Star Wars Celebration has come and gone and the event was…eventful! With so many announcements pouring out, it would have been easy to miss news about even your favorite project. To counter that, here’s a daily recap of everything Murphy’s Multiverse deemed fit to print.
Tag: TV News
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SWCA: ‘Star Wars Visions’ Volume 2 Confirmed for 2023, More Animation Styles Teased
We’ve long waited for an update on if we can expect a future for the Star Wars Visions series. The first left quite a mark with viewers, as the blending of the classic George Lucas franchise with anime just seemed like a recipe for success. We haven’t gotten a confirmation for a future season, but it has finally been confirmed during the exclusive Visions panel at Star Wars Celebration with a new updated logo all in red. There’s no word however if this might mean we’ll get a bit more from the Sith in the next volume.
Yet, they have announced that it won’t just be focused on anime this time around but include animation from across the world. So, we might expect a lot more diversity in the stories being told and how they may be explored. It’s an exciting future development to see them diversify.
Source: Twitter
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SWCA: Lucasfilm Executive Promises More Anime Like ‘Star Wars Visions’
Star Wars Celebration is winding down, but there’s still one more event currently going on and that is the special panel on Star Wars Visions. We’ve long hoped for an update on what the future has in store for the franchise, and luckily Lucasfilm executive James Waugh confirmed that there will definitely be more anime in the future of the Star Wars franchise. When he was asked if we’ll see more like Visions, he didn’t yet say anything about a second season but that there’s a bright future ahead for anime and Star Wars.
Star Wars and anime has a very, very bright future.
James WaughSource: Twitter
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SWCA: First Footage Description for ‘The Bad Batch’ Season 2
Star Wars Celebration is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any highlights on the last day. After quite a bit of silence on the second season of The Bad Batch, they finally showed off some of it during its panel at the event. Our very own Hunter Radesi was lucky enough to get in and share some of the footage he got to witness and share what was shown off. The following footage description is from the show’s premiere episode.
Some time has seemingly gone by since we last spent time with the Clone Troopers. Omega has aged and they have a new look as well. Their armor is now grey with some orange thrown in. Omega is playing at the beach while Tech reprimands her to focus on her studies. Suddenly, the other members are being chased by a giant crab monster. While they try to shoot at it, Omega gets caught between it and their ship. She shoots a few perfect shots with her bow and seemingly takes the beast down.
You can check out their new look here:
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SWCA: Jon Favreau Already Started Writing ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 4
Star Wars Celebration is still ongoing and it looks like Jon Favreau may have confirmed that while we’re months away from The Mandalorian‘s Season 3 to release, they’re already started work on a fourth season. In an interview with CinemaBlend, he talked about where they currently are with working on these series as Dave Filoni has moved on to focus on the Ahsoka series. While discussing it, he gave away that he’s already started writing on Season 4 of the Disney+ series.
With television, we’re very lucky that we don’t have to rush things through into an hour-and-a-half, two hours. We get to tell stories slowly. So now, as Dave [Filoni]’s doing Ahsoka, it’s very much informing the writing that I’m doing for [The Mandalorian] Season 4. It becomes – how should I put it – more precise.
Jon FavreauIt’s surprising that he may have already started work on it, but we did hear that Favreau has a tendency to write these projects even before getting a confirmation. The initial pitch for the series he started working on before he even got the green light to work on it. So, he may have just put down some ideas and wants to make sure he doesn’t lose them.
It’s great to know that the series continues as it’s the only series on Disney+ that’s been running for multiple seasons like this. Marvel Studios generally goes for ongoing mini-series with the exception of Loki. So, it’s nice to have a project that continues to be a staple for the streaming service.
Source: CinemaBlend
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Pulls in $248M Worldwide in 3-Days, Tom Cruise’s First $100M Domestic Opening
It’s finally official, as the final numbers will still come in but it’s looking like Top Gun: Maverick has pulled in $124M at the domestic box office in 3-days. Keep in mind, that it’s Memorial Day weekend and it gets an additional boost with the fourth day, which puts it at potentially passing $150M by tomorrow. As of now, it’s the third-highest opening of 2022 and Tom Cruise‘s biggest opening ever in his long career. It’s also opened $100M more than the original when it was made available back in 1986.
Worldwide the film is currently at $248M which is just 0.5M short from The Batman‘s opening. It is now Paramount’s biggest opening and they already had a strong year with Sonic the Hedgehog 2’s $72M, The Lost City‘s $30M, Jackass Forever at $23M, and Scream‘s $30M. The film has beat expectations and is making quite the splash that rivals 2007’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. It stays on track, it could even beat that film’s $153M to become Memorial Day weekend’s highest opening film.
As expected, the film is male-dominated but it’s only 58%. 30% said they’d watch it again in theaters which put it on a good hold for the next weekends. We’ll see if higher openings still end up leading to bigger drops, as was suspected with other recent releases but given how close it is to The Batman, it may have a similar development. With final numbers not yet in, it could also even pass The Batman‘s opening weekend, but we’ll know more by tomorrow.
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SWCA: ‘Tales of the Jedi’ Trailer Description Teases Mace Windu and Revan Look-a-Like
Not only did the Tales of the Jedi panel give the visitors a first look at an episode focused on Ahsoka, but they also got a brand new trailer teasing the various stories that will be included in this anthology series. As shared by our own Hunter Radesi, who is attending the event, it seems that they’ve hinted at a lot of the various storylines that’ll get explored in the animated series.
There are sequences featuring Obi-Wan, Mace Windu, Bail Organa, and even Yaddle. Dooku and Windu are seen fighting side-by-side. There’s a new inquisitor with a Revan-inspired mask, which is white with red markings. Dooku also has a line that seems to reflect one by Anakin from Revenge of the Sith, possibly hinting at his darker turn. We even have Anakin making fun of Ahsoka during training. So, it looks like there will be quite a few episodes that explore different themes and concepts.
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SWCA: ‘Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ Composer Returns for ‘Tales of the Jedi’
After already getting a closer look at the newly confirmed Tales of the Jedi series, we now also received the confirmation that the composer for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Kevin Kiner, is going to return for the animated anthology series. It’s not too surprising as the series will be made in the same animation style and its creator Dave Filloni is also heavily involved with the project. The news comes directly from the panel as Hunter Radesi is keeping us updated on the announcements.
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SWCA: Description of ‘Tales of the Jedi’s First Ahsoka-Focused Episode
Star Wars Celebration has been filled with surprises, and we even got our first real look at Tales of the Jedi. The new animated series will explore the history of some familiar faces throughout Star Wars‘ long history and our very own Hunter Radesi got the chance to watch an episode from the series. Here’s a description of that footage.
The episode they got to watch was titled “Life and Death.” The episodes seem to be on the shorter side with a length of 15 minutes teased for the episode that was shown and it has a similar style to The Clone Wars. It explored the story of Ahsoka Tano when she was born in a little village. We actually meet her family and there’s a celebration. A year later, she takes her hunting and teaches her lessons on the value of life.
Her mother will be voiced by Janina Gavankar, who many might recognize as Iden Verso from Battlefront II. It seems while they are hunting they get attacked by an animal that is similar to a sabretooth tiger. Her mom was keeping it off long enough for support from the village to arrive. Yet it grabs Ahsoka and brings it to her cave. She manages to communicate with it through the Force so as not to get eaten. She returns o her village riding it and we meet an old lady that proclaims that “Ahsoka is a Jedi.”
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SWCA: ‘The Clone Wars’ Matt Lanter and Ashley Eckstein to Return in ‘Tales of the Jedi’
Tales of the Jedi is shaping into quite the series, as first details are making their way online through the Star Wars Celebration event. Our own Hunter Radesi has been attending the event and offered some details from the panel that might excite some The Clone Wars fans as it’s been revealed that in three episodes focused on Ahsoka Tano’s life, we’ll see the return of Ashley Eckstein and Matt Lanter. While Rosario Dawson and Hayden Christensen have taken on the live-action roles of Ahsoka and Anakin Skywalker, this is definitely something exciting for fans of the animated series with Dave Filoni‘s heavily involved with the series.
Take a look here at some of the upcoming episodes:
