The Starbird Files

  Hello there, and welcome to my review of the year, a not at all exhaustive look at the year in Star Wars from my perspective as well as your thoughts. Thank you to all who contributed. We’ll kick off with  SW on our Screens , which it has to be said has been a bit quiet this year, but we’ve had some real gems. The first season of  The Bad Batch  was really enjoyable with some great canon connections, I adored the first episode especially, and it will be very interesting to see where it goes. “I loved seeing Kamino and Tipoca City (RIP) once more in The Bad Batch, I hadn't thought we'd ever see it again so it really brought home the 2002 AOTC feels.”  Matt, @StarWarsSession (Twitter) The highlight of the year on screen for me was undoubtedly  Star Wars Visions , I loved seeing a brand new take on the galaxy far far away through the lens of japan, one of the very things that inspired George Lucas all those years ago, and it seems I was not alone; “The thing...

The Bad Batch Debuts On Disney+ on May 4th A whole host of new Star Wars content arrived on Disney+ on Star Wars day including the 75 minute debut of new animated series, The Bad Batch ( review ). Also released were the Simpsons short ‘Maggie Simpson in The Force Awakens From It’s Nap’, Star Wars Biomes and Vehicle Flythroughs. The surprise hit for me was Biomes, a slow tv drone style fly through of planets such as Hoth, Tatooine and Mustafar, which I have played more times than I can count already, my only complaint is that at 20 minutes it’s too short, I would love more episodes! Star Wars Celebration 2022 Moved Forward On 12th May it was announced that Star Wars Celebration 2022 was moving from it’s previously announced August to May 26th-29th. The convention had originally been scheduled for June 2020 but had been moved to 2022 due to the pandemic. It is unknown why the dates were changed again, and the change will be bad news for some fans but good news for others. Dave Filoni Pr...