Star Wars Thrills: The Kenobi Series, Thrawn Book and More!

The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the week of August 21, 2020 in one location. This week, we’ve got updates on the Obi-Wan Kenobi series start date, the new Thrawn book, and much more!

If you read this each week, you should be able to converse fluently with any Star Wars fan on everything from the latest Star Wars developments to the latest toys. And maybe you’ll even share with them something that they might have missed.

Let’s get to it, and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have news or updates that you think should be included in the next installment of Star Wars Thrills!

Television News and Rumors

Why ‘The Mandalorian’s’ Drama Series Emmy Nom Surprised Its Streamer https://t.co/qVHuIGUhWQ
— Variety (@Variety) August 17, 2020

Star Wars: How Marvel Studios and Kevin Feige Influenced The Mandalorian https://t.co/xg97C6Y7OO pic.twitter.com/x7ZcnQFV0K
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) August 17, 2020

What did George Lucas think of #TheMandalorian? Find out: https://t.co/CcsPYcF9Uu pic.twitter.com/d99xGWvHhy
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 19, 2020

Star Wars: Kenobi to start production in Southern California next month? #StarWars #Kenobi https://t.co/4zNxplOd8n
— Jason Ward (@MakingStarWars) August 16, 2020

#TheMandalorian's Giancarlo Esposito Calls Playing Moff Gideon 'a Crowning Moment'https://t.co/nfdcsYcc7W pic.twitter.com/UOKYEFgxAX
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) August 20, 2020

‘The Mandalorian’ Stunt Coordinator Talks Creating Mando-Cara Fight https://t.co/coUbhLzocP
— Variety (@Variety) August 20, 2020

Around the Web

CLASSIC VIDEO: Interview With George Lucas. Talks To About His Early Life In Film School. https://t.co/h3fPqs124F pic.twitter.com/N7MSik16qS
— ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇᴀʀᴅᴇᴅ ᴛʀɪᴏ (@thebeardedtrio) August 17, 2020

'What We Do in the #ShadowsFX' star Matt Berry tells EW's 'The Awardist' about his season 2 fanboy moment. https://t.co/K0MXFMcyW0
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) August 18, 2020

#SoloAStarWarsStory Deepfake Casts Harrison Ford as Han Solo https://t.co/KgVwnn5lDT pic.twitter.com/lFNi24kV4m
— Comic Book Resources (@CBR) August 18, 2020

You don’t want to mess with this lot. Unused concept for Rise of Skywalker. The girl on the left was an alien I did for the casino in The Last Jedi and the centre girl was also a species for TLJ as well as making appearances in Solo and the Mandalorian. … https://t.co/doxEcYCWeC pic.twitter.com/2mFeteol1P
— Jake Lunt Davies (@JakeLuntDavies) August 18, 2020

Concept sketches for the young Mon Calamari ensign Aftab. Or Minibar as we liked to call him. We reckoned that Mon Calamari juveniles would almost be at a larval stage of development with a sleeker look compared to the fully formed jowly and bulbous adults.https://t.co/9PwZkXrLLK pic.twitter.com/S4y5wmfqpB
— Jake Lunt Davies (@JakeLuntDavies) August 20, 2020

Books

Good morning friends. Join us on Friday Sept 4th for a virtual event hosted by @Powells. Author Timothy Zahn, and Del Rey editor Tom discuss the new #ThrawnAscendancy trilogy, Thrawn's 30th anniversary and more.

Register at the link below. https://t.co/v6CTdaM2id pic.twitter.com/5VtB7QF5Bg
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) August 17, 2020

First Editions of Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising Novel Will Feature Blue Edges and Accents – https://t.co/fsoqKCUyn4 #StarWars @DelReyStarWars #ThrawnAscendancy #ChaosRising #Thrawn pic.twitter.com/fwucKB6Ioi
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) August 18, 2020

Good morning friends. A long time ago, we shared that we were trying something special for #ThrawnAscendancy. Today, we're happy to reveal that every copy of the first printing will have blue pages. And our friends @starwars have all the detailshttps://t.co/x48YumF5Sj
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) August 18, 2020

Hear Sam Witwer as Maul in This Audiobook Excerpt From Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Stories of Light and Dark – https://t.co/gqcGcFUE46 #StarWars @SamWitwer #TheCloneWars #DarthMaul #Maul pic.twitter.com/ubLxRnn6zV
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) August 18, 2020

io9 Shares Exclusive Excerpt From Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising Novel – https://t.co/zH7gmvePdY #StarWars @DelReyStarWars #ThrawnAscendancy #ChaosRising #Thrawn pic.twitter.com/fnjU3hNjlT
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) August 18, 2020

Coming in September! #OfficialPix is proud to exclusively present signed copies of the Audiobook version for #AnthonyDaniels' book #IAMC3POTheInsideStory read by @ADaniels3PO himself! Quantities will be very limited. Be watching for the launch date & time so you can grab yours! pic.twitter.com/OOBrErNOyX
— Official Pix (@officialpix) August 19, 2020

Coming 27th October: Little Golden Book – This Is the Way (Star Wars: The Mandalorian) – https://t.co/4vRKwCHjMf #StarWars #FanthaTracks @PenguinRHUK @DelReyStarWars @penguinrandom @delreybooks @StarWarsBooksUK #themandalorian pic.twitter.com/5HyOWYg0Nr
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) August 21, 2020

Comics

Alex Segura on Babu Frik in Poe Dameron: Free Fall: "He’s a key part of the story" – https://t.co/9wktKwztEI #StarWars #FanthaTracks @alex_segura pic.twitter.com/0eZ9mePQdR
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) August 19, 2020

On This Week in Star Wars, check out an audio excerpt from Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Stories of Light and Dark featuring the voice of Maul, take a look at a new Funko Pop! bobblehead of The Child with the control knob from the Razor Crest, and find how to recreate our favorite scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back with LEGO, the Bespin duel where Luke Skywalker learns something new about his father.

Plus, this week’s history lessons takes us back to 2019 when Chronicle Books released Rey and Pals by Jeffrey Brown.

Video Games

Introducing EA Play, where members get more game and more Star Wars. Members get the Sanctuary Squadron starfighter paint job set, Interceptor Elegance helmet, and unlimited access to more top titles for $4.99 per month. Learn more: https://t.co/WQOYCARgN1 pic.twitter.com/hDwqUhhUkZ
— EA Star Wars (@EAStarWars) August 18, 2020

Attractions

Skellig Michael Rock Falls to Delay Reopening of Island to Tourism – https://t.co/M2hELMTy4Q #StarWars @HeraldNewsdesk TourismIreland @SkelligMichael_ pic.twitter.com/MGACa1fqHe
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) August 19, 2020

Coca-Cola Droid Carts Now Serving Beer at Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge – https://t.co/W0jYgFMWm1 #StarWars #HollywoodStudios #GalaxysEdge @DisneyParks @WaltDisneyWorld @StarWars @WDWNT pic.twitter.com/8f1RRuULId
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) August 20, 2020

Disney make the Virtual Queue booking system for Rise of the Resistance easier for larger groups – https://t.co/8fFmao8a0k #StarWars #FanthaTracks #riseoftheresistance ]#galaxysedge @WDWNT pic.twitter.com/2F5sXaLISN
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) August 20, 2020

Collecting

Funko Reveals GameStop Exclusive The Child with Control Knob POP! Figure – https://t.co/awYjkE5ZZM #StarWars @OriginalFunko #TheChild #TheMandalorian #FunkoPop #Funko #PopVinyl pic.twitter.com/AyMzn8QM0v
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) August 17, 2020

Sneak Peek at Regal Robot Jabba the Hutt Concept Maquette Replica – https://t.co/1vATv53aWd #StarWars @RegalRobot #JabbaTheHutt #ReturnOfTheJedi pic.twitter.com/oBJ5ZX2zDz
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) August 18, 2020

The LEGO Group’s new “Bespin Duel” set celebrates the moment in Star Wars that changed everything: https://t.co/1D2nq8wTqF #ESB40 pic.twitter.com/6VuS6Qhvav
— Star Wars (@starwars) August 20, 2020

Star Wars Celebration Virtual Con presents: Coming Soon – Star Wars Concept Series. More information on product availability coming soon! pic.twitter.com/MGjbWGj2au
— DisFunko (@DisFunko) August 20, 2020