SPOILER ALERT: This story discusses major plot developments in Season 2, Episodes 1–3 of the Disney+ series “Andor.” TRIGGER WARNING: This story includes a description of an attempted sexual assault. If you look very, very closely at the inside of Adria Arjona’s right arm, you can see a small tattoo of an “X.” The actor got it on her last day of shooting “Andor” — Lucasfilm’s Peabody Award–winning “Star Wars” series, which launched its second and final season on April 22 with Episodes 1 through 3 — as a way...

Somewhere in the middle of a Venn diagram combining virtual reality, a 1980s arcade, classic gaming consoles, and playing with your childhood toys is the new game from ILM called Star Wars: Beyond Victory. Set 22 years after the events of The Phantom Menace, this “mixed reality playset” lets you play as Volo, an up-and-coming podracer recruited by the notorious Sebulba to put him back on the map What makes Beyond Victory unique, though, is that while large parts of the story unfold like the traditional VR games ILM has...

Just when you thought the barrage of Star Wars news was dying down in the wake of Star Wars Celebration Japan this past weekend, here’s another nugget: Lost writer Carlton Cuse is reportedly working on a new Star Wars series alongside his son, Nick Cuse. This news comes from the Insneider and was followed up on by Variety. The trade points out that if the show comes to fruition, Cuse would be following in the footsteps of another Lost alum who ventured to the galaxy far, far away: J.J. Abrams....

A mysterious new “Star Wars” series is in early development from “Lost” co-showrunner Carlton Cuse and his son, Nick Cuse, Variety has confirmed. There are practically no other details available about the show, such as which characters it will include, when it will take place in the “Star Wars” timeline or which actors will be cast. Cuse is not the first “Lost” alum to travel to a galaxy far, far away. J.J. Abrams, a co-creator of the sci-fi classic, directed 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and 2019’s “Star Wars:...

When “Andor” premiered in 2022, it was widely praised as the best “Star Wars” series yet and one of the best shows of the year. Now, after an interminable three-year wait the second — and final — season not only delivers a masterful conclusion but cements “Andor” as one of the most remarkable works of “Star Wars” storytelling ever produced. As conceived by creator Tony Gilroy, this has never been a show about lightsabers, chosen ones or prophesied destinies. Instead, it’s about entrenched systems of oppression and the ordinary people...

“Fortnite” will launch its biggest Star Wars-themed in-game event yet with the May 2 release of “Galactic Battle.” This update will include the popular fan-fiction character Darth Jar Jar. While “Fortnite” has previously teamed up with Disney-owned Lucasfilm for battle royale seasons featuring Star Wars characters, this five-part battle pass is described by the Epic Games-owned platform as “our most expansive experience” within the galaxy far, far away. The new Star Wars partnership is the most recent result of Disney’s $1.5 billion investment in “Fortnite” owner Epic, which was made...

Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Hayden Christensen famously returned to the tragic role of Anakin Skywalker in both "Obi-Wan Kenobi" and "Ahsoka," and apparently his time in "Star Wars" isn't done yet. The news comes from Star Wars Celebration 2025, per The Hollywood Reporter, that Christensen will once more be reprising the role in season 2 of "Star Wars: Ahsoka". The news comes from a panel at Star...

Get ready, fans, because there's a new adventure happening in a galaxy far, far away. During an April 17 Star Wars Celebration event in Tokyo, LucasFilm announced that another Star Wars film — titled Star Wars: Starfighter — is coming. The movie will be directed by Shawn Levy , who also revealed the project's leading man: Ryan Gosling . “I had heard at one point that my movie was going to star Ryan Gosling and, believe me, that would be a dream come true for me,” Levy told the crowd....

Electronic Arts and Lucasfilm are teaming up for “Star Wars Zero Company,” a new single-player turn-based tactics game set during the Clone Wars era in the Star Wars universe. Developed by Bit Reactor in collaboration with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, “In ‘Star Wars Zero Company,’ players will step into the shoes of Hawks, a former Republic officer, to command an elite squad of cunning operatives through a gritty and authentic story set in the twilight of the Clone Wars. As an unconventional outfit of professionals for hire hailing from...

After Ubisoft tried its hand at a Star Wars game with 2024’s Outlaws, EA is back with another single-player game, this time from developer Bit Reactor and produced by Star Wars Jedi studio Respawn Entertainment. It’s called Star Wars: Zero Company, and if you’ve been wanting the franchise to deliver a turn-based tactics game, this might be it. Unlike the recent Jedi games or Star Wars Squadrons, which were set during and after the Original Trilogy, Zero Company is set during the Clone Wars. Thanks to this weekend’s Star Wars...