Star Wars 7x7: A Daily Bite-Sized Dose of Star Wars Joy

A fantastic June 2021 interview with Star Wars: the Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland revealed that she's hired writers for the show. That, along with info about The Mandalorian, StageCraft, and the waves of The High Republic, gives us a good idea about when the show can debut. Punch it!

Here's the link to the interview with Headland:

https://www.avclub.com/leslye-headland-s-favorite-star-wars-is-the-star-wars-y-1847118044

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First, they were just nicknames based on their mutations. Then their personalities flowered from their specialties. Now, after a season with Omega, the members of the Bad Batch have developed familial roles in keeping with those personalities. Punch it!

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There's a new "teaser" for the Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser "story living" experience, which we'll discuss briefly; and the initial pricing has been released as well, which is causing a stir, and I don't think it's going to stay at those levels forever. Punch it!

Here's the link to that teaser:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0e8v2G6Lzo

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There's a smartly horrifying idea at the heart of "Hidden Danger," Justina Ireland's first short story for the High Republic story initiative. Today, we're talking about the conclusion of that story, from Star Wars Insider #204. Punch it!

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Hunter said Omega would never have to go back to Kamino. Famous last words, as that bit of foreshadowing leads us "Return to Kamino," episode 15 from season 1 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Punch it!

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In the most recent episode of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, we re-meet Gregor, and discover that he's defecting from the Empire but didn't need his inhibitor chip removed to do it. So how did he (and other clones) resist Order 66? Punch it!

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The idea of Darth Vader appearing in Star Wars: The Bad Batch is not new by any stretch. But a recent gaming development raised the question for me again, and so I'm running down what we know about Vader post-Order 66. Punch it!

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On two occasions in late July, the fine folks at Disney Parks gave us new information about the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser experience. Today, we run down the top 5 reveals. Punch it!

Here's the YouTube video discussion referenced in today's episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsyH2sayDEs

And here's the poster reveal and discussion post: https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2021/07/take-a-first-look-at-the-poster-for-star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-at-walt-disney-world-resort/

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Deep world-building, lots of action, and a cliffhanger ramping up the ride to the series finale - Star Wars: The Bad Batch's "War-Mantle" has it all. Punch it!

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It's the last of a series of looks back at conversations from Star Wars Celebration Europe, this time featuring Star Wars author Jason Fry. Punch it!

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