New Star Wars Live Action Series From Lost Creator

With Star Wars: Andor about to end its run in three weeks and The Mandalorian probably done after the upcoming movie, Disney+ seems to want a replacement show. Lucasfilm has tapped Carlton Cuse to come up with that new series along with his son Nick Cuse. Nothing has been revealed about the story, the time table, or anything else. 

The pair have a good track record with Carlton Cuse creating series like The Adventures of Brisco County Jr (highly recommend), Lost, Locke & Key, and more. His sone produced Masters of the Air, Watchmen, and others. Basically a whole lot of experience at making TV shows within a budget, something Disney+ is probably very focused on right now after a series of costly Star Wars TV shows that didn't return their investment. 

As with anything related to Lucasfilm, there is what they plan to do and there is what they actually do so treat this is just one of many future Star Wars possibilities.

Three Animated Star Wars Seasons Announced

As Star Wars Celebration concludes this weekend in Tokyo, Lucasfilm released trailers for new seasons for two animated series and a third anime style one planned. Below is trailer for Star Wars Visions Volume 3 which has 9 Japanese animation studios tell their own stories in their style. One of the episodes of the season will include a return to the character of Lah Kara from the first season. 

From those two episodes will be a spin-off series called "Star Wars: Visions Presents - The Ninth Jedi" that will continue her adventures when released in 2026. The two shorts and series are set after the events of "Rise of Skywalker". The second video below is a trailer Young Jedi Adventures season 3 coming this fall.

New Andor Season 2 Featurette, TV Spot

Andor season 2 premieres this Tuesday with first three episodes being released on Disney+. Here is a brief featurette and TV spot for the season.

Ahsoka Season 2 Includes Hayden Christensen

Star Wars Celebration is being held in Tokyo. As part of that there was a panel on Ahsoka Season 2 which begins production next week. Info that they were willing to reveal is that Hayden Christensen will return once again as Anakin Skywalker. A role he reprised in season 1 to great effect. In addition it has been confirmed that Rory McCann (Game of Thrones) is playing Jedi Baylan Skol, replacing Ray Stevenson who passed shortly before the first season premiered. Ahsoka creator spoke about Ray and his character saying:

“I found a way in — I had Ray in my head. I’m grateful for all my conversations with him about Baylan. So, I understood what to do, it just took a while to get there. I’m very confident now that Ray would be happy with the direction that we’ve chosen,” added Filoni who made the decision in concert with the late actor’s family.

“The character is meant to be the parallel to Ahsoka in every way. If there’s a light, there’s a dark, and Baylan is representing a different journey for a Jedi as you (Rosario) represent one who walked away from the (Jedi) order, so did he. That’s a parallel that must continue,” said Filoni.

Season Two of Light & Magic Now Available

Disney+ has surprised launched season two of the documentary series "Light & Magic" that covers the work of Industrial Light & Magic, the company founded by George Lucas. ILM is pretty much the company that moved visual effects to new heights decade after decade. Any existing VFX company stands on their shoulders. The previous season ended on Jurassic Park while this three episode season starts with The Phantom Menace.

Lucasfilm Annimation 20th Anniversary Video, Darth Maul Series Announced

Turns out this year Lucasfilm Animation is celebrating its 20th anniversary. The video was part of Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo where they also announced "Maul - Shadow Lord" which is a new animated series from the division that first was started for The Clone Wars movie. The series is set about a year after The Clone Wars series as Maul recovers from his fight with Ahsoka.

Previous Lucasfilm Animation head and now CCO Dave Filoni said “Unfortunately I can’t tell you too much, but what I can say is Sam Witwer’s involvement in the show has been pristine. I’m very excited about him being able to review the scripts and provide input in all of that as well. Dave Filoni and Sam created the character for animation, and so it’s very important to hear his thoughts as well for the character depth. We learn some different things about this character. He’s got some different traits that you wouldn’t necessarily think he has that make perfect sense from what he’s been through.” 

Star Wars Movie Announced Starring Ryan Gosling

Star Wars Celebration is being held in Japan this weekend. As part of opening day, Disney has announced a new film for the franchise starring Ryan Gosling (Barbie, The Fall Guy). The movie is titled Star Wars: Starfighter and aiming for May 28, 2027 release date for the 50th anniversary of the franchise. Shawn Levy (Strangers Things) is directing the film based on script written by Jonathan Tropper. No other details about the film were revealed. Lucasfilm is also still working on a trilogy of films with Simon Kinberg and possible films from James Mangold, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Taika Waititi. While the record on getting films made has been spotty, Gosling is not a cheap get and likely has a pay or play contract where he gets his payday regardless if the film is made or not so Lucasfilm has strong incentive to see this one through.

Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld Trailer

Disney+ has revealed the trailer for their next Star Wars: Tales of... series following Tales of the Jedi and Tales of the Empire. Star Wars: Tales of the Underword's entire season (think 4 episodes) will premiere on May 4th, also called Star Wars Day. 

The season will focus on Star Wars: The Clone Wars characters of Asajj Ventress and Cad Bane. Ventress is living her post fall of the Empire life and forced to go on the run while Bane must confront a marshall who was once his friend.