REVIEW: Tales of the Empire Season 1 (2024)
I loved Tales of the Jedi. More accurately, I loved half of it, the Dooku half, and I enjoyed the Ahsoka half. The animation style is to die for, and I liked learning more about an under-utilized character. In short, that’s why the Count Dooku episodes were so much more compelling. I was all in when […]
TRAILER: Tales of the Empire
Today, Lucasfilm and Disney+ released a surprise trailer announcing Tales of the Empire, a new Star Wars animated miniseries a la Tales of the Jedi. This season will star Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) of The Mandalorian and Ahsoka and Barriss Offee (Meredith Salenger) from The Clone Wars. Assuming it follows the same formula as […]
Ken Leung Had His Avatars Crossed
Ken Leung is starring as Admiral Zhao in Netflix’s live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender remake that premiered this week. The only problem is that he thought he was auditioning for James Cameron’s Avatar film series. Check out a brief clip of Leung explaining the casting process and his confusion about which franchise he was dealing with here, courtesy of […]
Obi-Wan Kenobi Writer Promises Not to Break Canon
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, Obi-Wan Kenobi screenwriter Joby Harold discussed several topics, including the series’ approach to pre-established canon. While the series has been questioned for several events and character inclusions, it came up in the interview regarding the Grand Inquisitor. In “Part II” of Obi-Wan Kenobi, Moses Ingram’s Third Sister Reva plunges her […]
Grand Inquisitor Actor Rupert Friend “Avoided” Watching Rebels
Remember Hayden Christensen’s Star Wars rewatch, which included seeing what his character Anakin Skywalker was up to in the animated shows? Well, it would seem that actor Rupert Friend, the new Grand Inquisitor in Obi-Wan Kenobi, has a different approach. Friend elected to skip watching his character in Star Wars: Rebels in an attempt to keep his interpretation […]
Star Wars Solidifies New Grand Inquisitor Design
The upcoming issue #25 of Marvel’s ongoing Star Wars title has revealed its cover, featuring the Grand Inquisitor’s new look. Words have been had online about the character’s redesign since the Obi-Wan Kenobi trailer dropped a couple of weeks ago, with some (myself included) being rather disappointed. The Grand Inquisitor was introduced as the main antagonist in season 1 of Star […]