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Happy Saturday, Star Wars friendos!

Thank you to hectorlizard for creating the header for these posts.

Start your own discussion about story, casting, or any other aspects of these upcoming/rumored Star Wars projects:

• Tales of the Empire (Tales S2) — The Acolyte — Skeleton Crew — Andor S2 — Ahsoka S2
• The Mandalorian and Grogu, directed by John Favreau — Obaid-Chinoy movie — James Mangold movie — Dave Filoni movie — Donald Glover Lando movie
• Star Wars: Hunters — Star Wars: Outlaws — Untitled Amy Hennig project — BitReactor RTS — Jedi 3 — Star Wars: Eclipse
• High Republic Phase III (1 year after Phase I) — post-Phase I High Republic YA short story collection — Shadows of Starlight (2023) — The Eye of Darkness — Escape from Valo — Defy the Storm — High Republic (2023) — High Republic Adventures (2023) — Saber for Hire — Temptation of the Force —Beware the Nameless — Echoes of Fear — Tears of the Nameless — Into the Light — A Valiant Vow — Trials of the Jedi
• Upcoming pre-TPM novel The Living Force by John Jackson Miller
• Upcoming post-TPM novel The Glass Abyss by Steve Barnes

Status Uncertain

• A Droid Story — Taika Waititi Movie — Shawn Levy Movie — KOTOR Remake — The Mandalorian S4

Or answer any of these discussion prompts, or come up with your own:

What character or group of characters would you like to see further explored in a show, book, or comic?

Ideas about show schedules for this year and next year?

Your thoughts about the movie announcements? Where do you want them to take Rey’s journey in the next film? How do you want them to make the Mandalorian and Grogu movie stand out from the show?

Your reaction and speculation based on the leaked trailer for Andor?

Are you excited for SW Celebration Tokyo 2025? How do you want Lucasfilm to celebrate Japanese culture and film as a unique and important source of inspiration for Star Wars storytelling?

What did you think of the trailer and gameplay for Outlaws? Any hopes for story elements?

What do you want to see in the rumored Visions S3?

What role do you think Finn will play in the Obaid-Chinoy movie?

Speculation about THR Phase III?

After the High Republic, what is the next big era you’d like to see publishing tackle?

What are your thought on the new Mando movie announcement? After Ahsoka S2, do you think the Mando era will continue as the flagship era of Star Wars television, or do you think Star Wars tv will focus on a new era?

What do you think will be LFL Animation’s next big project?

What projects are you hoping to see in the next few years for Star Wars gaming?

Now that S2 of TOTJ has been revealed as “Tales of the Empire”, what other kinds of Tales anthologies would you like to see covered?

LFL DISCUSSION

Your thoughts on the removal of Willow from Disney+? What do you think Disney’s game plan will be going forward with streaming?

What IP would you like see added to LFL’s portfolio? Any book adaptation you think would be up their alley etc?

Discuss the Lucasfilm-relevant bts stuff from Maureen Ryan’s book Burn It Down and Joanna Robinson’s book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.

Have you seen Indy 5? What did you think of the movie?

Are you excited for the new Indy game? What do you think the story will be?

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The Bad Batch

Welcome to r/StarWarsLeaks' discussion megathread of the first three episodes of the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch!

• Episode 13 - Into the Breach:
  • Original Release Date: April 17, 2024
  • Written by: ______________
  • Supervising Director: Brad Rau

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You can also join us in the StarWarsLeaks Discord to discuss this episode.

Join us again next week for our episode discussions of Episode 14 - Flash Strike!

Heard something from a friend of a friend, or saw something on 4chan/Twitter/Youtube but you aren't sure if it is true?

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• Superfluous, off topic, speculative, or otherwise unproductive high level comments may be removed and even result in a temp ban.
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• New Discord users may be put in timeout quarantine for a brief period after joining the server. Please message us via modmail on Reddit to have the timeout removed.

Happy Saturday, Star Wars friendos!

Thank you to hectorlizard for creating the header for these posts.

Start your own discussion about story, casting, or any other aspects of these upcoming/rumored Star Wars projects:

• Tales of the Empire (Tales S2) — The Acolyte — Skeleton Crew — Andor S2 — Ahsoka S2
• The Mandalorian and Grogu, directed by John Favreau — Obaid-Chinoy movie — James Mangold movie — Dave Filoni movie — Donald Glover Lando movie
• Star Wars: Hunters — Star Wars: Outlaws — Untitled Amy Hennig project — BitReactor RTS — Jedi 3 — Star Wars: Eclipse
• High Republic Phase III (1 year after Phase I) — post-Phase I High Republic YA short story collection — Shadows of Starlight (2023) — The Eye of Darkness — Escape from Valo — Defy the Storm — High Republic (2023) — High Republic Adventures (2023) — Saber for Hire — Temptation of the Force —Beware the Nameless — Tears of the Nameless — Into the Light — A Valiant Vow — Trials of the Jedi
• Upcoming pre-TPM novel The Living Force by John Jackson Miller
• Upcoming post-TPM novel The Glass Abyss by Steve Barnes

Status Uncertain

• A Droid Story — Taika Waititi Movie — Shawn Levy Movie — KOTOR Remake — The Mandalorian S4

Or answer any of these discussion prompts, or come up with your own:

What character or group of characters would you like to see further explored in a show, book, or comic?

Ideas about show schedules for this year and next year?

Your thoughts about the movie announcements? Where do you want them to take Rey’s journey in the next film? How do you want them to make the Mandalorian and Grogu movie stand out from the show?

Your reaction and speculation based on the leaked trailer for Andor?

Are you excited for SW Celebration Tokyo 2025? How do you want Lucasfilm to celebrate Japanese culture and film as a unique and important source of inspiration for Star Wars storytelling?

What did you think of the trailer and gameplay for Outlaws? Any hopes for story elements?

What do you want to see in the rumored Visions S3?

What role do you think Finn will play in the Obaid-Chinoy movie?

Speculation about THR Phase III?

After the High Republic, what is the next big era you’d like to see publishing tackle?

What are your thought on the new Mando movie announcement? After Ahsoka S2, do you think the Mando era will continue as the flagship era of Star Wars television, or do you think Star Wars tv will focus on a new era?

What do you think will be LFL Animation’s next big project?

What projects are you hoping to see in the next few years for Star Wars gaming?

Now that S2 of TOTJ has been revealed as “Tales of the Empire”, what other kinds of Tales anthologies would you like to see covered?

LFL DISCUSSION

Your thoughts on the removal of Willow from Disney+? What do you think Disney’s game plan will be going forward with streaming?

What IP would you like see added to LFL’s portfolio? Any book adaptation you think would be up their alley etc?

Discuss the Lucasfilm-relevant bts stuff from Maureen Ryan’s book Burn It Down and Joanna Robinson’s book MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios.

Have you seen Indy 5? What did you think of the movie?

Are you excited for the new Indy game? What do you think the story will be?

Showrunner Leslye Headland:

Leslye Headland on the Battle of Geonosis in Episode II: "It just felt so iconic to me, and something I had never seen before," Headland tells Empire. "That was the first time I saw the Jedi as this massive force, as opposed to that smaller concept of the one-on-one, the Jedi versus Sith: Luke versus Vader, Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan versus Maul. The idea that a whole platoon of Jedi could be dropped into the middle of the ring, move the way they moved. And that there were so many different kinds - it isn't just people that look like Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon and Anakin, but different species."

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Cut to 2019, and Headland was preparing to pitch her own Star Wars series, as a lifelong devotee of Lucas' world ("Empire Strikes Back introduced me to the concept of a cliffhanger as a child," she recalls. "That just blew my mind").

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The Acolyte all began with Headland. (Even its crossover into High Republic territory was, she says, "a happy accident"; the show happened to develop simultaneously with Lucasfilm's then-titled 'Project Luminous'.)

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Leslye Headland: “I was driven to write a story that essentially was from the perspective of the bad guys. I write that way with my other work," she explains, whether it's Sleeping With Other People's commitment-phobic lovers, or the chaotic maelstrom that is Natasha Lyonne's Nadia in Russian Doll. "I am always attracted to amoral - or immoral - characters, and finding the humanity within the villains."

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[Headland’s] reverence for George Lucas is evident - the large-scale set-builds, location shooting and puppetry are "meant to invoke the practical way that George started this whole thing", she notes. Headland even credits her entire filmmaking career to him. "George Lucas single-handedly pushed digital projection into the mainstream," she says, holding forth on the prequels. "Therefore a filmmaker like myself, who normally wouldn't have been able to make her films if I wasn't shooting on digital, [could make films]." And then, eventually, her own Star Wars too.

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A Space Fantasy Whodunit:

Puncturing the galactic peace, a spate of violence sees Jedi being killed off. Enter Lee Jung-jae's Master Sol, leading an investigation into whodunnit and why. "It's one story with several reveals, and new clues and new information each episode," Headland says. "It's not just a mystery that you have to find out. It's not unlike Russian Doll. It's almost like a spiral - it digs deeper and deeper and deeper." For Lee, it's this genre addition that really makes The Acolyte tick. "It’s going to get even more intriguing and gripping, because of that detective genre," he promises. "It's going to keep you on the edge of your toes, wanting to guess."

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Amandla Stenberg: “It's a lot more complicated … Which is the point of the show. Hopefully, if we did our job right, the show makes it an interesting interrogation into what it means to be on the light side or the dark side.”

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Jedi Master Sol:

After being catapulted to international fame post-Squid Game (he was already a star in South Korea), Lee Jung-jae was "so surprised" to suddenly find himself in Star Wars - even more so when he discovered his lightsaber could actually ignite. "I had thought that it was all going to be CGI - but [I was] very surprised to find that it actually does light up!" he beams. "It was so much heavier than I thought." For all of Master Sol's fighting prowess ("I really had to pull out every technique that I had," Lee says of the combat, despite being an action-cinema veteran), he'll need back-up to face The Acolyte's darkest secrets.

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Padawan Jecki and Jedi Knight Yord:

Prepare to meet "Jedi David Bowie", aka Dafne Keen's incoming Padawan Jecki —a moniker owing not just to her Aladdin Sane-esque red-and-blue facial markings (she's a Theelin, like Max Rebo's punky, pink-haired backing singer from the Return Of The Jedi Special Edition), but the vibe she brought to The Acolyte's set. "Starman' was, like, my tune while we were filming," says Keen. "I had it on in my trailer all the time."

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Jedi Knight Yord, played by Russian Doll alumnus Charlie Barnett, is more interested in Jedi lore than action. “I’m hoping that the world loves to hate him," the actor admits. "There are so many redeeming and beautiful qualities about him, but he's kind of a jerk! He's a little bit of a goody two-shoes." His try-too-hard attitude creates friction with Dafne Keen's Jedi Padawan, Jecki.

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Dafne Keen: “Jecki's much more competent than [Yord] is, the entire time. But he's a Knight, because he's older," she explains. "So there's this really interesting dynamic of him being a little bit useless, and her being like, "You need to step your game up', which was really fun to play." It's a competence that likely comes from Jecki being the Padawan of Master Sol himself. "Jecki has a huge admiration for him - she looks up to him, and she wants to be perfect for him," Keen explains.

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Master Kelnacca:

If you're wondering what exactly compels a Wookiee - typically less inclined to lend a hand than rip one clean off - to find harmony through the Force, you're not alone. "Wookiees are fierce creatures living in their own habitat. How does one become a Jedi?" ponders Joonas Suotamo, the actor who here originates an all-new walking carpet, after inheriting the role of Chewie in the Star Wars sequels.

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Joonas Suotamo: “Another Star Wars dream come true.” Expect some Chewie DNA in there, of course - and nods to Burryaga, a fan-favourite Wookiee Jedi from the High Republic novels. But Kelnacca is his own beast. "It was interesting to try to balance the fierceness, versus the control of the Jedi," he says, pointing out that his 'saber is extra-long; Wookiee-sized, if you will.

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Charlie Barnett hints at a trip to Kelnacca's Wookiee planet —which notably isn't Kashyyyk.

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Mae, the Assassin:

Amandla Stenberg on her character Mae: “One of my references was Gogo from Kill Bill. I've always loved that character," the actor says of Tarantino's schoolgirl assassin.

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Headland even screened Volume 1 for the cast and crew before shooting began. "We also thought about Joan of Arc, Ethiopian tribes, Renaissance garb," adds Stenberg. "There was something very tough and very feminine about it at the same time. We wanted this character to feel both disciplined, and have a sense of freedom and an expressiveness to her.”

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Vernestra Rwoh:

Rebecca Henderson: "Because she has been around for so long, [Vernestra] has basically met everyone that has come through the Temple, and seen them all die their natural deaths if they're living a natural human life," notes Henderson, playing Rwoh at 116 years old. "She's known Sol since he was a tiny child."

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Qimir, the Smuggler:

The Jedi will have reluctant back-up, too, courtesy of a rare non-Force-user in the show - Manny Jacinto's Qimir, a former smuggler who can reliably be found imbibing libations down at the cantina, swept into the mystery. "Qimir wishes he was Han Solo," says Jacinto, nodding to Star Wars' most legendary smuggler. Despite their shared profession, Qimir is not, he admits, "as cool, and doesn't contain as much rizz" as the Millennium Falcon's owner.

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Future Seasons:

If all goes to plan, there'll be more Acolyte to come. Headland mentions the possibility of future seasons, which could feature more High Republic characters ("I've already talked to Pablo Hidalgo about it," she says of Lucasfilm's lore overlord).

STAR WARS: THE SECRETS OF THE CLONE TROOPERS

publisher info: written by Marc Sumarek illustrated by Alberto Buscicchio Insight Editions hardcover 32 pages ISBN 979-8886630534 $ 27.99

Learn the secrets of the clone troopers in this interactive, fully illustrated guide for readers of all ages.

Join the ranks of the Galactic Republic in Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers. Young fans will uncover thrilling secrets from the history of beloved clone troopers—from Captain Rex to the Bad Batch—all accompanied by incredible artwork and interactive features, including pop-ups, booklets, and lift-the-flap inserts.

LEARN THE LORE: In this in-universe book, discover the secrets behind the galaxy’s clone army, from their origins on the planet Kamino to the horrors of Order 66. You’ll delve into the clone troopers’ battles on behalf of the Galactic Republic, the inner workings of the 501st Legion, the adventures of Clone Force 99, and more.

FAVORITE CHARACTERS: Spanning films, television shows, books, comics, and video games, Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers highlights the galaxy’s iconic clone troopers—including Captain Rex, Commander Cody, Hunter, Wrecker, Tech, Echo, Crosshair, Omega, and more.

INTERACTIVE FEATURES: Pop-ups, booklets, and lift-the-flap inserts will thrill young fans, making for an engaging experience while introducing stories about the galaxy’s clone troopers.

ORIGINAL ILLUSTRATIONS: Star Wars: The Secrets of the Clone Troopers contains beautiful illustrations that will enthrall child and adult readers alike. Complete with a frameable 11 x 17 poster of the cover art, this book is the ideal gift for any Star Wars fan.

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Welcome to r/StarWarsLeaks' discussion megathread of episode 12 of the final season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch!

• Episode 12 - Juggernaut:
  • Original Release Date: April 10, 2024
  • Written by: ______________
  • Supervising Director: Brad Rau

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Join us again next week for our episode discussions of Episode 4 - A Different Approach!

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