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

With the news of Patty Jenkins turning over the directing duties on Cleopatra to Kari Skogland, the "scheduling conflicts" issue for getting Rogue Squadron underway has been resolved. (But what's up with The Hollywood Reporter's lack of ... reporting?) Punch it!

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The rumors say Natasha Liu Bordizzo will be playing Sabine Wren in the Ahsoka series. But her Star Wars debut may come sooner - during season 3 of The Mandalorian. Today, the reasons why... Punch it!

Here's the Bordizzo stunt choreography video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CToN4pql8nT/

Here's the Dechelle lightsaber video: https://www.instagram.com/p/CVS_I0cJe7Z/

And here's the Cobra Kai stunt choreography interview: https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/previsualizing-stunts-cobra-kai/

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Our latest exploration into Boba Fett's history (it's Fettday today!) wraps up his appearances in Star Wars storytelling before the events of A New Hope. We'll be talking about his last interaction with Asajj Ventress, and a brief sabotage of Han Solo. Punch it!

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On this "Spinner Sunday" episode: now that we have completed story arcs for The High Republic comics, we'll review the highlights in advance of Wave 3 starting next month! Today, "Heart of the Drengir." Punch it!

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"Message" is the latest Book of Boba Fett commercial teaser, with a new moment and a few more frames added to previously shown scenes that changes their dynamics. Also, we're connecting the "Book" with Boba's statement about respectful rule... Punch it!

Check out "Message" right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCAlNWNbN5c

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Also in Empire Magazine, we find out how far along Rangers of the New Republic got in development (not very). We'll put that into context on today's show, and also consider this question: did Pablo Hidalgo sneak the premise of the series into an in-universe reference book back in 2018? Punch it!

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Casting rumors and magazine features, oh my! Let's pick up on the thread we pulled Monday and catch up on all the Star Wars: Ahsoka series news. Punch it!

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The Book of Boba Fett headlines Star Wars storytelling releases this month! We'll check in on upcoming developments in all 12 story categories today... Punch it!

Department of Corrections: In the episode, I mentioned last year's Disney Investor Day from December 2020, but called it "2010" instead. Whoops!

Even though there's always not notable news in all 12 of the categories, we'll check in on them all in this episode. Here's what they are...

Movies Live-action TV Animation Books Audiobooks Short Stories Comics Virtual Reality Video Games Experiential (Events/Conventions/Parks) Merchandise Streaming

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Over the holiday weekend, Empire Magazine dropped their Book of Boba Fett cover story! Today, five highlights from the feature - some of which confirmed or aligned with things about which we've speculated here on the podcast over the past couple of months. Punch it!

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We're learning all we can about Boba Fett prior to The Book of Boba Fett debut one month from today! This time we're looking at his two appearances in Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark. Punch it!

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