The Mandalorian: Chapter 6
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the sixth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal. Mark Boone Jr. (Sons Of Anarchy), Bill Burr (Breaking Bad), Clancy Brown (Highlander, Earth 2), Natalia Tena (the Harry Potter films, Game Of Thrones), and Richard Ayoade (The IT Crowd, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace) guest star.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 5
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the fifth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal. Amy Sedaris (Strangers With Candy) and Jake Cannavale (Nurse Jackie) guest star.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 4
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the fourth episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal and Gina Carano (Deadpool). Julia Jones (Westworld, Goliath) guest stars.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 3
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the third episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal and Carl Weathers. Werner Herzog guest stars.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 2
Streaming service Disney+ premieres the the second episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal and Nick Nolte.
The Mandalorian: Chapter 1
Streaming service Disney+ opens for business with the first episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, the first live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Pedro Pascal, Carl Weathers, and Nick Nolte. Returning to the saga’s roots as a space western, this marks Disney’s entrance into the increasingly crowded premium streaming service race.
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Peter Mayhew, actor, dies
Actor Peter Mayhew, who went from a job as a hospital orderly to co-starring in the Star Wars films as Chewbacca, dies at the age of 74. Following filming on Star Wars, with no way to anticipate the movie’s upcoming blockbuster success, Mayhew returned to his orderly job, continuing that line of work after the filming of both 1980‘s The Empire Strikes Back and 1983‘s Return Of The Jedi, before becoming a full-time fixture at Star Wars and science fiction conventions (and, later, the internet, regaling fans with behind-the-scenes stories both in person and online). He had some prior monster-suit-acting experience before George Lucas hired him for Star Wars, but not enough to amount to a steady stream of work. He reprised the role of Chewie in 2005‘s Revenge Of The Sith and 2015‘s The Force Awakens before handing the Wookiee suit off to former basketball player Joonas Suotamo, but still received a consulting credit for 2017‘s The Last Jedi, coaching Suotamo during filming. He had also put on the Wookiee suit for any number of promotional appearances, playing the character on The Muppet Show and Donny & Marie, as well as the infamous 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, which afforded Chewie a larger role than some of the movies did.
Star Wars: Resistance: Synara’s Score
Cable channel Disney XD airs the seventh episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Nazneen Contractor (24, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Heroes Reborn) guest stars.
Star Wars: Resistance: Signal From Sector Six
Cable channel Disney XD airs the sixth episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Nazneen Contractor (24, Star Trek: Into Darkness, Heroes Reborn) guest stars.
Star Wars: Resistance: The Children Of Tehar
Cable channel Disney XD airs the fifth episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones, Wizards vs. Aliens) guest stars.
Star Wars: Resistance: The High Tower
Cable channel Disney XD airs the fourth episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Star Wars: Resistance: Fuel For The Fire
Cable channel Disney XD airs the third episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Elijah Wood guest stars.
Star Wars: Resistance: The Triple Dark
Cable channel Disney XD airs the second episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Gwendoline Christie (Game Of Thrones, Wizards Vs. Aliens) guest stars as the voice of Captain Phasma.
Star Wars: Resistance: The Recruit
Cable channel Disney XD airs the first episode of the series Star Wars: Resistance, set prior to the events of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Oscar Isaac guest stars as the voice of Poe Dameron. This is the first Star Wars TV series set in the era of the current movies produced by Lucasfilm after its acquisition by Disney.
Gary Kurtz, Star Wars producer, dies
Gary Kurtz, producer of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back and George Lucas’ right-hand man during the making of both movies, dies at the age of 78 after a year-long battle with cancer. Kurtz was instrumental in the deal-making behind both Star Wars and its predecessor, Lucas’ American Graffiti, initially pitching both to Universal Studios. While Universal was eager to make American Graffiti, they passed on Star Wars, which was then pitched to 20th Century Fox. Kurtz was literally in the Death Star trenches helping Lucas complete the first film, directing many second-unit shots (including many of the X-Wing cockpit scenes from the movie’s climactic battle) and riding herd on the somewhat overburdened Industrial Light & Magic. Fundamental differences over the storytelling choices Lucas was making for Return Of The Jedi led Kurtz to distance himself from Lucasfilm, and he would go on to produce such films as The Dark Crystal, Return To Oz, and Slipstream.
Star Wars: Rebels: A Fool’s Hope and Family Reunion And Farewell
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 70th and 71st episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen, Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars Episode III), Gina Torres (Firefly), and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockword Orange, Star Trek: Generations) guest star in the series finale.
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Star Wars: Rebels: Wolves And A Door and A World Between Worlds
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 68th and 69th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen, Ian McDiarmid (Star Wars Episode III), Adrienne Wilkinson (Xena: Warrior Princess) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockword Orange, Star Trek: Generations) guest star.
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Star Wars: Rebels: DUME
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 67th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen, Warwick Davis (Willow, Return Of The Jedi), and Clancy Brown (Highlander) guest star.
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Star Wars: Rebels: Jedi Night
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 66th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen and Warwick Davis (Willow, Return Of The Jedi) guest star.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
The ninth Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, premieres. Written and directed by Rian Johnson, The Last Jedi stars Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Oscar Isaac, alongside original trilogy stars Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill. Laura Dern, Kelly Marie Tran, and Benicio Del Toro make their first appearances as new characters. An unusual amount of controversy emerges around the movie’s defiance of fan expectations involving the storyline and use of characters from the original Star Wars films, which will also follow the next two films in the franchise. This is the last Star Wars film to feature new scenes with the late Carrie Fisher as Leia.
Star Wars: Rebels: Rebel Assault
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 65th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen, Clancy Brown, and Warwick Davis (Willow, Return Of The Jedi) guest star.
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Star Wars: Rebels: Kindred / Crawler Commandeers
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 63rd and 64th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen, Clancy Brown, and Warwick Davis (Willow, Return Of The Jedi) guest star.
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Star Wars: Rebels: Occupation / Flight Of The Defender
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 61st and 62nd episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen and Clancy Brown guest star.
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Star Wars: Rebels: In The Name Of The Rebellion
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 59th and 60th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Forest Whitaker reprises his Rogue One role of Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera.
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Star Wars: Rebels: Heroes Of Mandalore
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 57th and 58th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Space Rangers) and Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) guest star in the two-part fourth season premiere.
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Star Wars Rebels: Zero Hour
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 55th and 56th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Tom Baker (Doctor Who), Lars Mikkelsen (House Of Cards, Sherlock), Genevieve O’Reilly (Rogue One) and Clancy Brown (Highlander, Earth 2) guest star in the two-part third season finale.
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Star Wars Rebels: Twin Suns
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 54th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Sam Witwer (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars.
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Star Wars Rebels: Double Agent Droid
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 53rd episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Josh Gad (Jobs, Frozen, Pixels) guest stars.
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Star Wars Rebels: Secret Cargo
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 52nd episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen (House Of Cards, Sherlock) and Genevieve O’Reilly (reprising her role of Mon Mothma from Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) guest star.
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Star Wars Rebels: Through Imperial Eyes
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 51st episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Lars Mikkelsen (House Of Cards, Sherlock) and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Steven Universe, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex) guest star.
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