad Batch’s latest trailer delivers in spades, though offers some intriguing hints of what else this show will be about with returning, familiar faces and a mystery-filled new one; all I really needed to know is if Wrecker would rein destructive mayhem on his enemies. Head below the poster and for more thoughts on the trailer, including who this “Omega” is! UPDATE 5/4/21: The series premiere and our review of it are in! And now so is our review of it’s second episode! Continue reading “The Bad Batch Trailer Explodes Our Hype for May 4th Premiere”
Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Cast Announced, Production Begins April
Knowing Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen will be back for the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi limited series, directed by Deborah Chow, is enough to make myself and many other fans excited it, but today the official site announced the remaining cast and holy Force is it stacked and wonderfully diverse: Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie. With the series, set 10 years after Revenge of the Sith, beginning production in April, and this seemingly being a shift to Lucasfilm trying out a little more marketing than normal for these shows, maybe we’ll get some BTS fun for May the Fourth? Regardless, let’s dive into the casting announcements below! Continue reading “Obi-Wan Kenobi Series Cast Announced, Production Begins April”
Original Novel Star Wars Visions: Ronin Announced, Out October
When Lucasfilm revealed the future of Star Wars, with tons of content flowing through Disney+, one of the more intriguing shows was Star Wars Visions, an anthology collection which will, “…bring 10 fantastic visions from several of the leading Japanese anime studios.” It’s not even out yet and it has inspired an original novel, Star Wars Visions: Ronin, by Emma Mieko Candon, set to release October 12, with the book’s announcement confirming the show will be out 2021. I’m eager to learn more about this book, especially if Candon pitched them a book with “a transcendent sense of hope,” as this could be an intriguing new concept for a novel. No extra details released for Ronin or Visions, but check back at the Manor as we’ll have them when they do! Continue reading “Original Novel Star Wars Visions: Ronin Announced, Out October”
Ewok TV Movies, Tartakovsky Clone Wars Cartoon, and more Legends Content Join Disney+ April 2
Star Wars Day comes early this year! Long before Disney bought Lucasfilm, or George Lucas himself started making animated projects, Star Wars branched out to TV in a variety of ways and now some of that Legends content comes to Disney+ (at least in the US) starting April 2! The list is a fun and surprising chunk of content: the two Ewok TV movies, Caravan of Courage and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor; the two seasons of the animated Ewoks show; the two Volumes of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Clone Wars from 2003-2005; and most surprisingly of all, “The Story of the Faithful Wookiee,” better known as the animated segment of the original Holiday Special (!) introducing Boba Fett. Head below for some thoughts on the releases and yes…there might be some reviews on Mynock Manor come April! Continue reading “Ewok TV Movies, Tartakovsky Clone Wars Cartoon, and more Legends Content Join Disney+ April 2”
The Bad Batch Premieres May the 4th on Disney+
Star Wars Animation is back on the menu, folks! Disney+ will host the premiere of The Bad Batch on Star Wars Day aka May the Fourth, with a second episode following on May 7 and releasing on subsequent Fridays. There’s no new trailer, images, or details released with this announcement (though the Republic Commando remaster a month before is a nice added bonus), but the trailer from December turned my less than favorable thoughts around about the show, especially upon seeing The Mandalorian’s Fennec Shand appearing! Check out the trailer and the reveal of The Black Series toy for Wrecker (the Batch’s muscle) below, but remember to return to the Manor in May for our reviews! Continue reading “The Bad Batch Premieres May the 4th on Disney+”
Actions Have Consequences: Lucasfilm No Longer Working With Gina Carano Due to Her Anti-Semitic, Transphobic Views
Yesterday shouldn’t have been the final straw for Gina Carano, instead what concerned Lucasfilm back in November, enough to make them question her leading her own show (likely Rangers of the New Republic), should’ve been when they cut her loose. Unfortunately, there was no word, one way or another, as she spread anti-science ideas, false election fraud claims, support of the violent insurrection on January 6, anti-semitic memes, and transphobic behavior in tweets/Instagram posts long after November, leaving trans/non-binary fans (and any fan of Star Wars who understands her actions are antithetical to what the franchise stands for) to feel forgotten by Lucasfilm as she featured more prominently in The Mandalorian’s second season. Continue reading “Actions Have Consequences: Lucasfilm No Longer Working With Gina Carano Due to Her Anti-Semitic, Transphobic Views”
The Mandalorian Season Two Finale Review: “Chapter 16 – The Rescue”
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The Mandalorian Season Two Finale, “Chapter 16 – The Rescue,” finds Din Djarin, Boba Fett, Fennec Shand, and some familiar faces finally taking the fight to Moff Gideon to rescue Grogu. While it often goes the way you think, it’s still a tense, excellent finale with a few things to nitpick. Continue reading “The Mandalorian Season Two Finale Review: “Chapter 16 – The Rescue””
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