SOPHIE Shattered The Boundaries Of Pop Music, And It Will Take Us Years To Catch Up
SOPHIE created bold, artistic worlds from scratch - and by doing so, changed the way we thought about music forever.
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SOPHIE, the Grammy-nominated Scottish pop and avant-garde electronic producer, died on at 4am January 30, in Athens, Greece, where the artist resided. According to Transgressive Records, SOPHIE had climbed up to see the full moon, and accidentally fell. SOPHIE was 34.
Lucasfilm Needs to Decide Who Its Audience Is for Star Wars
Who is
Star Wars for? It’s a question that’s been heavily contested for some time, increasingly complicated as more branches shoot off from what was originally just a campy, indie homage to
Flash Gordon. Is it truly for the die-hard fans who can speak its constructed languages and fact-check the fiction better than Lucasfilm’s Story Group? Is it first and foremost for the casual filmgoers, who don’t care about all the books, games, and TV shows? Most importantly, is it a franchise for kids or adults?
Posted on Thursday, January 21st, 2021 by Ethan Anderton
The Mandalorian transformed the Child, better known to everyone around the world as Baby Yoda, into merchandise giant. The little guy was turned into everything from plushes to action figures to hoodies, and even a Chia Pet. But now that he’s been officially named Grogu, the shine has worn off, and fans need the next cool thing to adorn their shelves. That’s where Moff Gideon’s Dark Troopers come into play, and Hot Toys is releasing an intimidating 1/6 scale action figure of the formidable droid troopers. See the Hot Toys Dark Trooper figure below.
Wed Jan 13, 2021 at 1:19pm ET
Daddy’s Home: Grogu meets another Jedi. Pic source: Lucasfilm
Warning: This article contains spoilers from Season 2 of The Mandalorian, as well as the Star Wars Expanded Universe materials.
Are Lucasfilm, Disney, and Star Wars about to doom to licensed fan fiction its three most recent movies?
According to YouTuber Doomcock, who claims he has information from “a source that has demonstrated extraordinary access” at Lucasfilm, events in Season 2 of The Mandalorian have already begun to do just that.
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Think it can’t happen? Retconning has taken place already with Disney-owned Star Wars. It was considered a necessary step to make the sequel trilogies The Force Awakens, The Last Jedi, and Rise of Skywalker a reality.
How THE MANDALORIAN Could Introduce Mara Jade
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Star Wars: Legends have always stood out in terms of their popularity with fans. One was Grand Admiral Thrawn and the other was the Jedi Knight Mara Jade. Thrawn was canonized in
Rebels, and is likely to soon be coming to a Disney+
Star Wars live-action series. But where does that leave Mara?
Many fans believe now is time for her introduction into official canon. Granted, it would be a bit more complicated to bring Mara into the story than it was Thrawn. But we believe that
The Mandalorian might have just provided a way in for the beloved character.