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

Buried in the 6th paragraph of a nine-paragraph story in about Dave Filoni's promotion was a line about Star Wars: Rangers of the New Republic being "not currently in active development." Let's discuss. Punch it!

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Vibes from as far back as Attack of the Clones and as recent as Star Wars Resistance permeate "Cornered," the action-packed episode 4 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch. Punch it!

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It was new news outside Lucasfilm, old news inside - Dave Filoni had been promoted to "Executive Creative Director" last summer. Let's put that in context, looking at the two other LFL ECDs, and the leadership at Marvel by comparison. Punch it!

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Matt Lanter, the voice of Anakin Skywalker, says we'll see him again in Lucasfilm Animation. That. combined with new Ahsoka news, is why we're talking about whether we'll see either or both of them in The Bad Batch. Punch it!

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From the Department of Corrections: A Patron points out a flaw in my clone inhibitor chip thinking, which leads me to explore how every member of the Bad Batch is basically a time bomb that could go off in any episode. Punch it!

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The advance reader copies of the first three novels in Star Wars: The High Republic Phase 1 Wave 2 have arrived! (Whew, that's a mouthful.) And though reviews and details are embargoed, there are a couple things I can share... Punch it!

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There was one character left to which we never dedicated a Mando Memos epiosde, and it's high time to rectify that. Today, what we learned (and just as importantly, what was left out) about Grogu in The Mandalorian season 2. Punch it!

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It's been suggested since the premiere that Omega from Star Wars: The Bad Batch could be Force-sensitive, but I think there's another explanation for the skill set we've seen from her so far. Punch it!

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"Replacements," episode 3 of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, is hardly about The Batch at all. What it does do, though, is reveal just how ambitious this series intends to be. (Very ambitious indeed.) Punch it!

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It's George Lucas's 77th birthday! Today, some fun facts from his life and career that don't get discussed as often as his Star Wars work (but yes, a bunch of Star Wars stuff as well). Punch it!

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