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There’s also the presence of military-adjacent Rangers in Star Wars canon the series could draw inspiration from and actually might have already. In both Disney’s content and the old EU there were “Sector Rangers,” an Old-Republic-era law enforcement agency beholden not to a singular planet, but a sector of space, working with local agencies to pursue particularly dangerous criminals. The Sector Rangers were even re-established by the New Republic when it rose to power in the new canon...

We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. 8 unanswered questions left by The Mandalorian season 2 finale Who… What... Where...? With The Mandalorian season two coming to a thrilling conclusion, the darksaber is down on Jon Favreaus hit series for another year. As well as rounding off our titular Mandos hunt for Grogu and Moff Gideon, December 18s Chapter 16: The Rescue catapulted the story forward and set the scene for an even bigger season three. Whi...

The Child in "The Mandalorian" season two, exclusively on Disney+. (Lucasfilm Ltd.) For the last eight weeks, “The Mandalorian” fans have feverishly followed the tale of a bounty hunter and an alien child he swore to protect. Set in the “Star Wars” universe, the atmosphere is as much a part of the show as the characters. This season has taken viewers all over the galaxy, from the desert dunes of Tatooine to a military base deep under a volcanic plain. Production designer Andrew L. Jones...

The High Republic. Conflict is at the very heart of Star Wars. Light vs. Dark. Good vs. Evil. Empire vs. Rebellion. So many of the stories we have seen woven throughout its world are rooted in the very idea of combat and war. It’s in the name! So in order to do something radically different for The High Republic, its creative team had an idea: what if the major crisis that breaks out in these stories wasn’t a problem that could be solved with a lightsaber swing? Advertisement Star Wars: T...

Star Wars stories. Little did they know just how right they were. Thanks to the runaway success of The Mandalorian, the studio is doubling down on its Lucasfilm content on screens both big and small. Right now, however, the Mouse House is putting most of its effort (and money) into expanding its slate of Disney+ originals set in the famous galaxy far, far away. The Star Wars universe is growing faster than ever — and will soon be easier to access than ever as well. Here are all the Star Wa...

2021 is the beginning of a new era of the Star Wars universe — literally. Lucasfilm has assembled a crack team of writers and artists to carve out The High Republic, a time centuries before the Skywalker family started wrecking galactic politics. There are going to be High Republic books, comics, and even a live-action Disney Plus series. And among our first glimpses of this new frontier of Star Wars storytelling is coming straight from Marvel Comics’ Star Wars: The High Republic. Written...

Star Wars: The High Republic is the bold new transmedia initiative from Lucasfilm that takes Star Wars hundreds of years into the past. Set a couple of centuries before the events of The Phantom Menace, The High Republic shows us a Republic and Jedi Order at the height of their power. The Republic is expanding its reach into the Outer Rim with the Starlight Beacon, a sort of Watchtower for the Jedi Order to keep their eye on the furthest fringes of the known galaxy. Each of the initial novel...

The penultimate episode of The Mandalorian‘s second season brought about several exciting and interesting aspects as Din Djarin and his allies tried to discover Grogu’s location. Much of this was due to the return of Bill Burr as the mercenary and ex-Imperial Mayfeld as director Rick Famuyiwa explored the parallels between Din and Mayfeld, their belief structure and one of the central tenets to the Star Wars franchise: redemption. One thing that has been great about the second season is ...

Get ready for the floodgates to open. During its Investors Day, Disney announced that it is planning to release a ton of new shows over the next couple of years, including 10 new Star Wars projects. The Mandalorian‘s ongoing second season, and announced some new concurrent spinoff shows: The Rangers of the New Republic and Ahsoka. The next “chapter” will debut on Christmas 2021. Both shows will jump off from The Mandalorian, something that Bob Iger had hinted at a while back. We’ve ...

The Jedi will be getting a direct spinoff to The Mandalorian.