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The Acolyte Creator Leslye Headland Breaks Down the First-Season Finale

Headland talks Fight Club homages, what’s next for Mae and Osha and The Stranger, and the iconic guest star who left her “starstruck.”
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How The Acolyte’s Manny Jacinto Brought Sexy Back to Star Wars

“I think baby oil goes a long way,” the Sith Lord heartthrob tells GQ about turning the internet’s collective knees to jelly. “Baby oil and wet hair.” With The Acolyte’s first season all wrapped up, Jacinto talks training for those breathtaking fight scenes, what he learned after getting cut from Top Gun: Maverick, working with Lindsay Lohan on Freaky Friday 2, and what he hopes to do in season two.
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The Acolyte Proves It's Telling a Different Kind of Star Wars Story With Just One Scene

Disney+'s new Star Wars series, set one hundred years before the original movies, starts subverting expectations right away.
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Amandla Stenberg Takes Star Wars Back to a Jedi Golden Age

In The Acolyte, set one hundred years before the prequels, Stenberg plays twins who’ve grown up on opposite sides of the Force, in a show that aims to challenge long-held preconceptions about the Star Wars universe. “They’ve called our show The Woke-alyte a fair amount,” Stenberg says. “I’m like, ‘Okay, what about it?’”
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Breaking Down ‘The Acolyte’ Trailer, A Glimpse of a ‘Star Wars’ Age We've Never Seen

Amandla Stenberg, Carrie-Anne Moss and Squid Game's Lee Jung-jae star in the new Disney+ series, which takes place an even-longer time ago in a galaxy far, far away.
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Donald Glover and His Brother Stephen Are Officially Making a Lando Movie

Donald is putting the iconic Star Wars character’s cape on again, this time with full creative control.
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Ahsoka Was the First Female Lead Jedi. Now She Could Determine the Future of the Star Wars Franchise

The ascendance of Ahsoka, from the Clone Wars to the new Rosario Dawson-starring Disney series, opens up exciting new paths for storytelling.
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LucasFilm Charts a New Course for Stars Wars — and the Return of Rey

Everything you need to know about the next three Star Wars movies, plus a Mandalorian crossover event, Dave Filoni’s Ahsoka, Andor, Indiana Jones and more.
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Excited for The Mandalorian Season 3? Hope You Watched The Book of Boba Fett First

If you're wondering how Mando and Baby Yoda reunited, another Star Wars series has the answers.
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Damon Lindelof's Star Wars Movie Is a Top Priority at Lucasfilm

Details are still top-secret, but apparently it has the “most momentum” out of all the other Star Wars films in development.

Psychiatrist Breaks Down the Psychology of Star Wars Characters

Psychiatrist and psychotherapist Dr. Eric Bender is back to explore and break down the mental health and psychology of Star Wars characters, including Emperor Palpatine, Obi-Wan, Darth Vader, The Mandalorian, Ahsoka, Jawas and Kylo Ren. Director: Christopher Smith Director of Photography: Florian Pilsl Editor(s): Jimmy Chorng Host: Eric Bender Executive Producer: Traci Oshiro Producer: Kristen Rakes Associate Producer: Sam Dennis Line Producer: Jen Santos Production Manager: James Pipitone Production Coordinator: Daniella Resto Camera Operator(s): Lisa Fryklund Audio: Simon Gordon Production Assistant(s): George Anderson Covid Coordinator: Erica Beedle Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi Assistant Editor: Diego Rentsch
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Ebon Moss-Bachrach Has Perfected Playing Dirtbags—Now, He's a Dirtbag in Space

The Bear star and Girls alum talks to GQ about his new role in the acclaimed Star Wars series Andor.
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Diego Luna Goes Rogue

Two decades after breaking out in the iconic indie Y Tu Mamá También, the accomplished Mexican actor is starting a galactic revolution in the new Star Wars series Andor.
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There's Still Racism In a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Obi-Wan star Moses Ingram is the latest Star Wars actor to suffer online attacks.
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Why Obi-Wan Kenobi Is the Last, Best Hope for Star Wars

The new series following Ewan McGregor's beloved take on the character is the best prospect the franchise has had in some time.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi Looks Like It Might Actually Live Up to the Hype

The first trailer for the Star Wars limited series offers a lot of reasons to get excited.
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How Boba Fett Came Back From the Dead—Again and Again and Again

The Book of Boba Fett series, on Disney+ this week, is the end of a long road of many attempts at a spin-off for the character.
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Let’s Break Down the Obi-Wan Kenobi Cast

The Disney+ event series just unveiled the full cast list and there’s a lot to be excited, and cautiously optimistic about.
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The Mandalorian Is Star Wars That Haters Can Love

The space-western, which returns Friday, succeeds because it lets go of the past.
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Coronavirus Has Now Affected Baby Yoda's Impending Arrival in the U.S.

Reports suggest that the disease's fast spread in China could impact Hasbro's toy production. 
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