Ahsoka
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the first and second episodes of Dave Filoni’s Star Wars: Ahsoka, starring Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo. Following up on the events of Filoni’s previous aniamted series, Star Wars: Rebels, the first two episodes also feature Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World), David Tennant (Doctor Who), Clancy Brown (Earth 2, Highlander), and the late Ray Stevenson.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 17
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 17th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff and Carl Weathers guest star in the third season premiere.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part VI
Streaming service Disney+ releases the sixth episode of the Star Wars live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in events occurring at the midway point between the franchise’s prequel and original film trilogies. Moses Ingram stars in the season finale.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part V
Streaming service Disney+ releases the fifth episode of the Star Wars live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in events occurring at the midway point between the franchise’s prequel and original film trilogies. Moses Ingram and Indira Varma (Torchwood, Game Of Thrones) also star.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part IV
Streaming service Disney+ releases the fourth episode of the Star Wars live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in events occurring at the midway point between the franchise’s prequel and original film trilogies. Moses Ingram and Indira Varma (Torchwood, Game Of Thrones) also star.
Obi-Wan Kenobi: Part III
Streaming service Disney+ releases the third episode of the Star Wars live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in events occurring at the midway point between the franchise’s prequel and original film trilogies. Moses Ingram and Indira Varma (Torchwood, Game Of Thrones) also star.
Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the first and second episodes of the Star Wars live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor as the exiled Jedi Master in events occurring at the midway point between the franchise’s prequel and original film trilogies. Jimmy Smits and Joel Edgerton reprise their roles from the Star Wars prequel films; Moses Ingram and Rupert Friend also star.
The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 7: In The Name Of Honor
Streaming service Disney+ releases the seveth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Pedro Pascal and Amy Sedaris reprise their roles from sister Star Wars series The Mandalorian in this series’ finale. 
The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 6: From The Desert Comes A Stranger
Streaming service Disney+ releases the sixth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Pedro Pascal, Rosario Dawson, and Timothy Olyphant reprise their roles from sister Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 5: Return Of The Mandalorian
Streaming service Disney+ releases the fifth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Pedro Pascal and Amy Sedaris reprise their roles from sister Star Wars series The Mandalorian.
The Book of Boba Fett, Volume 1 soundtrack
Disney Music releases Joseph Shirley’s soundtrack from the first four episodes of The Book of Boba Fett streaming series, featuring the series theme composed by Ludwig Goransson (The Mandalorian, Black Panther).
The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm
Streaming service Disney+ releases the fourth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Matt Berry (Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, What We Do In The Shadows) and Jennifer Beals (Flashdance, Swamp Thing) guest star.
The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 3: The Streets Of Mos Espa
Streaming service Disney+ releases the third episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Matt Berry (Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, What We Do In The Shadows), Stephen Root (Office Space), and Danny Trejo (Machete, From Dusk To Dawn) guest star.
The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 2: The Tribes Of Tatooine
Streaming service Disney+ releases the second episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison (Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones) and Ming-Na Wen. Matt Berry (Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, What We Do In The Shadows) and Jennifer Beals (Flashdance, Swamp Thing) guest star.
The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 1: Stranger In A Strange Land
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the first episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison (Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones) and Ming-Na Wen. Matt Berry (Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, What We Do In The Shadows) and Jennifer Beals (Flashdance, Swamp Thing) guest star in the series premiere.
Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge soundtrack
Disney Music digitally releases the soundtrack from the VR gam Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge, featuring music by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead), Joseph Trapanese (Tron Legacy, Tron Uprising), and Danny Piccione.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 16
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 16th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Temuera Morrison, Katee Sackhoff, Mark Hamill, and Giancarlo Esposito guest star in the second season finale, which also sets up a spinoff for Morrison’s Boba Fett character.
Jeremy Bulloch, actor, dies
British actor Jeremy Bulloch, best known internationally for playing the role of Boba Fett in The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return Of The Jedi (1983), dies at the age of 75. A child actor who went professional at a young age, Bulloch made two Doctor Who appearances (The Space Museum, 1965 and The Time Warrior, 1973), and made guest appearances in Strange Report, Chocky, and Robin of Sherwood. His initial appearance as Boba Fett was considered a very minor role for him as he was, at the time, starring in the popular UK sitcom Agony, broadcast on London Weekend Television, and his combined appearances in both Star Wars films added up to less than two minutes of screen time. After making a fleeting appearance as an unrelated character in 2005‘s Star Wars Episode III, Bulloch became a regular in the 2009 sci-fi comedy Starhyke, co-starring as the ship’s doctor. Like many of his other masked Star Wars castmates, his helmet afforded him little anonymity and he was a favorite on the sci-fi convention circuit.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 15
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 15th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Temuera Morrison, Bill Burr, and Giancarlo Esposito guest star.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 14
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 14th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Temuera Morrison (Star Wars Episode II) returns to the role of Boba Fett.
David Prowse, actor, dies
British-born actor and bodybuilder David Prowse, a towering figure who gained fame primarily as the physical embodiment of Darth Vader in the first three Star Wars films, dies after a brief illness at the age of 85. Sought after for movie roles – often non-speaking, and frequently in monster suits of one kind or another – Prowse had also played a Minotaur in Doctor Who (The Time Monster, 1972), a space creature in Space: 1999 (The Beta Cloud, 1976), and even after his sudden rise to fame via Star Wars, appeared in such roles as Hotblack Desiato’s bodyguard in the fifth episode of the BBC’s TV adaptation of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy in 1981, which offered him a rare speaking part. A favorite on the convention and autograph circuit, Prowse had only retired from a busy schedule of convention appearances a couple of years prior to his death. He was sought by George Lucas to play either Vader or Chewbacca after Lucas saw his brief appearance as a muscular bodyguard in Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Prowse had also appeared as a superhero in a series of public safety announcements and films in the UK, which won him much acclaim over the years.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 13
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 13th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Rosario Dawson (Daredevil) assumes the role of an older Ahsoka Tano, the character’s first live-action appearance after being established in previous Star Wars animated series.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 12
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 12th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Gina Carano, Carl Weathers, and Giancarlo Esposito guest star in an episode directed by Weathers.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 11
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 11th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 10
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the tenth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Amy Sedaris and Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) guest star.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 9
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the ninth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal. Timothy Olyphant and Amy Sedaris guest star in the second season premiere.
The year sci-fi took over the Emmys
The nominees for the 72nd annual Emmy Awards are announced, and genre shows are unusually well represented. HBO’s comics adaptation Watchmen raKes in 26 nominations, including Outstanding Limited Series and the best actor, actress, writing, directing, music, costuming, and design awards in the Limited Series category. The Mandalorian is nominated in 15 categories, including Best Drama Series, music, guest actor, voice-over performance, and visual effects; Westworld is nominated in 11 categories, The Handmaid’s Tale is nominated in ten (including Best Drama Series), Stranger Things nets eight nominations (including Best Drama Series), Star Trek: Picard is nominated in five categories, and Space Force is nominated in four. One nomination each goes to Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Wars: Resistance, Cosmos: Possible Worlds, Lost In Space, Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance, Chasing The Moon, The Boys, Black Mirror, and the interactive feature Doctor Who: The Runaway. CNN’s Apollo 11 documentary is nominated in five categories.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 8
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the eighth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers (Rocky, In The Heat Of The Night), and Gina Carrano. Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), and Jason Sudeikis guest star in the first season finale.
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
The eleventh Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker, premieres, starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac, alongside original trilogy stars Mark Hamill, Billy Dee Williams, Ian McDiarmid, and Harrison Ford (Carrie Fisher appears pothumously in scenes originally filmed for, but cut from, The Force Awakens in 2015). Perhaps inevitably, given the late 2010s’ tendency to politicize popular culture and its followers, and with the weight of fan expectations of a satisfying conclusion to the saga on it, the film proves somewhat controversial. Shortly after its release, work on future Star Wars feature films at Disney-owned Lucasfilm comes to a halt, and the franchise becomes a mainstay of Disney’s streaming video service.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 7
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the seventh episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers (Rocky, In The Heat Of The Night), and Gina Carrano. Nick Nolte, Giancarlo Esposito (Breaking Bad), and Werner Herzog guest star.