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...

Book of Boba Fett is Mando Season 2.5 It was reported by Collider on 10th June that The Book of Boba Fett had finished filming and was being referred to as The Mandalorian Season 2.5, which is logical given that we were previously told that the announced series would all take place within the Mandalorian timeline and would interconnect and build to a conclusion. This followed news on 8th June that The Mandalorian had not yet started filming a third season and in all likelihood not begin until late 2021 or early 2022. This was revealed by Pedro Pascal in conversation with Ewan McGregor for Variety . While it’s a shame we will have to wait so long for a third season, I’m still more excited for that than the Book of Boba, it’s make more sense of Rangers of the New Republic not being in active development and Lucasfilm have plenty on their plate right now with Andor and Obi-Wan Kenobi both still in production. Star Wars Visions first look coming 3rd July On June 16th it was announced that...