The purpose of Star Wars Thrills is to put all the Star Wars news from the last week in one location. This week, we’ve got updates on the new Star Wars TV series, George Lucas’ original plans for Darth Maul, new toys, 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!
Star Wars TV News and Rumors
Others with beskar have arrived. Chapter 11 of #TheMandalorian is now streaming on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/ROexhBklzD
— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) November 16, 2020
Take a look inside Chapter 11 of #TheMandalorian and start streaming the first three episodes now on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/9uGmg9L4ru
— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) November 14, 2020
Welcome a new passenger. Chapter 10 of #TheMandalorian is now streaming on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/Q7DBmo06kv
— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) November 9, 2020
'The Mandalorian': Carl Weathers Confirms He's Directing Episode Four of the Second Season – #CarlWeathers #StarWars #TheMandalorian – https://t.co/zS3z0CarcF pic.twitter.com/Lnt5xRvhUk
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) November 9, 2020
Leslye Headland Used Star Wars Geography as the Starting Point For Creating Her Disney Plus Series – #DisneyPlus #StarWars – https://t.co/IIdODLQVum pic.twitter.com/PYtl9O4fVh
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) November 9, 2020
#TheMandalorian guest star W. Earl Brown reflects on a career that includes roles in 'There's Something About Mary,' 'Deadwood,' and 'Scream.' https://t.co/HCATs3niIZ
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 9, 2020
'Star Wars' Disney+ Series From Leslye Headland Will Feature a "Timeline That We Don't Know Much About" https://t.co/UcwhAsDRL4 pic.twitter.com/SbZxSRZV2b
— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) November 9, 2020
Lucasfilm creative art manager Phil Szostak tweeted a defense of that controversial Baby Yoda moment in season 2 of 'The Mandalorian.' https://t.co/hznBClrQum
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 11, 2020
In case you missed the uproar, #TheMandalorian stirred up a Baby Yoda-size controversy. https://t.co/rJ21WutqFC
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 11, 2020
Drink this, you must https://t.co/mwq5bLIK69
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) November 8, 2020
Take a look back at the official concept art from Chapter 9 of #TheMandalorian and catch up on the first two episodes of the new season, now streaming on @DisneyPlus. Art by @CAlzmann. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/LFEzsa5exn
— Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK) November 11, 2020
Go beyond the adventure of Chapter 10 with some of the official concept art. The new season of #TheMandalorian is now streaming on #DisneyPlus. Art by @rchurchdesign. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/CjUYs3JPcf
— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) November 11, 2020
#StarWars art by Ralph McQuarrie, circa 1978/1979. pic.twitter.com/Xv4YU147wH
— Asad Ayaz (@asadayaz) November 7, 2020
That’s no ornament. In 5 days, stream the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special on #DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/KdtYhf4wvW
— Disney D23 (@DisneyD23) November 12, 2020
Chapter 11 of @themandalorian, directed by yours truly ☺️, now streaming on Disney+. #ThisIsTheWay ✨
— Bryce Dallas Howard (@BryceDHoward) November 13, 2020
p.s. thank you to everyone who stayed up late to watch the episode — I woke up to such sweet messages and it means the world!! pic.twitter.com/i41QnMQm31
Chapter 11. Now Streaming.#TheMandalorian #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/x2CaePYY9A
— Star Wars (@starwars) November 13, 2020
The full press conference is coming to Fantha Tracks TV shortly, but for now here's @ADaniels3PO discussing his contributions to #LEGOStarWars ahead of the excellent #LEGOStarWarsHolidaySpecial pic.twitter.com/8SInZVMNIi
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) November 13, 2020
Like father, like daughter! @BryceDHoward, don’t think I didn’t catch that awesome homage paid to your dad! Considering that Apollo 13 is my favorite-favorite movie, I caught it right away! 🤩 @themandalorian I know I can’t be the only one who geeked over this! #TheMandolorian pic.twitter.com/GQwokapkM9
— 😷 Lucia Briones 😷 (@Lucybri83) November 13, 2020
Janina Gavankar's Role in Chapter 11 of The Mandalorian Revealed – https://t.co/iuFLhvgCTn #StarWars @Janina @IGN @themandalorian @dave_filoni @Jon_Favreau @BryceDHoward #ThisIsTheWay pic.twitter.com/YrGRlbMrLj
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) November 14, 2020
Diego Luna is preparing to return as Cassian Andor – https://t.co/uYr8Q97tua #StarWars #FanthaTracks #cassianandor #rogueone pic.twitter.com/TzEIHyl8hf
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) November 15, 2020
On This Week in Star Wars, discover a brand new Mando Mystery sneak peek from next week’s Mando Mondays release, get excited for the Star Wars Celebration online store opening, and fall in love with frog ladies in the latest episode of The Mandalorian. Plus, they tune in to Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible that debuted back in 2010.
Around the Web
“The T-70 X-wing! Just playing around 😁” – Lucasfilm executive creative director Doug Chiang#StarWars https://t.co/oXtg3uejgy pic.twitter.com/itryyqJjko
— Phil Szostak (@PhilSzostak) November 8, 2020
I wrote a short piece over at the ILM web site on how we created the Blockade Runner engine look for "Rogue One".https://t.co/HWKnNXtzGj pic.twitter.com/mvL4UVsCkS
— Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri) March 11, 2019
Books
No more waiting! Finally, finally STAR WARS: FROM A CERTAIN POINT OF VIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK is on-sale. 40 years. 40 stories.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) November 10, 2020
Congratulations and thank you to all of our wonderful authors. #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBackhttps://t.co/QrzFszhTAW
We made an author commentary for #StarWars #FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) November 10, 2020
Authors go in-depth on the creative process behind their stories. Batches of episodes drop weekly starting Thurs 11/12.
Available FREE on Spotify, Anchor, Apple, Google and more#FromaCertainPOVStrikesBack pic.twitter.com/luqJpDEsLj
George Lucas's 'Star Wars' Sequel Plans Once Involved Darth Maul And Darth Talon – #GeorgeLucas #StarWars – https://t.co/1zmJYJ3VG9 pic.twitter.com/Hc8MqEC9Ih
— SWNN (@StarWarsNewsNet) November 10, 2020
Cavan Scott on The High Republic: "It’s all about seeing Star Wars through a different lens" – https://t.co/RWWmidCSGp #StarWars #FanthaTracks @io9 @cavanscott #thehighrepublic pic.twitter.com/3VA3esUCje
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) November 11, 2020
Cat's out of the bag. #StarWarsInsider: The Fiction Collection will start in spring 2021! Initially, Titan is going to reprint old Legends short stories, but we're optimistic they'll get to the canon ones eventually. https://t.co/NYhErxbdOc pic.twitter.com/DSmKq2omt6
— Star Wars Book News (@swbooknews) November 12, 2020
Listen to Tara Rashin's Theme From Star Wars: Tales From the Galaxy's Edge – https://t.co/pgHsSbZ7sW #StarWars @ILMxLAB #StarWarsTales #GalaxysEdge pic.twitter.com/YLDLidd3JP
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) November 12, 2020
We have a special #StarWarsTheHighRepublic #LightoftheJedi surprise for you.
— Star Wars Books (@DelReyStarWars) November 12, 2020
We're gifting you the first 8 chapters FREE. Read chapters 1-2 now, and new chapters are posting each day at the link below through the weekend.
No need to wait till January.https://t.co/YXAQ0PlOWu pic.twitter.com/sJKkJOmFui
Comics
Star Wars #9 "Droopy McCool" action figure
— Star Wars Book News (@swbooknews) November 7, 2020
Releases Dec. 9th, 2020 from Marvel Comicshttps://t.co/yPJgUltZeC pic.twitter.com/QPPxIrcNSJ
Jaxxon T. Tumperakki returns to #StarWarsAdventures next week – preview his story in the 2020 annual here: https://t.co/8nDN4N9Srp
— Star Wars Book News (@swbooknews) November 10, 2020
Louder for the people in the back: Marvel's #StarWarsTheHighRepublic written by @cavanscott is an ongoing, not – as recently rumored because of faulty listings – a mini! pic.twitter.com/GzQESxn1Gz
— Star Wars Book News (@swbooknews) November 10, 2020
Tony Daniel's variant cover for Star Wars #9, the first issue of the "Operation Starlight" story arc. https://t.co/RohGpQG3tD pic.twitter.com/F0zkf1vFVU
— Star Wars Book News (@swbooknews) November 10, 2020
Star Wars: The High Republic Comic Will Show New Sides of the Jedi – https://t.co/lrg8Wa3HG3 #StarWars #StarWarsTheHighRepublic #TheHighRepublic @cavanscott @io9 pic.twitter.com/RvPN6ItDOZ
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) November 11, 2020
Preview of Marvel’s Bounty Hunters #7 Comic – https://t.co/YPfGsuhrKd #StarWars @Marvel #BountyHunters pic.twitter.com/1Xj9IImjvt
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) November 12, 2020
Darth Vader #8 "Ochi of Bestoon" concept design variant cover by Raffaele Iencohttps://t.co/JWOyciYLhC#darthvader #theriseofskywalker #starwarscomics pic.twitter.com/Jfsj8gYI6h
— Star Wars Book News (@swbooknews) November 13, 2020
Scotts Collectables' Mel Milton Star Wars Adventures #2 Variant On Sale Now – https://t.co/48mh7591VJ #StarWars #FanthaTracks @ScottsComicsUK pic.twitter.com/rusx4TLioa
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) November 15, 2020
Collecting
EXCLUSIVE: Moff Gideon (Giancarlo Esposito), Greef Karga (Carl Weathers), and Kuil (Nick Nolte) finally get the #TheMandalorian Star Wars: The Black Series treatment by @Hasbro.
— Screen Rant (@screenrant) November 16, 2020
It's #MandoMonday! 👉 https://t.co/vp5CiZ9Iib pic.twitter.com/4xXiaWMVUu
Week three of #MandoMondays has landed! See what bounties inspired by #TheMandalorian await: https://t.co/DlaplFTDvq pic.twitter.com/l22Lh1v2ha
— Star Wars (@starwars) November 9, 2020
@starwars comes to life in this Petaluma chicken farm turned world's largest @starwars memorabilia collection.
— AltaJournal (@AltaJournal) November 9, 2020
Ed Leibowitz writes about a Star Wars fan's dream museum founded by @SteveSansweet for @AltaJournal: https://t.co/fyE69g4guR
So…we had a bit of time between calls. And for the record, no CGI or force was used to display our hacked model of The Child. #LEGOStarWars #StarWars #TheChild pic.twitter.com/PpDV4DTGpb
— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) November 7, 2020
LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special plushes now at Target – https://t.co/7uYLyg2dGf #StarWars #FanthaTracks @holobrick @target pic.twitter.com/OcVEToplUy
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) November 7, 2020
LEGO STAR WARS: Celebrate the Season: The Child enjoys a Snowflake Snack – https://t.co/YGE1FuzDQc #StarWars #FanthaTracks @LEGO_Group #themandalorian #thechild #babyyoda pic.twitter.com/tWwxrlFSs3
— Fantha Tracks (@FanthaTracks) November 8, 2020
"By creed, it is in your care". This #MandoMonday, check out @shopDisney’s The Mandalorian range including this exclusive version of Mattel’s Real Moves plush! (shot by @Rebel_Jawa) pic.twitter.com/RObLE5yJKS
— Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK) November 9, 2020
Official images of the Black Series Mandalorian Electronic Helmet – $119.99 #blackseries #hasbro #starwarsblackseries #themandalorian images via IGN >> https://t.co/aiS6UOMSg8 pic.twitter.com/qmhasjppGx
— Yakface.com (@yak_face) November 9, 2020
ORDER NOW FOR FREE SHIPPING: https://t.co/UcMKEnsqCM
— Regal Robot (@RegalRobot) November 9, 2020
Most recently seen in #TheMandalorian, our #Bantha Magnet is the third #StarWars magnetic mini sculpture in our Beast Collection! Each resin piece is hand-finished & includes FREE SHIPPING thru Nov. 16th#RegalRobot #StarWars pic.twitter.com/BJD9qgnVFj
Images of All Pins From Star Wars Celebration 2020 Pin Trading Program – https://t.co/pVEj9NKV1t #StarWars @SW_Celebration #StarWarsCelebration #PinTrading pic.twitter.com/5Lmc3X0dud
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) November 10, 2020
Baby Yoda is a big 'ol jerk, but…you STILL love THE MANDALORIAN, don't you?! You do! So here is some more! Check out @peachmomoko60's PREVIEWS Exclusive STAR WARS INSIDER cover HERE! Then discover all The #Mandalorian must-haves hitting comic shops HERE: https://t.co/XEn9Yq4gpR pic.twitter.com/AkZ9MrZ36R
— PREVIEWSworld (@PREVIEWSworld) November 10, 2020
Hasbro Thanks Fans For Hugely Successful HasLab Razor Crest Project – https://t.co/kmylnTU7t3 #StarWars @Hasbro #Hasbro #HasbroPulse #RazorCrest pic.twitter.com/Ut2oho5tkB
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) November 10, 2020
Don't fight the temptation of the dark-side when this web exclusive is calling!! #PremierGuild Members can pre-order the Star Wars™ Triple-0 1/6 scale Mini Bust from Star Wars™ Comics only at https://t.co/htMXpcVAcT! pic.twitter.com/HeMQXLFNpG
— Gentle Giant Ltd (@GentleGiantLTD) November 13, 2020
Asajj Ventress joins The Black Series!! #TheCloneWars @starwars @hasbropulse @hasbro #FanFirstFriday #theblackseries #thevintagecollection https://t.co/6pBaiRsIsy pic.twitter.com/EvI8PMPPU1
— Jedi News (@JediNewsNetwork) November 13, 2020
First look at 6” Moff Gideon, Kuiil and Greef Karga via @anerdydad #blackseries #starwars #hasbro #themandalorian pic.twitter.com/2YK0mqj9Vf
— Yakface.com (@yak_face) November 14, 2020